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Faith-Based Vaccine Outreach Underway to Reach Northern Nevada Latinos

Natalie Van Hoozer

July 30, 2021 |

KUNR |

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Response Location: United States, Reno, Nevada

To increase vaccination rates among Reno’s Latino/a population, organizers conducted outreach with congregants at a local church that offers Spanish-language masses. Confidence in clinic locations and feeling safe due to immigration status presented as the biggest obstacles keeping people from getting vaccinated, so organizers used the church to hold pop-up clinics. The initial outreach helped build trust and gave organizers a chance to provide information and answer questions. Hundreds turned out for each clinic and the vaccination rate among the surrounding Latino/a community increased from 22% to 41%.

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The Black-Owned Startup “Turning NYC Buildings Into Teslas”

Phil Roberts

July 30, 2021 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A startup is making buildings more eco-friendly by converting their energy needs from oil and gas to electric heat pumps. BlocPower is a Black-owned clean tech startup that provides a no money down lease option, making it financially accessible.

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In Conversation With The Black-Owned Startup Turning Buildings Into Teslas

Phil Roberts

July 30, 2021 |

Next City |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

BlocPower is retrofitting old city buildings and making them environmentally friendly. The startup offers leasing options, making it financially accessible.

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Singe'nge ya Kasaine Inayotoa Suluhu ya Mzozo Kati ya Wanyamapori na Binadamu

Ruth Keah

July 30, 2021 |

RadioRahma |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya

Singe’nge inayotengenezwa kwa mabati madogo madogo ambayo hufungwa kwa kamba na kuzungushwa katika mpaka wa shamba imesaidia kupunguza mzozo kati ya wanyamapori na binadamu katika kaunti ya Taita Taveta. Mabati hayo madogo yanapogongana hutoa sauti inayotishia ndovu na wakati wa usiku mabati hayo yanang’aa kiasi cha kuwatishia ndovu wasifikie mashamba hayo.

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More Mini-Parks Mean Better Mental Health

Nora Macaluso

July 29, 2021 |

Next Avenue |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

PHS LandCare, with support from the city, develops small vacant lots into mini-parks that bring people out of their homes and engage with their community. A 2018 study found that people living near LandCare lots reported a decrease in feelings of depression and a reduction in feelings of poor mental health. The city's role is important to the program’s success, especially in providing money to hire contractors to maintain the green spaces, especially local residents and formerly incarcerated people. Sites must be in low-income neighborhoods and near business areas, schools, and recreation centers.

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From a Prison Garden Sprouts Real Growth

Hannah Wallace

July 27, 2021 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Lettuce Grow teaches gardening skills to 200 incarcerated people per year in 16 Oregon prisons and juvenile detention centers. The teaching includes college-level courses and hands-on gardening on prison grounds, which then yields hundreds of thousands of pounds of fresh vegetables for prison kitchens. Graduates of the program commit many fewer crimes than the average ex-prisoner and have found work after prison at nurseries and in other horticultural pursuits.

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From killer crocodiles to clean water in rural villages

André Gakwaya

July 27, 2021 |

Rwanda News Agency |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Rwanda, Nyarufuzu

The Water Access Rwanda project created a source of clean drinking water by establishing a network of pipelines and solar-powered pumps that help deliver purified drinking water to homes. Not only has the project provided a way for people to access clean water, but it has also provided jobs for over 60 people.

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Door-to-door vaccine outreach finds success in Lafayette's Latino community

Ty Baniewicz

July 26, 2021 |

The Current (Louisiana) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Acadiana, Louisiana

Members of Asociación Cultural Latino-Acadiana and the Rotary Club of Lafayette North went door-to-door in neighborhoods that are home to Spanish-speaking households to find people eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations. After compiling a list of unvaccinated residents who wanted the shot, they coordinated with the Department of Health to organize three vaccine events. The events were held within the communities, which eased transportation burdens and the inability to take time off of work. The presence of interpreters also helped ease residents’ concerns of being able to communicate with the medical providers.

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Fighting plastic waste: a double-edged sword

Justice Nwafor

July 26, 2021 |

SciDev.Net |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

Teams of recyclers in Nigeria gather plastic bottles from the streets and landfills and brings them to recycling plants where they can exchange the waste for money. HISL Recyclers collects this waste — which usually contains polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, a dangerous chemical — as a way to remove the waste from the environment. However, more work needs to be done to get more people to participate in the program and to scale the operations. So far, they’ve been able to recycle up to 20 tonnes of plastic waste a month.

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Cómo una avenida hizo visibles a los peatones en San Nicolás de los Garza

Ilse Casas

July 23, 2021 |

Cletofilia |

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Response Location: Mexico

La municipalidad de Monterrey ha creado o mejorado 12 cruces en al ciudad, así aumentando la cantidad de personas que cruzan por los semáforos y mejorando la percepción de seguridad de los peatones. Para lograr incidir más en reducir los atropellos, se exploran opciones como hacer los cruces a nivel de banqueta, y trabajar un cambio cultural porque muchos residentes todavía creen que abrir espacio para el peatón aumenta las presas.

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