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  • Islam Finds a Home in German Classrooms

    March 18, 2020 |

    Are We Europe |

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    Response Location: Germany, Frankfurt, Hesse

    Germany is unusual amongst countries in its attitude towards religion—it considers faith to be "sociologically and psychologically important and part of both individuals and society." In these advances, it has begun to teach the religion of Islam in its German-speaking public schools, within state-supervised curriculum that also covers Catholicism and Protestantism. This helps the German people to get to know their large Muslim population better and helps weed out radicalism with education. This is part of a larger strategy to better integrate their Muslim residents, which has a lot of public support.

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  • Idaho Hunger Relief Organizations Adapt To Meet Increased Demand During Coronavirus

    March 18, 2020 |

    Boise State Public Radio (KBSX) |

    Radio |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Boise, Idaho

    Food pantries in Idaho have successfully adapted to a higher demand while abiding by the new social distance norms. Prior to the outbreak of coronavirus, the pantry was set up like a grocery store and individuals browsed the shelves for whatever they needed. Volunteers now bring out pre-packaged meals to cars. Other food distribution organizations have begun making house calls to drop off essentials and perform wellness checks for senior citizens who feel safer in their own homes. The new procedures require more volunteers and more work but have so far been successful.

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  • Warum Radfahren gleich doppelt schützt

    March 18, 2020 |

    Der Spiegel |

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    Response Location: Germany

    Wie funktioniert "Social Distancing" im Verkehr? Am besten mit Auto und Fahrrad. Radeln hat dabei einen klaren Vorteil, und nicht nur für das Klima: Es schützt gleich doppelt vor Infektionen, denn die Bewegung kann vorbeugend wirken.

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  • 'Pandemic Partners' In Bend Use Social Media To Care For Neighbors In Isolation

    March 18, 2020 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Bend, Oregon

    People in Bend, Oregon have turned to social media in order to help at-risk community members during the coronavirus pandemic. Utilizing Facebook Groups to connect with one another, the moderators aim to conduct "acts of kindness that are most easily crowdsourced" such as picking up groceries or walking a neighbor's dog.

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  • Restaurant owner adapts to keep employees working amid coronavirus outbreak

    March 18, 2020 |

    WEWS-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Grafton, Ohio

    Many businesses have been forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic, but some restaurants – such as one in Grafton, Ohio – are turning their in-house servers into delivery drivers to stay open. As a means to both provide for the community and for the employees, restaurant owners are using the conversion from dine-in to to-go to bolster their financial reality.

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  • A Pandemic And A Parade: What 1918 tells us about flattening the curve

    March 18, 2020 |

    Newsy |

    Documentary |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Enacting social distancing and mass closures of schools, businesses, and other industries during the times of virus outbreaks has been shown to slow the waves of infection, as first witnessed during the era of the Spanish Flu when one American city acted proactively while another did not. In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, areas that began social distancing practices sooner are already reporting a flattened curve of cases, which helps hospitals avoid overcrowding.

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  • Engineers 3D-print patented valves for free to save coronavirus patients in Italy

    March 18, 2020 |

    Global News |

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    Response Location: Italy, Brescia

    When a hospital in Italy ran the risk of running out of a medical valve that was necessary to help treat patients suffering from COVID-19, an engineering company stepped in to fill the gap by 3D printing the valve. Choosing "patients over patents," the company was able to mass produce 100 valves – at a fraction of the cost of a regular valve – which have already helped at least 10 patients.

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  • (Environmental) Justice for All

    March 18, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Serenity Soular is a worker-owned cooperative that installs solar panels in an affordable way, focusing on communities of color in North Philadelphia. They employ local residents through an apprenticeship program, training high school dropouts to install affordable clean energy options. Because the solar energy nonprofit was rooted in Serenity House, a community center, they have successfully been able to get buy-in from local residents to help bring more solar energy to their community.

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  • In Kenya slums, community leaders step up to coronavirus challenge

    March 18, 2020 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    In Kibera, an informal settle in Nairobi, Kenya with little access to clean water, community organizations are setting up handwashing stations and deploying teams of volunteers to educate people about the spread of COVID-19. One organization called Shining Hope for Communities is addressing a lack of service for Kibera's half a million people.

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  • How the U.S. can defeat coronavirus: Heed Asia's lessons from past epidemics

    March 18, 2020 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: South Korea

    As much of Europe and the United States are still in the early stages of trying to contain the coronavirus, countries in Asia offer several lessons in mitigation strategies. Rapid government intervention and regulation helped to slow the spread in Taiwan while in South Korea, increased transparency and mass testing – made possible because the country opened the process to the private sector – have shown to have helped flatten the curve of transmission.

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