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  • Native Americans embrace vaccine, virus containment measures

    February 16, 2021 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Cherokee, North Carolina

    At the Cherokee Indian Hospital in North Carolina, approximately 3,000 tribal members have received at least the first dose of the Covid vaccine. The tribe credits the quick and large response to trust in the hospital and how outreach was conducted – rather than have people compete for sign ups, the hospital reached out directly to those most at risk.

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  • Vaccines Go Mobile to Keep Seniors From Slipping Through the Cracks

    February 16, 2021 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Contra Costa County, California

    A mobile "strike team" comprised of workers from Contra Costa County, local home health agencies, advocates, and nonprofit groups is helping seniors living in assisted-living facilities to get access to the Covid-19 vaccine. Although the team is small, they have been able to help more than 800 seniors across 50 facilities get their first shot.

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  • A Tour of Unloved Fishes

    February 16, 2021 |

    Hakai Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

    Fishploration provides scientifically guided tours of fish markets to teach consumers how to select sustainable and non-threatened fish that are in season and caught using non-destructive fishing practices. Each month, the group produces a guide - based both on scientific information and knowledge from local fish sellers – highlight which species are in season and okay to eat. Participants walk through the market, learning to identify species and having a chance to interact with the fishing community. A second component of the tour is to visit the home of a local fisher family and share a meal.

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  • The Great Kenyan Giraffe Rescue

    February 16, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Longicharo Island

    The nonprofit group Save Giraffes Now, the Kenya Wildlife Service, the Northern Rangelands Trust, and local community members are working together to save the endangered Rothschild’s giraffe species. Rising lake levels and flooding have stranded the animals on its island, so they made a custom-built steel barge to relocate them to a protected wildlife reserve. It’s not easy to move giraffes, but so far they’ve successfully moved three out of nine of them.

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  • Anti-human trafficking apps were meant to save lives. They're failing

    February 16, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

    Since its April 2018 founding in Malaysia, the Be My Protector app has enabled interventions in 120 cases of suspected human trafficking, sparked by anonymous reports that its app enables. In about a third of those cases, which mostly involved migrant workers in South and Southeast Asia, the victims were able to return to their homes, while others were offered counseling. But, like the more than 90 such apps available around the world, Be My Protector has struggled to make a big impact. Many such apps capitalize on a trendy subject without a clear focus on improving conditions and helping victims.

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  • For People Who Experience Homelessness, Art Catalyzes Economic Mobility and Rewrites the Narrative

    February 15, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Arts From The Streets gives artists living with homelessness a path to economic mobility and housing stability by offering ways to make and sell their art. An annual show can bring in $100,000 in sales, 95% of which goes to the artists. The organization provides studio space, online marketing, and other sales channels. It's one of three programs or communities serving artists who are houseless profiled in this story. The others are MudGirls, an Atlantic City ceramic arts studio, and the thriving arts culture in Los Angeles' Skid Row neighborhood, which focuses on personal growth more than income.

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  • Human remains found at Multnomah Falls identified after 42 years

    February 15, 2021 |

    The Oregonian |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    Oregon law enforcement agencies partnered with a Virginia laboratory, Parabon NanoLabs, to use genetic genealogy to learn the identities of people whose remains were found long ago but never identified. To give peace of mind to families who never knew for sure of their loved ones' deaths, researchers use DNA samples taken from the human remains to compare to publicly available DNA profiles shared by people using home DNA tests. This can identify a victim's family tree. So far, Parabon has identified six of the 10 people it has tested for Oregon. The state has more than 150 unidentified skeletal remains.

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  • Hope from the Pulpit: The church easing transport woes for Malawi's riverine pregnant women

    February 15, 2021 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Tchalo

    David Gordon Memorial Hospital, owned and run by the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Synod of Livingstonia, bought two ambulances to transport pregnant women to health clinics for free. Malawi has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world and women living in rural areas must travel long distances at great expense to reach well-equipped care. Since 2017, the seven-seat ambulance speedboat has ferried 861 pregnant women and a road ambulance has transported 1,000 women to the hospital. Nonprofits help support the ambulances’ operating costs, which can be high, especially the speedboat.

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  • Support growing for ‘Pay to Stay' legislation to help curb some evictions

    February 15, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Toledo, Ohio

    A 'pay to stay' law in Toledo and Yellow Springs, Ohio, is enabling renters to stay in their homes if they can cover any late rental payments in full. Current Ohio law allows a landlord to file for an eviction even if a tenant is just one day late on rent. The new legislation provides protection to tenants but the law differs from city to city. Housing advocates are pushing for the same law in Lakewood, South Euclid, and Cleveland Heights.

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  • 3D-printed homes build hope for U.S. affordable housing

    February 15, 2021 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: United States

    A new technology is providing affordable and sustainable housing through a process that is faster and with material that is more resilient to natural disasters. 3D-printed houses are providing aesthetically pleasing houses that can be built in about 48 hours. 3D printing technology within the construction industry is “on the cusp on major expansion” and is making waves within the affordable housing sector.

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