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  • Tree Keepers: Where Sustaining the Forest Is a Tribal Tradition

    July 24, 2023 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Menominee, United States, Wisconsin

    Menominee tribal members are practicing methods of forest management that blend both conservation and Indigenous culture to preserve the viability of the forest long-term. In 2018, it was found that after a century of logging on the reservation, the forest had higher tree volume, higher rates of regeneration, more plant diversity and fewer invasive species than other, nontribal forests.

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  • A crowdfunded community initiative evacuated over 6,000 South Sudanese citizens out of Khartoum

    July 20, 2023 |

    Aidóni |

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    Response Location: South Sudan, Juba

    The Citizen's Call for the Emergency Evacuation of the South Sudanese collective arose after a lack of government action to help evacuate people pushed locals to start a crowdfunding campaign to facilitate the evacuations themselves. Through the use of social media, community meetings and press conferences the collective called upon locals and organizations to donate to the cause. The money was then used to pay truck drivers to help transport evacuated people. So far, these efforts have helped 6,600 individuals.

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  • Relief in troubled Northcentral communities as joint efforts decimate river blindness

    July 08, 2023 |

    The Nation (Nigeria) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Seri, Plateau State

    In collaboration with local government and organizations, The Carter Center launched an initiative to curb the spread of neglected tropical diseases, like river blindness. Throughout the initiative, the Center provided health education to rural communities most affected by the disease and also led a mass drug administration of Mectizan, which is known to kill the parasite that causes river blindness. Over 20 years, the Center administered 27 million doses of the medication, effectively eliminating the disease.

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  • Gwanda Women Revolutionise Diaper Disposal With Eco-Conscious Solution

    July 03, 2023 |

    The Citizen Bulletin |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Gwanda

    Local women have begun washing diapers and using the inner cotton material as stuffing to make reusable sanitary pads. This practice of cleaning and repurposing the materials from these diapers helps to prevent excess waste from disposable diapers, which has a significant impact on local waste management, long-term sustainability and environmental preservation.

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  • Transforming postpartum hemorrhage treatment with Uterine Balloon Tamponade 

    June 29, 2023 |

    Health Business |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Siaya County

    To aid in postpartum hemorrhage care, the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust distributes uterine balloon tamponade kits that can be used to stop excessive bleeding and prevent death after other measures have failed. The kits have been provided to more than 1,300 healthcare facilities in 23 countries and over 6,000 healthcare workers have been trained to use them.

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  • Inside a Texas homeless village that inspires California replicas: Art, movies and a fishing pond

    June 28, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Community First! Village is a 51-acre tiny home and RV village that serves as home for 350 formerly unhoused people, providing both shelter and a sense of community and connection. The Village offers a community garden, fishing pond, game room, ceramics studio and even an outdoor movie theater. Community First! Village’s success has even been inspiring California leaders to replicate the effort in areas of the state with high rates of homelessness.

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  • Transforming Maternal Care: Empowering Midwives in Niger State Through Supportive Supervision

    June 28, 2023 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

    The Niger State Primary Healthcare Development Agency has recruited 200 midwives, assigning at least one to healthcare facilities across the state, in an effort to address high rates of maternal and infant death during childbirth. There are currently 266 midwives distributed among facilities, helping aid in midwife retention and increase access to care.

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  • Here's Effort That is Helping Students of Mass Education Overcome Substance Abuse

    June 26, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The MYENJAY Hope and Healing Foundation provides mental health awareness and sensitization efforts regarding substance use among young students. Volunteers from the program visit schools to talk to students, providing interventions and educational resources to help them understand the dangers of drug use. School officials say that since the program began talking with students, they have seen a significant increase in good behavior and a reduction in substance use.

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  • Mr. Dad's Father's Club Aims to Build Up Chicago's Youth

    June 22, 2023 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Mr. Dad’s Father’s Club mentors local youth to nurture their social and emotional well-being, making them better equipped to handle the world around them. The Club also provides mentorships for fathers, helping them learn how to be more present in their children’s lives as research indicates the presence of positive role models can make youth more resilient when exposed to violent or negative environments. There are currently over 150 fathers who volunteer for events with the Club.

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  • How indoor residual spraying helping to fight Malaria in Rwanda

    June 15, 2023 |

    Panorama |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Indoor Residual Spraying is being used as an intervention to reduce the transmission of malaria. Trained teams spray the insecticide in about 10 homes a day. Since this method of prevention was introduced in 2007, there has been a significant decrease in malaria cases. From 2016 to 2022, malaria cases went from 409 per 1,000 people to just 76 cases and deaths fell by more than 89%.

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