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  • House-Bound RV Owners Loan Their Idle Vehicles To Frontline Workers In Need

    May 27, 2020 |

    LAist |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A chance encounter sparked by a Facebook post led to the creation of RVs 4 MDs, a Facebook group pairing donated recreational vehicles for front-line medical workers who needed to distance themselves from their families while still living at home. Created in late March, the group in its first two months matched 1,460 workers with donated temporary housing. The arrangements can be awkward, with parents camped out in the family home's driveway, unable to have physical contact with their children. But they have enabled medical workers to stay connected with their families at no cost.

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  • Philly boosts coronavirus testing access for city residents who need it most

    May 26, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia's local government and health care providers are working to improve access to health care and coronavirus testing in minority and low-income neighborhoods. While a testing center is the newest addition to their efforts, local health care centers have been and will remain a crucial resource for residents to access telehealth services and information.

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  • Las claves del éxito de Nueva Zelanda en la lucha contra la Covid-19

    May 26, 2020 |

    La Vanguardia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: New Zealand

    Este reportaje enumera algunas de las claves que permitieron a Nueva Zelanda ser el país que ha controlado mejor la pandemia del COVID-19 a nivel mundial. Es el primer país en anunciar cero casos después de acumular 1.504 casos totales, y no registrar nuevos contagios por dos semanas. Entre las medidas hubo: comunicación nacional clara y honesta, empatía con la población por las duras medidas de confinamiento, medidas económicas concisas e inmediatas, unidad política para tomar estas medidas (gestión centralizada de la emergencia), colaboración y disciplina de la población.

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  • Symbiotic Relationships

    May 26, 2020 |

    Novinky.cz |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Czech Republic, Brno

    Symbios, a group home in Brno, Czech Republic, aims to equip young adults who grew up in children's homes with life skills by pairing them with college-aged adults, who come from traditional home environments. Within the affordable flat, participants are paired by gender, given their own private room, and those who came from children's homes to learn basic skills like cooking, finding furniture for their unfurnished quarters, and being responsible for their own bills. The experience also allows residents to learn more about people who grew up differently, sharing similarities and differences along the way.

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  • Students on lockdown create a global guide to coronavirus conspiracy theories, fake cures, and other whopping lies

    May 26, 2020 |

    Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists |

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    Response Location: United States, Princeton, New Jersey

    Princeton University's Empirical Studies of Conflict Project launched a tracking effort to document COVID-19 disinformation worldwide. Created by a network of students tapping into fact-checking sites and other social media and internet sources, the data set taking shape (and, with more than 800 entries in its first three months, already accessible online) serves as a resource for researchers, historians, journalists, and the public in the battle against rumors, conspiracy theories, fake cures, propaganda, and other disinformation surrounding the pandemic.

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  • The ancient technology getting a second wind

    May 26, 2020 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Costa Rica

    Old ships, powered by the wind, are being refurbished to sail small amounts of cargo around the world. While there are only a few hundred still in use, newer ships and sails are being designed and built with new technology to make the vessels more fuel efficient and produce zero emissions. While many of them are in the prototype phase, some of these ships are able to go into smaller ports and harbors that larger vessels can’t reach.

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  • How Lagos State is tackling the challenge of alternative birth methods

    May 26, 2020 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos State

    Nigeria’s annual maternal death count has been associated with non-traditional birthing methods, which has led local officials in Lagos State to explore ways to improve the quality of the primary health care delivery system. Although many challenges have yet to be overcome, some success has been shown through governmental efforts to enhance facilities across the state and offering more regular trainings for medicine practitioners.

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  • As Covid-19 tears through Navajo Nation, young people step up to protect their elders

    May 26, 2020 |

    STAT |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, New Mexico

    Across Navajo Nation, young people are coming together to protect their elders through grassroots efforts and campaigns. They’ve created online campaigns, like Protect the Sacred and #NavajoStrong to help provide accurate information, collect donations, deliver medical supplies, and recruit medical professionals. They’ve come together on-the-ground, creating the Northern Dine Covid-19 Relief Effort to get clearing products, fresh food, and other supplies to households on the reservation.

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  • Can social enterprise fix Pakistan's waste problem?

    May 26, 2020 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Pakistan, Islamabad

    Two organizations in Pakistan are working to tackle the country’s waste problem. Saaf Suthra Sheher in Islamabad set up partnerships with offices and schools to process their dry waste like plastics and glass. TrashIt, a Karachi-based group, collects organic waste from vegetable sellers and restaurants and then processes and sells it as compost. Although the two organizations can only process so much of the waste produced in cities, they argue that until an effective municipal waste collection system is implemented, they can educate individuals and businesses about how to recycle properly.

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  • Arkansas Moms Turn to Food Pantry Boxes to Distribute Safe Gun Storage Tips

    May 26, 2020 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Jonesboro, Arkansas

    After a 14-year-old girl in Jonesboro, Ark., accidentally shot and killed a friend, local activists distributed hundreds of fliers promoting safe gun storage strategies that have been proven to save lives. They gained access to a particularly vulnerable population by piggybacking on pandemic-related free-food distribution. Nationwide, children's deaths and injuries from accidental gunshots have increased substantially during the pandemic lockdown, with children idled at home and with gun sales surging.

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