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Meet the doctor who is trying to change the perception of vasectomies

Chloe Nordquist

February 01, 2023 |

KGTV-TV |

Multi-Media |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Iowa

The SimpleVas Vasectomy Clinic is a mobile clinic that travels around to provide easy access to vasectomies by simplifying the entire process. The mobile clinic travels nearly 600 miles around the state every month and has even traveled out to New York City to spread awareness. Through raising awareness of the procedure, the doctor in charge of the clinic now performs about 600 to 700 vasectomies a year.

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Avivo Village shines as solution for unsheltered homelessness in Minneapolis

Grace Birnstengel

February 01, 2023 |

MPR News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Avivo Village provides shelter for those experiencing homelessness and assists them in securing their own permanent housing. Avivo Village is specifically for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness and offers a safer option than staying in encampments. As of December, Avivo Village helped 119 secure housing and every time a person moves out, the Village moves in someone else from an encampment.

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Rehabilitation of Yatta Canal Helping increase access to water downstream

Damaris Kyallo

January 31, 2023 |

90.3 County FM |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Kukarabatiwa kwa mtaro wa maji wa Yatta na serikali ambao uko na ukubwa wa kilomita 50 umeongeza uwezo wa upatikanaji wa maji kwa wakazi wa Yatta kaunti ya Machakos.Maji hutoka mto Thika kaunti jirani ya Kiambu,kisha kutiririka kupitia mtaro huo hadi kaunti ya Machakos. Mtaro huo umekarabatiwa kwa kujengewa kuta kandokando kwa kutumia saruji ili kuzuia kuziba kwa mtaro huo.

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Got milk? Indian camel herders cash in with solar-powered coolers

Moushumi Basu

January 31, 2023 |

Context |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Jaisalmer

In partnership with local communities, a non-government organization’s solar-powered instant milk chillers are refrigerating locals' camel milk to keep it from spoiling in the extreme temperatures of India’s Thar Desert. The refrigeration systems store up to 1,500 liters of milk and are helping to increase household incomes.

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Bronx Residents Got Rid of Their Gas Stoves. Their Air Quality Improved.

Samantha Maldonado

January 31, 2023 |

The City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A pilot program in New York City improved public housing residents’ air quality by swapping their gas stoves with electric induction stoves.

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How building toilets helped Embu county manage Cholera Part 2

Brian Malila

January 31, 2023 |

90.3 County FM |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Ili kukabiliana na ugonjwa wa Kipindupindu, zaidi ya kuhimiza wakaaji kujenga choo, kaunti ya Embu pia inaelimisha wanakijiji kutumia choo na kukuwa wasafi kupitia wanafunzi, viongozi wa vijiji na madaktari wa nyanjani. Kupitia mbinu hizi idara ya afya imeweza kupunguza kesi za kipindupindu.

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Yams, cassava: The Nigerian free school run from farm produce

Kehinde Ogunyale

January 31, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Ebenebe, Anambra

The Anam New City School, a tuition-free school that serves children in remote villages in southeast Nigeria, helps support its operating costs by cultivating crops and livestock on the school grounds. About half of the agricultural yield is used to provide meals for students, while the remainder is sold to fund administration costs.

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‘Mutual aid' is a radical ideal. Some live its communal spirit.

Cole Sinanian

January 30, 2023 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Community-run mutual-aid groups in Boston are helping neighbors connect and support each other. Volunteers organize and run programs like food pantries, relief fund collections, and connections with lawyers and advocates.

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Eat-Learn-Play: Bridging the Nutrition and Education Gap for Wassa's Displaced Children

Thelma Chioma Abeku Ikemefuna Igwe

January 30, 2023 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Wassa

The Transitional Learning Center provides children ages four to 14 with free education, school supplies, and one meal per day to not only encourage school attendance but to also address the issue of malnutrition. The beauty of the Center is that it’s a semi-permanent structure that can be moved to different locations where there may be school children in need. Since the Center was formed, over nine million students from 54,619 schools have benefited from the program.

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Can Community Programs Help Slow the Rise in Violence?

Alec MacGillis

January 30, 2023 |

ProPublica |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Community violence intervention programs like the interrupter model and groups like Cure Violence are deploying knowledgeable people — specifically those with experience in crime and the legal system — into neighborhoods to help steer people away from gangs and violent crime. The purpose with groups like Cure Violence is to treat violent crime — like gun violence — like an epidemic, deploying those with credibility into vulnerable populations. When Cure Violence was first launched in Chicago in 2000, shootings declined by 68%.

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