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  • Helping Brazil's Poor Heal at Home

    December 11, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Brazil

    Physical illnesses trigger and exacerbate poverty because costs are too high to treat them. The Associação Saúde Criança in Rio de Janeiro counsels helps by assisting families with services such as food, medicine, vocational training, housing, and legal aid, which helps mothers achieve their personal goals.

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  • In Tanzania, Farmers Reap the Benefits of Radio

    November 27, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Tanzania

    In Tanzania, a country that has yet to fully embrace mobile phones and whose road infrastructure remains weak, farmers have embraced radio as a means of receiving pricing and planting information. The reach and relatively low expense of radio afford the medium its popularity.

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  • Health law outreach to Asian Americans lags

    November 23, 2013 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Rockville, Maryland

    In the United States approximately 15% Asian-Americans have no health insurance and have had a difficulty understanding the options available in the Affordable Care Act. Although the White House has reached out to Asian-Americans in video chats, the state and community forums for Asian Americans have proved to be the most successful. Interpreter teams help Asian-Americans with the paperwork and understanding the policies.

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  • Bill Gates Can't Build a Toilet

    November 18, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Peru

    Ecological toilets that use natural composting to break down waste are simple to construct, waterless and are easy to fix. But as philanthropists are finding, getting these to those that need it most is harder than anticipated.

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  • Program removes barriers to learning English

    November 14, 2013 |

    Orange County Register |

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    Response Location: United States, Huntington Beach, California

    The Twilight Education Club is a non-profit working to break down the barriers – transportation, child care and cost – that typically prevent the economically disadvantaged from accessing social services such as language classes. While the Twilight program is specifically geared toward the needs of the parents - getting better jobs and securing greater stability - the long-term focus remains on creating future opportunities for their children.

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  • An Educational Surprise From Down East: The Maine Maritime Academy

    November 10, 2013 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    A college in the poorest county in Maine offers a high job placement rate and a relatively cheap education for seaside communities. At Maine Maritime Academy, students get hands-on experience to pursue relevant careers as navigation officers, engineers, and roles on the business operations side.

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  • Rentals That Let You Fly the Coop

    October 26, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Urbanites who want farm fresh eggs may not know what they're getting themselves into with a live chicken purchase—and wind up offloading their animals. A Pennsylvania couple began a sharing company called Rent the Chicken, which provides chickens, a coop, some feed, and coaching for urban farmers.

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  • HealthCare.gov is busted. These four state exchanges aren't.

    October 25, 2013 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Accessible affordable health care is needed for millions of uninsured Americans. The Affordable Care Act is a viable solution that helps the uninsured. Although the launching of the website had some glitches, many states designed their own insurance marketplace and have successfully signed up people for coverage.

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  • Freelance Nation: “The Greatest Economic Transformation in Human History”?

    October 16, 2013 |

    WNYC |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The 2008 recession’s job losses spurred a development of a Do-It-Yourself economy. With the advent of Uber, Etsy, Airbnb, and others, the marketplace has become full of micro-entrepreneurs who thrive with independent web-assisted businesses.

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  • Global Rate Of HIV Infection, AIDS-Related Deaths Dramatically Reduced: UN

    September 23, 2013 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: Switzerland, Geneva

    HIV/AIDS infection and death rates are down world-wide, due to an increasing access to anti-retroviral treatment that has come from private donations, UN-work, and increased public health spending by heavily affected countries.

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