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Market Center Providing Safe Breastfeeding Space

Oliver Ochieng

August 04, 2022 |

Sasa Radio |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Kaunti ya kisumu na shirika la kijamii la Kidogo limejenga kituo cha kina mama kuingia na kunyonyesha watoto wao katika soko la Kibuye. Kituo hicho kinatoa mazingira mazuri na tulivu ya kina mama kunyonyesha watoto wao. Mama anapofika katika kituo hicho, kuna mhudumu wa afya anayeshika mtoto ili mama aoshe mikono, kisha apewe kiti akae anyonyeshe mtoto. Pia kuna jokovu la kuhifadhi maziwa ya mama kwa walio na maziwa mengi na wengetaka kukamua.

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What can a library card get you? Try a popcorn maker or ukulele.

Roy Rivenburg

August 03, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

A Sacramento library’s “library of things” allows the public to borrow nontraditional things like cake pans and weed whackers in an effort to attract patrons in the digital age.

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NYC's Newest Gigabit Center Aims to Close the Bronx's Digital Divide

Emily Nonko

August 03, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The free, public WiFi network LinkNYC addresses the digital divide exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. LinkNYC replaces old payphone kiosks and provides high-speed WiFi hotspots and allow for phone calls, device charging and access to social services and local information.

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Oasis in the Desert: Walker River Paiute Tribe Builds Food Pantry

Jan Pytalski

August 03, 2022 |

The Daily Yonder |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Schurz, Nevada

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic making access to groceries more difficult, The Walker River Paiute Tribe created a food pantry to support members of the tribe and local farmers. The food pantry has since become the largest in the state, by volume of distributed food, having distributed about 6,500 bags of food to over 355 households.

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How Portland is Leaning on Neighborhood Teams to Improve Heat Wave Response

Isabella Garcia

August 02, 2022 |

Portland Mercury |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

The Ground Support Guest Transportation Unit offers a city-run alternative to relying on rideshare and cabs to transport people to cooling shelters by relying on Portland’s Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NET), a volunteer-run neighborhood group that provides services during times of need. During a July 2022 heatwave, the program received 215 ride requests, 138 of which were completed by NET volunteers.

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New Malcolm X Plaza hopes to provide a solution to gun violence in South Dallas

Sophie McCauley

July 29, 2022 |

Dallas Free Press |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

The Child Poverty Action Lab in Dallas turned a vacant lot into a community plaza that hosts events like movie nights and community meals in an effort to bring the community together and reduce violence in the area.

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Occupy to survive: Brazilians squat to fight for housing rights

Mia Alberti

July 29, 2022 |

Al Jazeera |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

Housing activists have been living in an abandoned building — Prestes Maia — since 2002. Through their years of activism, occupying the space and working to make the 22-story high-rise livable Prestes Maia is being transformed into social housing for the families that have been living there for the past several years.

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Curbing the tide of open defecation in Nigeria; the Kwara example

Usman Aliyu

July 28, 2022 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

The Kwara Government and the Open Defecation Free Program provide public toilets to citizens in areas where public defecation is an issue and also provides basic sanitation services to those in need. Since the program began, the rate of open defecation has dropped by 14%, while the rate of access to basic sanitation services in the state has increased from 14% to 31%.

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The city that pioneered Europe's car-free future

Aitor Hernandez-Morales

July 27, 2022 |

Politico |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Spain, Pontevedra

A European city banned cars from most of the city in 1999 and has not had a single road-related death in over a decade and approximately 15,000 people have moved to the area. And, in response to the growing climate crisis, air pollution has decreased by 67% and neighboring cities and countries are looking to adopt the practice, too.

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Corps member's media advocacy helped construct Ayegbami's road taking lives

Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

July 26, 2022 |

Legit.ng |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Ayegbami

After an impassable road cut the community of Ayegbami off from business and cultural opportunities, a corps member with the National Youth Service Scheme chose to tackle the issue as his Community Development Service project. Through media advocacy and direct outreach to relevant officials, the community was able to get the government's attention and the road was reconstructed with a new bridge to control erosion, allowing the local economy to rebound.

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