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Fighting Depression, One Village at a Time

Tina Rosenberg

July 18, 2012 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Uganda

Different programs in various nations are training ordinary people and creating community groups to effectively satisfy the mental health needs of their communities. In many of these regions, "treatment gaps" – where there are little to no mental health treatment plans or resources – exist, but this new informal infrastructure helps to fill that.

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Workers of the World, Employed

David Bornstein

November 03, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Cambodia

Companies who outsource often fuel the race to the bottom for global workers' standards. Two companies, Digital Divide Data and Samasource, offer a model for outsourcing which is profitable and also prioritizes social impact.

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Quick Change That Lasts for the Long Term

Tina Rosenberg

October 04, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Sudan

Rapid Results Initiatives are micro social change projects that a village, government office, or business will work accomplish in just 100 days. They have proven to be sustainably effective at various tasks because they create a sense of local ownership and empowerment within the community that inspires additional change and improvement.

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Salvaging Medical Cast-Offs to Save Lives

Tina Rosenberg

August 04, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Benin, Cotonou, Littoral

Many organizations are building distribution systems to get surplus items in one place to those who need them in another. For example, an organization in Brooklyn collects the surplus medical equipment from United States hospitals and ships it to hospitals in poor countries.

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What Makes Community Health Care Work?

Tina Rosenberg

February 18, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Halgaon, Maharashtra

The second of two columns on how ordinary women trained to become their village doctors are making rural villages much healthier. Financial incentives, supporting workers, and encouraging cooperation from governments are just some of the strategies being implemented.

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Villages Without Doctors

Tina Rosenberg

February 14, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: India, Halgaon, Maharashtra

Many health professionals choose to not live in poor, rural areas that lack access to healthcare. The Society for Education, Action, and Research in Community Health, and the Comprehensive Rural Health Project are training local women in rural parts of India to fill this gap. These women visit families in their community and offer services like education on breastfeeding to new mothers and vaccinations to children.

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How to Grow a Social Business

Tina Rosenberg

February 04, 2011 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Guatemala, Antigua Guatemala

Two columns on microconsignment, a new variation on microcredit that helps poor people living in developing countries - particularly women in rural villages - start small social businesses without taking on debt or requiring previous business skills. The organization, Soluciones Comunitarias, partners with a non-profit and a university student program to manage the supply chain and other components of the business necessary to support the social entrepreneurs in successful micro-ventures.

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