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  • ‘When Someone Hires Me, They Get the Boss Herself'

    July 07, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A new model for cooperatives guarantees a living wage for house cleaners, removing the uncertainty and exploitation typically associated with the gig economy. Up & Go is an app that brings entrepreneurs together as owners of the cooperative - sharing offices and customer service representatives. Wages for their work have almost doubled in comparison to the jobs they found through fliers. Training has also given workers the knowledge to stay safe in addition to keeping their clients from exposure during the pandemic.

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  • Beach Cleanups Prove Popular And Purposeful During Pandemic

    July 06, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Hawaii

    Since single-use plastic usage has increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations in Hawaii are planning beach cleanup events to pick up the plastic waste. Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii’s first beach cleanup event since the start of the pandemic drew 150 registrations in less than a day. 808 Cleanups is growing its adopt-a-site program where households identify a beach, waterway, or trail they’d like to regularly clean up. Coordinating a large number of volunteers while maintaining social distancing guidelines has been difficult to navigate.

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  • The remote British village that built one of the fastest internet networks in the UK

    July 02, 2020 |

    The Conversation |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Clapham

    A village in the UK didn't have access to internet, so the community joined together to build the infrastructure for broadband in their area. Although "building resilient, fibre-fed networks in rural areas" wasn't easy or cheap, it has made a difference, especially during the pandemic, in helping the community feel less isolated.

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  • How Rwanda is improving uptake of HPV immunisation

    June 30, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    To raise awareness about and increase rates of HPV immunization in Rwanda, a local vaccine alliance formed a partnership with a digital-minded nonprofit to better directly reach adolescent girls throughout the community. The nonprofit implemented messaging from the vaccine alliance into an existing "girl-centric" campaign and early results have indicated an increased awareness of cervical cancer while "Rwanda’s HPV and routine childhood diseases vaccination programs have achieved 95%-97% coverage."

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  • WhatsApp for Social Good: How Nigerians used the platform to show care during the COVID-19 lockdown

    June 30, 2020 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Communities in Nigeria have been using WhatsApp to manage isolation and help provide support to their fellow residents during the coronavirus pandemic. In many instances organizations and individuals are helping to raise and provide funds to those who are experiencing financial hardship.

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  • Bridging the gender gap through groundwater monitoring in a Rajasthan village

    June 29, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Hinta, Rajasthan

    A group of farmers in India have been trained to monitor their village’s groundwater levels to help its residents make more informed decisions about irrigation based on water availability. The farmers-turned-researchers are known as “Bhujal Jaankars” and they monitor rainfall, dam water levels, and water quality to notify residents so they can plant crops that don’t require a lot of water. While there is a lack of gender diversity in the group, they are working on developing training to include more functional literacy skills to encourage participation from others.

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  • Ecosystems-based adaptation keeps water running in Bhojdari even in dry months

    June 29, 2020 |

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    Response Location: India, Bhojdari, Maharashtra

    Bhojdari, a town in India, faced a severe drought in the early 2000s. The town doesn't have a river or canal nearby. However, after implementing an ecosystems-based approach, the town has reliable access to water, even in the dry months. Some of the methods that were incorporated in this approach included the creation of irrigation models, planting bamboo trees, and creating fish ladders so that fish can move up the stream. Ultimately, the model led to an increase in cultivation for local farmers and sufficient water for the town.

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  • Into Their Own Hands: Kibera, Kenya's Largest Slum, Tames COVID-19

    June 26, 2020 |

    InfoNILE |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kibera, Nairobi

    The densely populated region of Kibera in Kenya has managed to slow the spread of Covid-19 and protect vulnerable residents despite facing "overcrowding and unhygienic conditions" due to communal and collaborative efforts from local residents, the government and non-governmental organizations. These efforts have included an information campaign, the implementation of hygiene stations and community-delivered water to each household.

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  • Northern Ireland's police transformation may hold lessons for the US

    June 26, 2020 |

    The Conversation |

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    Response Location: Ireland

    With lessons for American police-reform advocates, the transformation of the Royal Ulster Constabulary – a militarized enforcer of inequality hated by the people of Northern Ireland – into an entirely new organization was founded on the necessity of community support. Neither easy nor simple, this 20-year process, following 30 years of conflict, intentionally included recruiting local Catholics in order to win local support. Citizen oversight served as another pillar of the new structure, which still has problems but has won critical political support from Sinn Féin, the leading nationalist political party.

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  • Nuhu Bammali Maternity: Sustaining immunisation gains in Kano despite COVID-19

    June 25, 2020 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    When COVID-19 cases began spreading in Kano, the local maternity hospital saw a decrease in patients coming for their appointments, so the hospital adapted and started seeing the women in their own homes. Using their already-established "network of Volunteer Community Mobilisers," the house visits were intended to inform the women about the new safety protocols in place in the facilities and encourage them to have their children receive their standard immunizations. The effort not only resulted in more children being immunized, but also improved the women's confidence of the facilities.

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