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  • How a German project uses shared interests to bring refugees and locals together

    December 08, 2020 |

    The Local |

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    Response Location: Germany, Wuppertal

    Hand in Hand is a German initiative designed to match refugees looking to socialize with locals who are willing to welcome them to their new home. Social events were organized to bring people together based on interests and hobbies. Refugees who have benefitted from the opportunity to network with locals report a better grasp of the German language, a stronger network of friends, and some have even found work through their new network. The group’s success even garnered state funding to use toward event planning.

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  • Long distances and stigma: Telehealth seen as way for farmers to access needed mental health assistance

    December 08, 2020 |

    Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting |

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    Response Location: United States, Illinois

    A variety of telehealth counseling options throughout several Midwestern states are helping connect farmers with mental health clinicians. One option is online training, specifically targeted towards engaged couples and newlyweds, that teaches best practices for farming basics and managing communication and stress – already 1,500 people have enrolled in the course.

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  • To Rethink the School Run, Get Rid of the Cars

    December 04, 2020 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    The United Kingdom is encouraging students and parents to ditch their cars for bikes, scooters, and walking with the adoption of “School Streets.” The initiative halts vehicular traffic from using roads in front of schools, creating a safe space open for walking and cycling. School-related traffic contributes to a quarter of vehicular congestion, contributing to increasingly poor air quality and the associated detrimental health effects.

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  • This Kauai Nonprofit Is Trying To Change How People Buy Their Food

    December 04, 2020 |

    Honolulu Civil Beat |

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    Response Location: United States, Moloaa, Hawaii

    Food hub projects are gaining momentum in Hawaii as a means to connect farmers with customers. The projects go against the narrative that produce should be sold to big-box supermarkets, and instead focuses on "allowing farmers to concentrate on farming and creating a seamless ordering system so consumers can order food online for delivery or availability at central pickup points."

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  • This teen tutor turns computer science into kids' stuff

    December 02, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    CS Remastered is a nonprofit that provides free individualized coding classes to students. The kind of one-on-one tutoring they might not get at school. The nonprofit was started by 17-year-old, Samvit Agarwal, who got the idea after he started tutoring kids from his neighborhood. “The entire idea is to make it as flexible or as adaptable to each student as possible,” Samvit says. Since its launch, the nonprofit has expanded to include 250 volunteers who service 300 students. “CS Remastered has opened four chapters in the U.S., one in India, and one in China.”

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  • Cleveland's historic Legal Aid Society surges with the pandemic

    December 01, 2020 |

    The Land |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland is helping low-income people facing legal hardships and civil issues obtain fair representation and access to services and aid. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the organization has struggled to keep pace with the need, but has still been able to provide services to nearly half of those who have requested and connect many of the others with partner organizations.

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  • A helpline connects Indigenous immigrants to crucial COVID-19 information

    November 30, 2020 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Lincoln County, Oregon

    After a contact tracing effort spurred by an outbreak of COVID-19 cases in Lincoln County, Oregon resulted in the realization that resources weren't being offered in Indigenous Mayan languages, the Oregon Health Authority created a helpline to better connect community members with translators. The hotline is now being used in several other counties and has also been used to offer additional public health information – such as when wildfires began erupting throughout the state.

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  • AA to Zoom, substance abuse treatment goes online amid pandemic

    November 28, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Support groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous are turning to Zoom and other telehealth tools to maintain a connection with clients during the coronavirus pandemic. While data are lacking about "the effectiveness of online rehabilitation compared to in-person sessions," many participants have expressed the digital tools to be crucial to their health while the pandemic has closed in-person options, and health professionals expect these tools to extend well-beyond the timeline of the pandemic.

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  • How translators in the Netherlands are making Covid-19 information more accessible

    November 27, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Utrecht

    To help students and others internationals who are living in the Netherlands during the coronavirus pandemic, a Facebook group was formed that translates news reports into English. Although messaging from the government is readily available in English, the ten university students who run the page are translating news broadcasts as a means of offering "contextual information about the crisis." One of the students explains, ""It is more about how expats navigate through society, whose society they don't really know, and I think that proper journalism is highly important for understanding the bigger picture."

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  • ‘Life-altering for everyone': Kindering bridges the virtual gap to help kids with special needs

    November 26, 2020 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    When the coronavirus pandemic caused businesses and organizations to stop in-person offerings, a non-profit in Washington that specializes in services for children with special needs quickly shifted operations to an online format. Although this new online business model isn't financially feasible in the longterm, it has helped bridge the gap in care for many families and "the data so far suggest that most children are doing just as well as with in-person services."

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