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  • People leave when the projectile already hits their house: HelpPeople volunteers evacuate people from occupied cities

    April 26, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    The HelpPeople organization assists people evacuating occupied territories in Ukraine. Those in need can contact volunteers through a call center, social media, or the website. Then, the organization picks them up with a bus and transports them to shelters, train stations, friends, and family.

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  • Grandmother's battalion: how elderly Zhytomyr residents help the front

    April 26, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Zhytomyr

    The Grandmother's Battalion is an initiative organized by the organization Care for the Elderly in Ukraine. Retired volunteers sew and distribute items such as pillows, work gloves, underwear, socks, and other needed clothing to Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the front lines.

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  • How two queer filmmakers helped save lesbian bars in the US from extinction

    April 25, 2023 |

    GayCities |

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    Response Location: United States

    After learning that the number of lesbian bars across the U.S. was dwindling, two filmmakers launched the show “The Lesbian Bar Project” which spotlights the bars’ significance to their communities. Along with the show, they crowdfunded $300,000 to help financially support the surviving bars.

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  • One store's trash, one foodsaver's dinner

    April 20, 2023 |

    Lëtzebuerger Journal |

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    Response Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg

    A group of volunteers in Luxembourg City collects edible food that shops and restaurants would dispose of at the end of the day to keep it from ending up in the garbage. Members of the organization, called Foodsharing Luxembourg, are informed through an app when food is available for pickup. Once they claim an order, they pick up everything the store offers and decide how it gets redistributed.

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  • Athens Repair Café Tackles Climate Change By Repairing Items, Attitudes

    April 17, 2023 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    The Athens Repair Café allows locals to bring in their broken items — like bikes and appliances — to be repaired by skilled volunteers in an effort to utilize a reuse model that extends the life of the items, preventing the need for purchasing replacements. The Athens Repair Café is one of 2,664 Repair Cafés worldwide registered under Repair Café International and over the past year, about 100 items have been successfully repaired.

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  • Our home is where we live: volunteering school for teenagers

    April 17, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Vinnytsia

    The Donetsk Regional Children and Youth Center runs the Technology of Good Volunteering School, a program designed to help teenagers build social and civic skills and learn how to contribute to their communities. Graduates have spearheaded projects such as creating a children's room for a local hospital and sewing baby clothes for new mothers.

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  • Here's Makoko Dream School Project; an initiative that's breaking barriers to education among children in Lagos waterfront

    April 13, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Makoko, Lagos State

    The Makoko Dream School is a tuition-free education program serving students who live in waterfront areas. The school is funded through a Parent/Teacher Association levy and has served roughly 1,000 children so far.

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  • What's next for Oakland's guaranteed income program?

    April 12, 2023 |

    The Oaklandside |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    A philanthropy-funded guaranteed income pilot program, Oakland Resilient Families, distributed a $500 monthly payment to 300 participants for a year and a half. The money was provided with no strings attached, so participants could use it for whatever they needed.

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  • At small Ohio parish, evangelization starts with a candle

    April 10, 2023 |

    The Pillar |

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    Response Location: United States, Lakewood, Ohio

    Light for Love aims to make the church more accessible by welcoming people in. In the summer, volunteers spend evenings inviting passersby to come inside the church and light a candle for someone they love. It’s estimated that Light for Love draws 100 to 130 participants on any given evening, helping people become comfortable and reconnect with their faith.

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  • BikeAthens Provides Transportation Equity

    April 08, 2023 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Athens’ poverty rate is 28.8%, making it difficult for some locals to afford cars and other means of transportation. BikeAthens donates bikes to those in need, hosts “Fix Your Own Bike Nights” and teaches classes on bike safety and how to ride to provide residents with an accessible means of transportation. The nonprofit donates about 100-120 bikes each year.

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