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  • A Training Program for Refugees to Work in the Arts

    March 16, 2020 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: France

    Refugees and asylum seekers are being trained to work in French museums and other cultural institutions through a nonprofit established by a Syrian refugee. Participants in the program go on to lead tours, answer questions and watch over paintings. Sama For All also helps HR departments create migrant-friendly hiring procedures. While the number of employed participants remains low, the program provides access to employment within French cultural institutions which would otherwise not be available for refugees.

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  • Healthy Eating Is Key To Well Being. So Why Is Hospital Food Always So Bad?

    March 16, 2020 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Davis, California

    In an attempt to offer healthier meals and reduce stigma around hospital food, hospitals are reinventing their dining services by hiring professional chefs, nutritionists, and dieticians. At the UC Davis Medical Center, this type of approach has already shown success with a growth in consumers, including an influx of locals from the community even coming to eat at the hospital cafe.

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  • Community aid groups set up across UK amid coronavirus crisis

    March 16, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    In the UK, mutual aid groups are popping up to deliver food and medical supplies to those who can't leave their homes as a result of the rapidly spreading COVID-19. Organizers are keeping the efforts local to limit the possibility of transmission through these activities.

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  • These Good Samaritans with a 3D printer are saving lives by making new respirator valves for free

    March 16, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: Italy, Milan

    In Italy, with ventilators in short supply and a growing need for them endangering people's lives, the local FabLab began to print replacement valves on 3-D printers. Even though the hospital supplier withheld the designs from the people at FabLab, they reverse engineered the design and began to manufacture them anyway, in order to save lives.

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  • Lockdown of Recovering Italian Town Shows Effectiveness of Early Action

    March 16, 2020 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: Italy, Codogno

    Despite the devastation Italy has seen from the coronavirus pandemic, the town of Codogno has been able to largely avoid the same fate. Crediting immediate "drastic containment measures," that went into effect after the initial cases were reported and included adherence to social distancing and other social restrictions, the city has been able to flatten the curve of cases and lift some restrictions.

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  • Commitment, transparency pay off as South Korea limits COVID-19 spread

    March 16, 2020 |

    EURACTIV |

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    Response Location: South Korea, Seoul

    Weeks before the coronavirus outbreak was declared to be a pandemic, Seoul, and other parts of South Korea set into motion a combination of "prevention and mitigation programs" that are now being touted as lessons for other countries struggling to contain the virus. Using technological advancements such as a national mobile phone alert system and mobile phone applications along with increased transparency around data collected, new reports of cases have slowed allowing the country to prepare for a potential surge later on.

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  • The Coronavirus-Proof Nation

    March 16, 2020 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Taiwan has emerged as an outlier in the fight to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, having not imposed strict or aggressive containment strategies, yet still seeing few cases reported. The country's success is linked to a culture of collective action, which also benefited from early prevention strategies.

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  • WV school buses delivering meals after coronavirus threat shuttered all schools

    March 16, 2020 |

    Charleston Gazette-Mail |

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    Response Location: United States, Charleston, West Virginia

    Schools have closed across the nation to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, but that's left many students without access to meals. To address this, Kanawha County has started to use school buses to transport meals to students, both offering reliable access to meals and eliminating the possibility of spreading the virus by reducing the need for children to stand in lines to receive the meals.

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  • Why tough times can mean better neighbors

    March 16, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    Across the world, communities are beginning to use a variety of different methodologies to better connect with their neighbors during the coronavirus pandemic. From social media to public Google documents, neighborhoods are working together to combat loneliness during social distancing and help make sure the most vulnerable have the necessities.

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  • Art Galleries Respond to Virus Outbreak With Online Viewing Rooms

    March 16, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Art galleries are pivoting their sales to online platforms due to closures from the coronavirus pandemic. In the past, similar versions of virtual viewing rooms have resulted in significant sales for some galleries, despite the limitations of not viewing the artwork in person. While this transition is made harder for smaller galleries because of the cost of implementation, some are experimenting with smaller-scale virtual performances or online stores.

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