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Sanitation Solutions: When the city let them down, Philly rose up — with orange trash cans

Meir Rinde

October 18, 2021 |

WHYY |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A Philadelphia-based program called I Love Thy Hood's stepped up to help attack the city's dirty streets problem. Fueled entirely by volunteer efforts, the program has placed more than 106 cans on blocks around the city and collected over 100,000 pounds of trash.

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En RD-Congo, la production de serviettes menstruelles réutilisables améliore l'hygiène et l'autonomisation des femmes

Moïse Makangara

October 18, 2021 |

Equal Times |

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Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo

En RDC, l’accès aux serviettes hygiéniques est un casse-tête pour les femmes, notamment à cause de leur coût. L'ONG Uwezo Afrika Initiative basée à Bukavu fabrique depuis 2018 des protections hygiéniques en tissu et vendues à bas coût. En trois ans, elle a produit plus de 30.000 serviettes et emploie 8 personnes.

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Germany's Promising Plan to Bring Conspiracy Theorists Back From the Brink

Alessio Perrone

October 18, 2021 |

Slate |

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Response Location: Germany

The German government opened an office, known as Zebra (“not everything is black and white”) to help people dispel misinformation and conspiracy theories. Most clients are seeking help with loved ones who believe in conspiracy theories, misinformation, or are becoming radicalized. Clients receive in-person phone or video appointments with a neutral staff person, who helps them defuse conflicts, find commonalities, and address mental health issues. After the COVID-19 pandemic began much of the program’s work has been aimed at dispelling misinformation about the government’s response and the vaccine.

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Rural Health Mission Nigeria: Providing Lifesaving Care to Mothers and Babies in Plateau State

Bashar Abubakar

October 18, 2021 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Wase Local Government Area, Plateau State

The Lifesaving Intervention Project offers postnatal services to mothers and newborns via community health workers who are trained in maternal and child health. After giving birth, the women receive follow-up care over the phone and through home visits and are referred to health facilities when additional care is needed. The support services have increased the percent of women getting post-natal care and have improved postpartum mental health. The health workers also provide information about the health benefits of exclusive breastfeeding, delivering in facilities, and birth control to space out children.

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Despite a Punishing Drought, San Diego Has Water. It Wasn't Easy.

Jill Cowan

October 17, 2021 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

While much of the state is still facing a severe drought, San Diego has access to plenty of water. Restrictions - like not allowing restaurants to serve water unless it’s asked for and barring residents from watering their yards during the day – have helped. Diversifying where the city gets their water from and investing in water-saving infrastructure, like lining Imperial Valley canals with concrete to prevent water from seeping into the earth, growing desalination capabilities, and adding more capacity to the reservoir, have also helped diversity and save water.

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Spain has one the highest vaccination rates in the world without government mandates or incentives. Here is what's behind the Spanish success story and what others could learn from it.

Anne-Sophie Brandlin

October 17, 2021 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Spain

Spain achieved one of the highest vaccination rates among Western countries in part because of longstanding trust and confidence in the public health system and data-informed strategies. The public generally trusted the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine because of a history of cooperation and positive public health outcomes. The norm of inter-generational living also gave young people more incentive to get vaccinated to protect their elderly residents and officials used this as part of the public health messaging. Officials also personally called and set up vaccine appointments for everyone they could reach.

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In Venezuela, a Rum Maker Offers Gangsters a Life Outside of Crime

Isayen Herrera Anatoly Kurmanaev

October 16, 2021 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Venezuela, Sabaneta

Rather than fleeing or fighting the twin threats to its business from criminal gangs and an aggressively anti-business government, the managers of Venezuelan rum-maker Ron Santa Teresa chose to make peace with both through social programs that have calmed what once was one of the violent country's most troubled towns. The company's Proyecto Alcatraz creates economic opportunity for gang members, providing them with job training and psychological counseling. It also courted favor with the socialist government with a housing initiative for the poor. Both programs have proved a boon for business.

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Trys Lietuvos regionų sėkmės istorijos: vaikai, gyvenantys šeimoje, ir antri metai be didelių globos institucijų

Domantė Platūkytė

October 16, 2021 |

Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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Response Location: Lithuania

Telšiuose ir Kelmėje nebėra nė vieno vaiko, kuris augtų vaikų globos namuose - visi globojami šeimose namų aplinkoje; Elektrėnuose taip pat nebėra didelių vaikų globos namų - liko mažesni ir jaukesni bendruomeniniai namai. Savivaldybių parūpintos finansinės paskatos globėjams ir bendradarbiavimas su bendruomene padėjo užtikrinti, kad neliktų nė vieno vaiko, neturinčio namų.

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Teaching Communities How to Fish

L'Monique King

October 15, 2021 |

QNotes Carolinas |

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Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

Food trucks alleviate food insecurity in food deserts and contribute to economic mobility in the Black community. A variety of local vendors benefit from the success of food trucks while consumers have easy access to high-quality food.

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The Radical Shift in Drug Treatment Happening Inside California Prisons

Juan Moreno Haines

October 15, 2021 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, San Quentin, California

To combat opioid overdose deaths among incarcerated people, the California prison system in January 2020 launched a treatment program that combines medication-assisted treatment with professional and peer counseling. The program uses the three most effective medications to reduce opioid dependency. The one-year program features intense counseling, individual and group, based on a workbook that takes gender and trauma-related causes for drug abuse into account. Preliminary data show a decrease in deaths at San Quentin prison. More than 15,000 people have enrolled in the program.

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