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  • The Cycle Of Chronic Gun Violence: How One Community Looks To Save Lives In A New Year

    January 15, 2020 |

    WUNC |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

    Gun homicides in Durham increased an alarming 20% in 2019, but one bright spot was the county public health department's Bull City United program. Since 2016, BCU is credited with reducing shootings by 28% in two areas where it was deployed. BCU follows the Cure Violence model, a violence interruption strategy using mediators, sometimes former gang members, to intervene face to face when disputes seem headed for gunfire, offering services to help young people. This public-health model of stopping the spread of violence can fail if used in a transient neighborhood lacking community organizers.

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  • Are you pouring hundreds of dollars a year down the drain?

    January 15, 2020 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Australia, Melbourne, Victoria

    The use of rain gardens and rain tanks - which capture rainwater runoff, clean the water, and reuse the water for plants and gardens - helps to reduce water waste and toxic runoff. One Australian man built a rain garden to cut back on his waste (and his water bill) and estimates that he has cut down water consumption in his house by one third.

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  • In one revolutionary language, a community taps the power of touch

    January 15, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    American sign language has long been used to help populations to communicate with one another, but it does not serve the DeafBlind community very well because it is meant to be seen. To address this shortcoming, a group of DeafBlind people created a new way to communicate known as Protactile, or PT, which offers a greater sense of surroundings, connection, and engagement.

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  • Trouver un vrai foyer pour les enfants migrants isolés

    January 15, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain

    En Europe, la majorité des mineurs non accompagnés est hébergé en centre d'accueil. Pourtant ce n'est pas la meilleure solution alors qu'ils ont besoin d'un lien affectif. Depuis 2017, l’Union européenne tente de renforcer le placement en famille d’accueil par le biais du projet FOR_UM, plateforme grâce à laquelle les associations et les experts de neuf pays peuvent échanger. Exemple en Espagne où cette solution se développe à petits pas.

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  • Two sisters. Two different journeys through Australia's health care system.

    January 15, 2020 |

    Vox |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    Australia's hybrid system of both private and public health care offers, literally, something for everyone in the country. Although there are questions about the longevity of the private sector of insurance as it pertains to the future, and the universal public health system leaves something to be desired especially as it pertains to equitably cover everyone, "in the aggregate, the system works very well."

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  • Construyendo un hogar para los niños migrantes

    January 15, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain

    Según datos de Unicef, más de 8.200 niños y niñas entraron a Europa entre enero y junio de 2019 a través de las fronteras de Grecia, Italia, Bulgaria o España. De ellos, el 34% viajaba solo o sin sus progenitores. La mayoría de estos menores ingresan a centros de acogida que no cuentan con personal y recursos suficientes para garantizar la atención individual que necesitan. En este contexto, la opción de acogerlos en familias voluntarias se ha convertido en una solución temporal para niños y niñas en situación de desamparo.

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  • Providing a home for Europe's unaccompanied migrant children

    January 15, 2020 |

    Equal Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain, Malaga

    There are thousands of children caught in the midst of the migrant crisis, and many of them end up without their parents or with a relative. To avoid placing migrant children in facilities that would be unable to give them specialized care, people are stepping up to serve as foster parents for the time being. The foster parents support the children's emotional well being and sense of self, and now foster aunts—forming a relationship without taking over care—are also emerging. These initiatives help ease the process of starting over in a new place, especially for children.

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  • Chicago Has Failed To Collect Ambulance Fees, Prevent Misuse Of Ambulances Needed For Emergencies

    January 14, 2020 |

    WBBM-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Richland, Illinois

    After realizing that too many people were calling 911 for issues that were not medical emergencies in Richland, Illinois, a program was launched to act as an intervention strategy. After the start, calls decreased by over 40 percent, which helped make emergency vehicles and responders available for more serious calls.

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  • Public Libraries' Latest Offering: Musical Instruments Audio icon

    January 14, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Instrument rentals help to address a gap in privilege. The Central Branch of Brooklyn Public Library in New York City is one of several programs in the US and Canada that loan out musical instruments for free. The program in NYC began with the support of a grant from BKLYN Incubator. Similar programs in Philadelphia and Toronto, Canada, loan instruments to members of their community through funding from grant programs.

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  • Honeycomb Credit expands to Philly to help small business owners get crowdsourced loans

    January 14, 2020 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Founded in Pittsburgh, Honeycomb Credit expands to Philadelphia as a way to offer small businesses help with microfinance challenges. The company hosts a platform that allows businesses to create fundraising profiles; community members can watch a video about the business and decide to invest and receive monthly payouts from their contribution.

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