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  • Community Development Lenders Turning to Fintech for a Boost During Crisis

    April 30, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States

    CNote has provided a source of funding for federally certified Community Development Financial Institutions by pooling cash from foundations, bigger banks, philanthropists, and donor-advised funds to counter the lack of available cash flow experienced by CDFIs, which are lenders but not banks. Federal COVID-19 funding set aside $30 billion specifically for CDFIs that overwhelmingly lend to women- and minority-owned businesses, which face persistent racial and gender biases and are unable to successfully tap into lending and grants such as the Paycheck Protection Program through traditional lenders.

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  • New Zealand has ‘effectively eliminated' coronavirus. Here's what they did right.

    April 30, 2020 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    While most countries around the world are trying to implement strategies to contain the coronavirus outbreak, New Zealand set out to eradicate the virus. Rapid government-enacted intervention strategies and a reliance on science coupled with compliance from community members has resulted in the countrywide caseload remaining significantly low and has allowed for parts of the region to slowly reopen.

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  • No tourism income, but this Philippine community still guards its environment

    April 30, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Coron, Palawan

    A COVID-19-spurred shutdown has halted ecotourism to Siete Pecados, a marine protected area in the Philippines. As a result, many residents have turned to fishing as a way to supplement their income. To make sure this is done with the environment in mind, local residents are stepping up to help tourism workers, ensure the area stays protected, and prevent overfishing of endangered species.

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  • Des micro-solidarités nées pour durer

    April 30, 2020 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: France, Meuse

    Coups de main spontanés entre voisins, chaînes de solidarité lancées par les mairies, actions associatives ou nouvelles plates-formes numériques… Cet élan de solidarités saura-t-il se perpétuer, une fois la parenthèse du confinement refermée ? La question traverse le réseau Covid-entraide auquel participe, parmi tant d’autres, le petit groupe des Cousettes.

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  • Lösungen hacken in der Coronakrise

    April 30, 2020 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Mehr als 20.000 Tüftler kamen Ende April beim Hackathon "EUvsVirus" zusammen, virtuell. Ziel: Die Suche nach Lösungen für die vielen Probleme in der Corona-Krise. Mittlweile hat sich die Idee europaweit ausgebreitet.

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  • Coronavirus : dans les hôpitaux, les visites des familles restent très restreintes

    April 29, 2020 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: France, Clichy

    La plupart des établissements essaient de garantir l’accès aux malades en fin de vie. Certains voudraient aller plus loin, notamment dans les régions les moins touchées par le Covid-19. Mais le retour à la normale semble encore loin.

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  • Language barriers can pose a steep hurdle for Kansas governments to overcome during COVID-19 pandemic

    April 29, 2020 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas

    Several Kansas state entities translated and distributed information in multiple languages during the COVID-19 pandemic. The El Dorado Public School district provided information in Spanish on their website and on student laptops, iPads, and handouts. In addition to a multilingual hotline, the state’s health department released an accessible micro-website, created by CivicPlus, that translates information into over 100 languages, including sign language, and uses closed captioning for videos. The microsite template was so effective, the company is offering it to other jurisdictions for other scenarios.

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  • Germany avoids the worst of coronavirus crisis — but how?

    April 29, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Germany has emerged during the coronavirus pandemic as a country that has successfully been able to avoid the worst-case scenario, unlike many other countries still battling the virus. Although the country hasn't escaped unscathed, the country's accessible and reliable health care system and a public trust in government officials both helped form the country's successful response to the outbreak.

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  • [극복! 코로나] 중국은 이미 '2차 유행 방지' 총력…"4대 전략 주목"

    April 29, 2020 |

    뉴스핌 |

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    Response Location: China

    일상 회복의 움직임을 보이는 중국에서는 2차 유행을 방지하기 위한 노력이 한창입니다. 해외입국자를 통제와 공격적 대규모 검사를 지속하는 한편, 직장과 학교, 대중교통 이용시 마스크 착용을 의무화하고 있습니다.

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  • Lowering costs, improving lives, even during a pandemic Audio icon

    April 29, 2020 |

    Jackson Hole News & Guide |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

    A new initiative at St. John’s Health in Wyoming aimed at bettering people's health while saving the hospital money by combining wellness services with behavioral programs has shown promise but was put on hold due to the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of pausing the program in entirety, however, program administrators have instead adapted it for St. John's employees as a means of keeping staff healthy.

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