Artwork stating 'Education Destroys Barriers', 'We Demand Treatment', and 'I Need A Chance'

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 3659 results  for your search.  View and Refine Your Search Terms

  • Homeless Find a Champion in Canada's Medicine Hat

    Craig Smith

    February 26, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Alberta

    The average homeless person costs taxpayers 120,000 Canadian dollars a year, while it takes just 18,000 Canadian dollars to house someone. In Alberta, Canada, the “housing first” strategy gets homeless people into homes regardless of whether they are mentally ill, alcoholic, or even drug abusers. The strategy almost eliminates homelessness.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Volunteers With No Medical Training Are Fighting Diseases The World Ignores

    Sarah Ruiz-Grossman

    February 24, 2017 |

    The Huffington Post |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mozambique

    In Nampula, Mozambique, people living in remote, rural communities do not seek medical attention when they get sick because of myths that diseases are caused by spirits. So a non-profit, Malaria Consortium, is training ordinary people, to teach others about the cause and treatments of common illnesses thus motivating the villagers to seek care at health facilities.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • In rural India, MIT grads aim to improve access to sanitary pads for women

    Kristi Eaton

    February 23, 2017 |

    NBC News |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Dumandih, Jharkhand

    For women in rural parts of India, it is common to not be taught about the role menstruation plays due to the stigma that surrounds the topic. To bring both a better understanding and better hygienic practices to these areas, a startup has started using "locally-sourced banana fiber to create biodegradable sanitary napkins, which degrade faster if buried and don’t have to be burned" with the goal of increasing access.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Can the Humble Menstrual Cup Free Women from the Tyranny of Big Tampon?

    Julissa Treviño

    February 22, 2017 |

    Bright Magazine |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    While the menstrual cup is one of the most efficient, cost-effective and environmentally-friendly ways women can cope with their periods, it is rarely used due to the stigma surrounding the cup. Leaders at Sustainable Cycles, a nonprofit, are working to de-stigmatize the menstrual cup and promote both personal and global health.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Can Magic Mushrooms Cure Addiction?

    Olga Khazan

    February 18, 2017 |

    The Atlantic |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    A mixture of intense therapy and the use of psilocybin—‘magic mushrooms’—has been successful with helping people break nicotine addictions. While many therapies only treat surface symptoms, psilocybin—administered in a controlled environment—seems to have beneficial impacts on brain functioning that eliminate the drivers of addiction.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • The Sun Water Solution

    Tom Colls

    February 12, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Uganda, Makindye, Kampala

    Professor Kevin McGuigan in Dublin has proven that simply leaving contaminated water in a plastic bottle out in the sun for several hours is effective in killing off harmful bacteria like e-coli and provide a simple solution for clean water. But his efforts to bring this simple method of solar disinfection to rural communities in Africa - where disease and death from waterborne bacteria is especially prevalent - have hit a number of sociological and cultural roadblocks.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Take Three Zucchinis and Call Me in the Morning: The Power of Produce Prescriptions

    Brian Barth

    February 02, 2017 |

    Smithsonian |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A program called FVRx (Fruits and Vegetables Rx) enlists physicians, grocery stores, and the government SNAP program to help make underserved communities healthier. When physicians write prescriptions for fruits and vegetables, families are allotted more money through SNAP to be spent only on fresh produce.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Can a cleaner cookstove save lives?

    Hari Sreenivasan

    February 01, 2017 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Ghana, Kintampo

    Cooking over a wood or charcoal stove can cause serious health complications including pneumonia and cardiac disease, yet women in developing countries often have no other options. In Ghana, clean cook stoves are being distributed to women in collaboration with a study about the effect that the new stoves have on the health of these women and their children. So far, the women are enjoying spending the time that they used to spend collecting wood for cooking with their children or in school. This study is ongoing but early results indicate an overall improvement in health in clean cook stove households.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Sometimes, It Does Hurt To Ask

    Caitlin Cruz

    January 31, 2017 |

    Digg |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Transgender people are using crowdfunding sites to raise money to pay for gender confirmation surgeries. “"It was such a surreal feeling. I was looking at the number in my PayPal," Moog says. It didn't quite sink in that the surgery was now entirely possible.” Foundations like the Jim Collins Foundation also help cover the costs of surgery. In 2017 the Jim Collins Foundation awarded 13 grants for gender confirmation surgery.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Urban forests increasingly central to planning in poor and rich countries alike

    Gregory Scruggs

    January 30, 2017 |

    Citiscope |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver

    Implementing and maintaining healthy urban forests is becoming more popular throughout communities internationally. Results from cities that have moved in this direction not only include an improvement to community and environmental health but also come with an economic valuation in the form of pollution removal, carbon sequestration and stormwater alleviation.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

Go to All Solutions in Focus