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A Network Of Traditional Leaders Is Helping Kaduna Communities Find Missing Children

Aisha Gambo

May 06, 2024 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Rigasa, Kaduna

A rural village has instituted several WhatsApp groups to communicate and help find children when they go missing. Each ward has a WhatsApp group and a system in place to care for children until they are reunited with their families, all for free. From January 2024 to May, over 20 missing children have been found and reunited with their families.

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A lifeline for orphaned children in Taraba

Yahuza Bawage

April 26, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Jalingo, Taraba State

The United Methodist Church in Nigeria Orphanage provides children who have lost their parents with a place to live, education, and healthcare.

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A South African Soup Kitchen Is Bringing Relief to Caregivers

Marcia Zali

April 18, 2024 |

Global Health Now |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: South Africa, Alexandria

A community kitchen in Alexandra, South Africa, uses donations from local businesses, individuals, and a food bank to make meals for children who are not getting enough nutrition from government assistance. Local women volunteer to cook the meals and are able to eat and take home leftovers after all the children are fed.

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How a Billings court is putting the Indian Child Welfare Act into action

Mara Silvers

February 16, 2024 |

Montana Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Billings, Montana

The Family Recovery Court works with Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) eligible child welfare cases to help parents enter recovery and find stability to reconnect with their children. The Court also provides parents with several resources to support them throughout the process including peer support from specialists and other parents who have completed the program. Of the 10 parents currently participating in the program, six have been reunited with their children.

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A doctor's hunt for community-based solutions to childhood obesity

Christine Nguyen

October 09, 2023 |

WHYY |

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Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

The Indian Health Center of Santa Clara Valley (IHC) provides comprehensive community care for low-income people of all races and ethnicities. In an effort to address issues of food insecurity and poor access to nutrition, IHC partners with local food banks to provide free food in a farmer’s market setting, allowing people in need to choose the food they want. The Center also has a fitness center children can use with a doctor’s referral, as well as camps and educational programs for children surrounding fitness and nutrition.

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Faith-based maternity homes ‘create a haven' in states with strict abortion laws

Anna Claire Vollers

October 03, 2023 |

Stateline |

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Response Location: United States, Chilton County, Alabama

Selah’s Oasis is a maternity home that provides housing for pregnant women and new, single mothers. The Center offers pregnancy resources including free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds and parenting classes, as well as Bible study, baby supplies and counseling against abortion. At maternity homes, women can stay for the duration of their pregnancy, as well as for several months, or even years, after giving birth. Selah’s Oasis serves about 400 people per year, but due to increased need, they’ve already met that goal by September and are expecting the number to climb to 500 to 600 people by the end of the year.

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Community Regional offering breastfeeding education and resources to Valley mothers

Amanda Aguilar

September 26, 2023 |

KFSN-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

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Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

The Mother's Resource Center provides resources, education and a support system for women working to breastfeed their newborns. The Center has been open for 15 years — though it's recently been seeing an increase in moms in need of services — and all services and resources are available to mothers at an adjustable fee depending on their financial situation.

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Hefty cigarette taxes cut smoking big-time. But there's a downside for children

Jenny Gold

September 20, 2023 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

First 5 — a group of public agencies created by California’s Proposition 10 tobacco tax — provide funding for preschools, homeless family housing, pediatric dental and mental health care and infant-mother home visits to help parents in need. Home visit groups funded by First 5, like Welcome Baby, serve more than 15,000 families a year and provide necessary supplies like cribs and car seats as well as check-ins for child development.

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Ukraine Starts Unpacking Mental Trauma as War Rages On

Nick Allen

September 19, 2023 |

Direct Relief |

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Response Location: Ukraine, Kharkiv

The “Together with You” center employs psychologists to provide mental health care to civilians in need, including children. Similar centers have also emerged in the area to address rising mental health concerns, like Kimnara Pidtrymky (Support Room) to provide free psychological services to children, both in person and online. These centers — and others like them — often collaborate all in an effort to reduce mental health stigma in the country.

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Loaves of bread bring happiness

Violet Ikong

August 08, 2023 |

Amjambo Africa |

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Response Location: Uganda

The ADAMÂ Bakery trains and employs refugees in Uganda to make bread. This way they can earn a living while also feeding unaccompanied minors in the refugee settlements.

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