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How a Nonprofit's Initiative Helps Villagers Access Healthcare

Ekpali Saint

March 22, 2021 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Ozalla Edem-Ani, Enugu State

To help address a gap in health access for those living in a rural community in Nigeria, a nonprofit that "gives health, educational, and livelihood support to poor groups in Enugu State" built a hospital to serve those seeking out-patient services. Although the hospital isn't equipped to address all health concerns and faces financial constraints, it has helped more than 2,000 people living in the village access care.

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What WA can learn from Native communities' vaccination plan

Manola Secaira

March 22, 2021 |

Crosscut |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington

Washington state’s Native communities have led the way in distributing the Covid vaccine to their communities' most vulnerable and are now helping to vaccinate those who are outside of their tribes. Their success is due to a combination of factors, including direct outreach to those who needed the vaccine the most. According to the Seattle Indian Health Board CEO, “That’s the difference between state, county systems and other public health systems They’re not serving people [directly] every day.”

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Barakoa Maalum Kwa Walio na Changamoto ya Kusikia na Kuzungumza

Ruth Keah

March 21, 2021 |

RadioRahma |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya

Barakoa maalum yasaidia zaidi ya watu 3,000 wenye ulemavu wa kusikia na kuzungumza kuweza kuwasiiliana ilhali wanajikinga dhidi ya virusi vya corona. Barakoa hizo zina sehemu ambayo imeundwa na plastiki inayoruhusu mtu aliye na ulemavu wa aina hii kusoma jinsi midomo inavyosonga maneno yanapotamkwa na kupitia ivo kuweza kuwasiliana.

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Food waste: stories of inclusion and a sense of community

Paola Oriunno

March 21, 2021 |

News48 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Italy

Italian initiatives to combat food waste are connecting surplus food producers with those who need it. The volunteer-run groups have raised awareness of waste and food insecurity, built connections and places of food exchange, and have recovered and saved over 600 tons of food.

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Tactics other states use to boost vaccination rates

Allison Salerno

March 21, 2021 |

Atlanta Journal-Constitution |

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Response Location: United States, Georgia

Georgia's Covid-19 vaccine rollout has been slow and confusing, but Wisconsin's offers lessons for how to improve the system. Unlike Georgia, Wisconsin has created a pre-registration list to eliminate confusion regarding eligibility and has also focused on outreach to marginalized communities. These efforts have helped the state achieve one of the nation's highest vaccination rates.

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Juvenile (in)justice

Tennessee Watson, Eda Uzunlar

March 20, 2021 |

Reveal |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Mitchell, South Dakota

Five years after South Dakota replaced a failing, punitive juvenile justice system that emphasized incarceration and probation with approaches focused on rehabilitation and local services for youth, the state's investment has paid off in far lower recidivism, incarceration, and expense. Counties have financial, justice, and moral incentives to follow the evidence of what works and help teens improve their lives. The state also keeps the data needed to track what is working. Neighboring Wyoming does the opposite on all counts, and it has the wrecked lives and high costs to show for it.

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The New Push for Corporate Diversity Comes with an Atlanta Address

Te-Ping Chen

March 20, 2021 |

Wall Street Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Companies are making the move to Atlanta in their efforts to diversify their workforces. Corporate diversity is hard to achieve in places like Silicon Valley. Instead, companies like Pandora have drastically increased the number of diverse employees since moving to the majority-Black city.

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‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination': the scientists turning the desert green

Steve Rose

March 20, 2021 |

The Guardian |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, s’-Hertogenbosch

A Dutch group of engineers known as the Weather Makers has an ambitious plan to regreen the Sinai Peninsula — the stretch of desert connecting Egypt to the rest of Asia. Their efforts would restore forests, wetlands, and even adjust the weather for the region. This form of ecosystems regeneration could help with food security and mitigate the effects of climate change. Their process of changing an entire ecosystem can be controversial, but initial tests have shown how this could work on a large scale.

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Los que empatan

Katherine Stanley Obando

March 19, 2021 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica

El impacto negativo de la enorme pérdida de horas lectivas para los niños y jóvenes de Costa Rica ha sido reducido por las acciones proactivas de docentes, directores, y algunas autoridades a nivel nacional.

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The equalizers

Katherine Stanley Obando

March 19, 2021 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Education quickly pivoted when COVID-19 led to school closures by training teachers to teach online, providing email addresses, and giving families autonomous learning guides. The Ministry also digitized its enrollment data so that it could track and stay connected with students, while also ensuring that all families had the food and nutrition they needed while children were not able to attend school in person.

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