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  • The Human Library connects people by tackling stigma and isolation

    January 04, 2022 |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    Library patrons are being encouraged to have dialogues and explore diversity through The Human Library. People from various backgrounds are “on loan” to chat for 30 minutes at a time, which can lead to conversations with people who may not have ever met under any other circumstances. The aim of the project is to improve a sense of community and even to “address global challenges.”

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  • Cross River Today Special Report

    January 03, 2022 |

    Sparkling 92.3 FM |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Igbo

    The River Basin Authority, which selects a few locations each year to provide potable water and sanitation interventions, completed development projects in Igbo that improved the community’s quality of life. To facilitate agricultural use of the vast land in the community, the authority constructed an access road to help farmers take their produce from their farms to local markets, where they can sell them to make a sustainable living. They also provided irrigation access and solar-powered boreholes to provide potable water, reducing the risk of water-borne diseases like cholera.

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  • Alleviating the plights of diabetes patients with free drugs and medical checks

    January 02, 2022 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria

    Feed The Vulnerable Families Foundation works provides free medicine, checkups, and help with medical bills to people living with diabetes. The organization collaborates with health centers across 32 states to identify people who would benefit from services and reaches medical volunteers through its social media platforms. During outreach events, people are tested for diabetes, given free medications and education materials about living with the disease, and more serious cases are referred to local hospitals for urgent care.

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  • ‘Boys and girls have equal freedom': Kerala backs gender-neutral uniforms

    January 02, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Kerala

    In an attempt to provide ease of movement to girl students while playing, Valayanchirangara primary school introduced "gender-neutral" uniforms for all its 756 students that eliminated the earlier requirement for them to wear skirts. It has since inspired several other schools in Kerala to similarly change their uniforms and snowballed a movement, supported by the state's education minister no less, where more such measures to promote gender equality in schools are being encouraged and adapted.

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  • Mosquito nets distribution helping to combat Nigeria's malaria crisis

    December 31, 2021 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Society for Family Health began providing pre-packaged malaria treatment for vulnerable groups in the 1980s but eventually evolved to focus mainly on the distribution of insecticide-treated nets to prevent infection and reduce transmission in the first place. The campaign is funded by international aid organizations and distribution is based on actual population data for the communities where it works to ensure 100% coverage. The campaign has effectively reduced malaria transmission and employs local community members to help with distribution, which improves the local economy.

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  • The Lagos Group Taking Children Off The Slums And Streets Back To Classrooms

    December 30, 2021 |

    Prime Progress |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Destiny Trust performs outreach in slum settlements and encampments to connect homeless children with residential housing and get them enrolled in school, sometimes via placing them in boarding schools. Through fundraising and partnering with other groups such as religious organizations, the nonprofit has sponsored the education of nearly 3,000 children since launching in 2012.

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  • Burning Sugar Cane Pollutes Communities of Color in Florida. Brazil Shows There's Another Way.

    December 29, 2021 |

    ProPublica |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil

    In Brazil, the world's largest producer of sugar cane, industry leaders have found a way to harvest the crop without sugar cane burning. Sugar cane burning is harmful to the environment and nearby residents. After complaints and regulations, producers invested in technology that allows them to cut the cane without burning it. This is a contrast to South Florida, despite producing less sugar cane than Brazil, producers in the state continue the practice.

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  • When Dangerous Strains of Salmonella Hit, the Turkey Industry Responded Forcefully. The Chicken Industry? Not So Much.

    December 29, 2021 |

    ProPublica |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The turkey and chicken industries have struggled with salmonella outbreaks that are more virulent and less responsive to antibiotics. The turkey industry responded immediately, forming a task force to study and fight the strain, vaccinating breeding flocks, setting up better barn sanitation, and making changes in processing plants to reduce cross-contamination. The chicken industry’s response has been slow and not transparent, and as a result it continues to spread and make people sick. On the other hand, 73% fewer turkeys are found to have the bacteria and reports of people getting sick have fallen by 65%.

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  • “Meet a Jew,” Germany's New Scheme to Convince the Country That Jews Are People

    December 28, 2021 |

    Slate |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Germany

    Through the "Meet a Jew" program launched by the Central Council of Jews in Germany, Jewish volunteers visit schools, universities, sports clubs, and religious centers to share their stories with non-Jewish Germans and combat growing antisemitism. The initiative held 540 sessions in 2021 to facilitate conversations about what it means to be Jewish and how Jews fit into German society.

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  • A shellfish company gets into the weeds

    December 28, 2021 |

    High Country News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington

    In their fight to protect eelgrass, The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community sued the Army Corps and the National Marine Fisheries Service. The Swinomish Tribe argued that creating wide exemptions to shellfish farming could endanger eelgrass, which they rely on. Their win led to stricter regulations that require individual permits rather than national permits. The tribe also opened its own shellfish operation.

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