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'A mindset for survival': how to help small businesses survive Covid-19

Anna Patton

December 17, 2020 |

Pioneers Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nicaragua

Small businesses in the global South were able to survive the past year of COVID-19 and the domino effect it had on the business community with the help of enterprise support organizations. In addition to financial help, organizations like TechnoServe provided help with operations, business planning, reworking disrupted supply chains, pivoting to new business plans and markets, as well as HR management. The organizations drew from lessons learned in previous times of economic uncertainty to help entrepreneurs become resilient.

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As Homelessness Rises in Seattle, So Does a Native American Housing Solution

Hallie Golden

December 17, 2020 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Supportive housing options geared toward Native Americans specifically are rare but much-needed resources in urban areas like Seattle where up to 15% percent of the homeless population belongs to the native community. Native community members are made to feel at home in shelter facilities in Portland and Phoenix where resources include traditional and cultural practices, Native artwork, vocational rehabilitation, and the presence of other Natives getting back on their feet. A Seattle housing project set to open in 2021 will address “the critical shortage of culturally competent outreach."

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A Clever Strategy to Distribute Covid Aid—With Satellite Data

Tom Simonite

December 17, 2020 |

Wired |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Togo

To quickly distribute money to poverty-stricken areas in Togo during the coronavirus pandemic, the country's government turned to mobile cash payments. Working with a nonprofit and UC Berkeley’s Center for Effective Global Action, Togo established a system of mobile payments to reach 30,000 of Togo’s poorest people who were identified via satellite imagery and image analysis algorithms.

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How locals are helping refugees navigate Hamburg's crowded housing market

Hannah Lesch

December 17, 2020 |

The Local |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

The Wohnbrücke Hamburg project, which translates to “housing bridge,” helps refugees in their search for affordable housing in Hamburg, Germany. The complicated process is made harder due to language and cultural barrier in addition to xenophobia. The Wohnbrücke Hamburg project mediates between refugees and landlords and has successfully helped 785 households secure their living arrangements.

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An Indigenous practice may be key to preventing wildfires

Charles Mann

December 17, 2020 |

National Geographic |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Indigenous Peoples Burn Network, is a collaboration of Native nations, academic researchers, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations that advocate for and train fire-lighters in the indigenous practices of controlled forest burns. Under careful supervision, fire-lighters spread lines of fire beneath trees to create fuel-free areas and protect old growth trees from burning. Controlled burns preserve resources that are part of Native cultures, encourage and protect wildlife and biodiversity, and decrease the frequency of largescale, out-of-control forest fires.

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Refugees Hold the Line Against a Pandemic

Anna-Catherine Brigida

December 17, 2020 |

U.S. News & World Report |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Matamoros, Tamaulipas

When the coronavirus pandemic threatened to spread to the Matamoros tent camp where thousands of asylum-seekers lived, local health officials and aid workers proactively launched a public health campaign to boost education around the virus and leveraged ongoing relationships to distribute tests. Although there was a notable resistance from some, the tent camp has "avoided the devastation predicted in the early days of the pandemic, with only a few dozen mild cases reported since June."

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Momentum for ADUs as Caregiving Needs Grow

Sarah Taddeo Tyronda James

December 17, 2020 |

Minority Reporter |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Jose, California

In parts of California and New York, caregivers are constructing a small, free-standing building on their residential property to better care for loved ones. These structures, known as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), have proved to be a popular option, but the costs to implement the small dwelling are not always accessible to all who are interested. To offset the cost, however, a company in San Jose offers prefabricated modular ADUs.

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Caminho suave: professores e voluntários se desdobraram para combater as desigualdades no ensino à distância

Gustavo Aguiar Juliana Sayuri Talita David

December 17, 2020 |

UOL |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Brazil

A reportagem especial mostra como alguns professores e voluntários lidaram com a pandemia de Covid-19 para ajudar outras pessoas a continuarem estudando. Elisandra Rodrigues Ferreira, por exemplo, visita cada estudante que não tem internet em Mucambo, no Ceará, para garantir que todos tenham aulas.

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Phoenix Didn't Just Feed the Hungry. It Saved Farms and Restaurants.

Chris Malloy

December 17, 2020 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

Instead of simply handing out its federal CARES funding to food banks, the city of Phoenix used the cash to produce meals by connecting hard-hit farmers with struggling restaurants. Meals were provided free of cost to those who in need. The program was executed by Feed Phoenix, which aimed to employ those who had lost their jobs, as well as provide much-needed economic help to both the farming and restaurant industries in a successful attempt to “create a program to touch as many businesses as possible.”

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Дети – агенты изменений. Как работает раздельный сбор мусора в школах Николаева

Danylo Herasymov

December 16, 2020 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ukraine, Mykolayiv

Україна посідає дев'яте місце в переліку країн із найбільшим обсягом сміття на душу населення. У Миколаєві міська влада та громадська організація об'єдналися, щоб сортувати відходи у школах міста. "Загалом проєкт залучив 20,000 школярів, яким за рік вдалося зібрати, відсортувати й надіслати на переробку 119 тонн сміття". Програма довела свою успішність, школярі змагаються за першість у сортуванні. Діти таки є "нашими агентами змін". Інші міста виявляють прагнення запровадити програму для власних шкіл.

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