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  • How Native Americans Are Fighting a Food Crisis

    April 13, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

    Indigenous people across the United States—like the Oglala Sioux on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation—are relying on survival tactics that their ancestors used to get through the COVID-19 pandemic, like seed saving, canning, and dehydrating food. Social distancing isn't as much of an issue as food shortages are in reservations. To pitch in individuals are doing things to help others, like growing crops, preparing seedlings of different crops for people to plant in their yards or donating from their own food reserves to others who might need it. This article highlights responses in reservations across the US.

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  • Cómo la tecnología ha sido un aliado para las iglesias en Carolina del Norte en tiempos del coronavirus

    April 13, 2020 |

    Enlace Latino NC |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Raleigh, North Carolina

    Diferentes iglesias en Raleigh, Carolina del Norte están recurriendo a las redes sociales para conectarse durante la pandemia causada por el nuevo coronavirus. Algunas iglesias están transmitiendo servicios semanales a través de Facebook Live, algunas otras tienen actividades grupales por Zoom, un servicio de teleconferencias. Aunque tienen exito con estos enfoques, los adultos de la tercera edad tienen dificultades mantienendo este nivel de conexión virtual.

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  • “Ladies First!”: Women fight against solid waste dumping in this Himachal Pradesh village

    April 13, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Sudher, Himachal Pradesh

    A group of women volunteers, known as the Mahila Mandal, from Sudher in India are fighting against the dumping of garbage in their village and the pollution and potential negative health effects that come with it. Despite daily household and farm work, the group has been pressuring authorities through demonstrations and protests to clean up the solid waste dumping site.

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  • Rolling for a Better Future

    April 13, 2020 |

    Atlatszo |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Hungary, Pécs

    In Pécs, Hungary, the Rolling Basket wheelchair basketball team is helping to integrate typically isolated people into the community through sports and recreation. Beyond the physical benefit, wheelchair basketball is helping players develop adaptability, autonomy, and improved stress tolerance.

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  • The City That Has Flattened the Coronavirus Curve

    April 12, 2020 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Early data is showing that San Francisco's proactive and aggressive approach to containing the spread of COVID-19 is working. Once regarded as overly aggressive and premature, the mayor's decision to declare a state of emergency and ban gatherings of groups of more than 1,000 people prior to the confirmation of any cases in the area, is now emerging as a model for how to handle a public health crisis.

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  • Hanoi launches a rice dispenser to help underprivileged overcome Covid-19

    April 12, 2020 |

    Hanoi Times |

    Photojournalism |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Vietnam, Cầu Giấy, Hà Nội

    A dispenser dubbed "the rice ATM" is providing sustenance for people who are suffering under the effects of the pandemic. From 8 AM to 5 PM every day, citizens stand 6.5 ft apart from each other to receive 3kg of rice a day from the ATM. On the first day they gave 2.3 tons of rice to over 700 people, and they are continuing to service people until the rice runs out. Residents are very happy about the program, with one woman saying that her 3 kg of rice per day can feed her for 4 days.

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  • Osprey Packs, Alpacka Raft, and MakerLab producing masks and PPE to meet local COVID-19 needs

    April 12, 2020 |

    KSUT |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Cortez, Colorado

    Businesses in the Four Corners region of the United States have shifted their production from outdoor equipment to medical equipment and have successfully solicited people from the community to help. Although the businesses don't necessarily have the capacity or facilities available to prevent medical-grade equipment and have had to rethink how their production regimes work, they have been able to make at-home protective equipment and items such as hospital gowns.

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  • 12-Step Recovery Programs Adapt in the Age of Social Distancing

    April 12, 2020 |

    The Sierra Nevada Ally |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Reno, Nevada

    When the size of group gatherings began to be limited to prevent the spread of COVID-19, recovery programs had to rethink how to hold meetings – such as moving groups to online formats. Although there are limitations to not meeting in-person, this format has increased accessibility for many participants and allowed them to join meetings from outside of their typical region.

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  • Turning A Bar Into A Grocery Store To Help Your City

    April 12, 2020 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Local, New York City dive bar, Forgtmenot, had to pivot its business in the wake of COVID-19. Once a popular bar, now is a mini-mart, providing access to groceries for the community. With familial ties to a supermarket in Queens, the Lower East Side dive is able to access the supply chain and provide a less crowded, more community-driven alternative to the larger grocery stores.

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  • How Europe manages to keep a lid on coronavirus unemployment while it spikes in the U.S.

    April 11, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: France

    European countries like France and Germany have been able to keep their unemployment rates low because of pre-existing programs that have been called to action during COVID-19. In France, the government subsidizes up to 84% of wages to incentive companies not to lay their employees off. In Germany, their short-time work program pays up to two-thirds of employee pay. While not an inexpensive method, some say it could help their economies replenish quicker after the pandemic.

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