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  • Training Midwives to Save Expectant Mothers in Chiapas

    August 31, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Chiapas

    Through simple training and trust-building with their patients, midwives become more effective in Chiapas - and childbirth death rates drop.

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  • Drugs and Abusive Father Drove Her Into Military Life

    August 31, 2015 |

    Women's eNews |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    At least 25 percent of female veterans were sexually abused in childhood, making it more difficult to reenter civilian life. Volunteers of America runs a holistic housing program for homeless veterans in the U.S.

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  • What Happens When Mindfulness Enters Schools

    August 31, 2015 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Teachers are introducing mindfulness to their lesson plans, trusting preliminary evidence that the practice is good for mental health, and especially for the most at-risk students. Mindfulness and other similar initiatives have been implemented at schools across the globe, but there is some skepticism about the results.

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  • Housing First the backbone of Karluk Manor

    August 30, 2015 |

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |

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    Response Location: United States, Anchorage, Alaska

    Formerly a motel, Karluk Manor is Alaska’s original Housing First facility, a new approach to solving homelessness that focuses first and foremost on providing housing to people in need, and then later addressing problems such as health concerns and economic dependence.

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  • Southside center caters to people leaving prison

    August 30, 2015 |

    Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |

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    Response Location: United States, Fairbanks, Alaska

    Filling gaps in prisoner re-entry and transitional housing is the goal of a 14-month-old Fairbanks organization. Southside Reentry Center offers 10 to 15 beds, depending on the season, for people exiting the correctional system, and helps address issues like alcoholism.

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  • Ebola in Sierra Leone: Hail to the chiefs

    August 29, 2015 |

    The Economist |

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    Response Location: Sierra Leone, Freetown, Western Area

    Local leaders in Sierra Leone helped curb an epidemic, as foreign agencies encouraged chiefs and traditional healers to get involved. Local involvement created more effective engagement.

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  • Exporting Clothes, Importing Safety

    August 28, 2015 |

    Roads & Kingdoms |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka, Dhaka Division

    Bangladesh, whose garment industry is second only to China’s in size, is responding to both international and domestic pressure and undergoing the most radical revamping of worker safety it has ever seen, in large part due to consumer and client pressure.

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  • Unique Program Delivers Emergency Care In Person To Native Victims Of Sexual Assault

    August 28, 2015 |

    Wyoming Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Wind River Reservation, Wyoming

    By some estimates, sexual assault on U.S. Indian reservations is the worst in the world with one in three Native women assaulted during their lifetime. But nine courageous women at Wind River Reservation are trying a totally new approach. They deliver emergency care in person.

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  • When Prisons Need to Be More Like Nursing Homes

    August 27, 2015 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The U.S. prison population is aging, which is costly because older inmates need more care. Some states have responded by creating special wards, having the young inmates care for the old, or building nursing homes.

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  • In Aleppo, cell phones are helping some desperate Syrians find clean water

    August 26, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Syria, Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate

    In war zones, people have a difficult time finding clean water and safe areas to inhabit. Social media, smart phones, and technology applications are aiding in people’s survival. In Aleppo, Syria, the International Committee of the Red Cross posted a map on Facebook to show alternative sources of clean drinking water that reached approximately 140,000 people.

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