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There are worse viruses than Covid-19 out there. How do we avoid the next big one?

Debora MacKenzie

December 08, 2020 |

Ensia |

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Response Location: China

Public health experts are strategizing for how to combat the next pandemic by learning from what failed to prevent the most recent coronavirus pandemic. From increasing surveillance of viruses to using diagnostic technologies to "screen for novel infections more systematically," there are a series of protocols that countries failed to utilize that can be enacted now as a preventative measure.

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Pandemic Offers Surprising Opportunity for Farmers

Linda Mujuru Vimbai Chinembiri

December 08, 2020 |

Global Press Journal |

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Response Location: Zimbabwe, Mutoko

The coronavirus pandemic,and related lockdowns and travel restrictions caused farmers across Zimbabwe to lose substantial income as crops spoiled. But the crisis led to a shift in strategy, with many farmers participating in bartering networks that have opened new markets closer to home. Having to travel shorter distances creates greater income stability, as reliable transportation was an issue well before the pandemic. Farmers also shifted the types of crops they sell with an eye towards adding value. Dried produce and herbs increase profits by up to 30% and allow farmers to supply crops out of season.

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Kibera ropes project keeps children out of mischief, supplements families' income

Zeddy Odanga

December 07, 2020 |

Impacthub Media |

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Response Location: Kenya, Kibera, Nairobi Area

Concerned with a rise in misbehavior by students who were staying home much more due to the coronavirus pandemic, a resident of Kibera started a rope-making project that both engages and employs the children. "I felt the need come up with a project to keep the children busy and also generate a little income for the families to shield them from the effects of the pandemic,” the founder of the program explains.

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As Pandemic Threatens Britain's Mental Health, These ‘Fishermen' Fight Back

Megan Specia

December 06, 2020 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: England, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire

The Bearded Fisherman, a mental health charity formed by two men with their own past struggles with mental illness and homelessness, runs a weekly, virtual community support group, takes crisis-intervention calls, and runs the Night Watch suicide-prevention patrol to help people find ways to survive and cope with pandemic-driven unemployment and isolation. In addition to intervening in the moment to prevent a suicide, and providing informal counseling, the group refers people to counseling as England endures Europe's highest COVID-19 death toll and a deep recession.

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Could community collaboration be the key to a better child care system?

Jack Rooney

December 05, 2020 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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Response Location: United States, Swanzey, New Hampshire

Building on an early-childhood initiative, the Monadnock district was able to quickly respond and provide childcare services for employees of the Monadnock district by partnering with the YMCA. The response was an effort to prevent employees from missing work during the pandemic due to lack of childcare. 32 children enrolled in the program. “I think of Impact Monadnock as a real beacon of the way a community can come together around early childhood [education].”

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Arizona team helps investigate and trace COVID cases

Katherine Sypher

December 04, 2020 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

A team of volunteers at the University of Arizona is helping to bolster contact tracing efforts during the pandemic by working in tandem with those who have been trained by the Arizona Department of Health Services. Although federal health privacy restrictions limit what the volunteers can ask and in what order they must do so, the volunteer team "has made about 9,000 case investigations calls and contacted over 1,000 people exposed to the virus."

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As cases rise, college students take COVID-19 prevention into their own hands

Mathew Reagan Hannah Getahun Maddie Beck

December 04, 2020 |

CalMatters |

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Response Location: United States, California

From zoom workshops that teach people about the misconceptions of COVID 19, to Google docs, to Instagram profiles that shame people who are partying during the pandemic, university students are holding their communities accountable. Across the country a myriad of student-led efforts have sprung up in response to careless behavior by college students. “I just thought it would be a good idea to sort of hold each other accountable and then be safe.”

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Hunger Fight

Jessie Raymond

December 03, 2020 |

Middlebury Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Vermont

When the coronavirus pandemic forced a restaurant in Vermont to close its doors and lay off hundreds of employees, the owner worked with investors to shift his business model so that he could provide meals for those now without work using the backlog of perishable foods. His initiative has now expanded with donations and contributions from community corporations and has even received funding from the state as it has grown to include “collective community gardening.”

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A Philly jobs program lost six to a year of violence. Can it still help young people thrive?

Samantha Melamed

December 02, 2020 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PowerCorpsPHL and Mural Arts' Guild have notched impressive results in job placements of young people with criminal records. The programs' employment training, paid apprenticeships, and art therapy classes have all been disrupted by 2020's pandemic, social unrest, and street violence. Private grants have largely made up for budget cuts from the city of Philadelphia. But the lack of face to face training and counseling has been disruptive. Both programs and their trainees are persevering despite longer odds, with workarounds that keep the programs afloat in difficult times.

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How Madison's Latino community is pulling together to survive COVID

Natalie Yahr

December 02, 2020 |

The Cap Times |

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Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

In Madison, Wisconsin, the coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately impacting the Latino population, but the local community has joined together to advocate for better access to care and information. The efforts have included pop-up testing sites equipped with Spanish speakers, better-targeted messages, and non-medical support like food boxes.

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