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Estijoje didesnių vaikų globos namų beveik nebeliko, bet dalis ekspertų pabrėžia: namus vaikams kuria ne pastatas, o žmonės

Giedrė Trapikaitė

March 14, 2023 |

Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Estonia

Estijai pavyko pertvarkyti dideles vaikų globos įstaigas į mažesnius, labiau vaikų gerovę, saugumą ir individualų dėmesį užtikrinančius vadinamuosius šeimos namus, kuriuose vienu metu gali gyventi ne daugiau kaip 6 vaikai. Tai buvo nuosekli Estijos socialinių reikalų ministerijos iniciatyva, kurios metu vadovautasi SOS vaikų kaimų modelio metodologija, ieškota namų vaikų apgyvendinimui įprastose kaimynystėse butuose arba individualiuose namuose, taip pat daug dėmesio skirta tinkamų profesionalių socialinių darbuotojų paieškai ir parengimui.

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These Japanese mothers banded together through a support group to talk about mental illness

Phi Do

March 14, 2023 |

Los Angeles Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Japanese-speaking family support group under NAMI South Bay formed in 2012 to provide people — mostly first-generation Japanese mothers — with a safe space where they can share their experiences and learn how to talk about mental illness and how it effects their children. Since 2012, over 100 people have reached out to the group, with about eight to 12 participants joining the discussions each month.

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NHIS: Has the Nigerian government failed corp members with its NYSC health inclusive initiative?

Abdulwasiu Mujeeb

March 14, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is a social health insurance program that provides access to free, quality healthcare services to corps members and civil servants and protects families from the financial hardship of medical bills. The NHIS covers out-patient care, medicine, diagnostic tests, maternity care, eye examinations and dental care, among other services. Since it was launched in February 2022, more than 2,000 corps members have benefited from the NHIS benefits.

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Shootings Remain High in Philly, But City-Funded Violence Interruption Shows Promise

Mensah M. Dean

March 14, 2023 |

The Trace |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia’s city-funded Group Violence Intervention program identifies people who commit crimes together and offers them help to get a job, GED, or whatever assistance they need. The program brings together a variety of community members to conduct outreach, offer social services, and warn them of the consequences of continuing to participate in crimes.

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Safe Haven in Warsaw

Galina Abakunchyk

March 14, 2023 |

Transitions Online |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Poland, Warsaw

The Refugee House — also known as Teremok — provides a safe place to stay for Belarusians and Ukranians fleeing turmoil in their homelands. Through a partnership with the Italian aid charity organization Progetto Sud Institute, The Refugee House also provides food and other basic necessities like blankets and pillows. So far, more than 20 families – about 150 people – have lived at the Refugee House.

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Lagos breast milk bank is cultivating a culture of donation among new mothers

Sola Abe

March 14, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The Milk Bank Nigeria provides donor breast milk for sick, low birth weight and premature babies in neonatal ICUs across the country to reduce mortality in preterm babies. The Milk Bank Nigeria launched in August 2022 and as of Decemeber the organization had registered four donors who had supplied 33 liters of breast milk.

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Reproductive justice organization shifts culture in a new film

Tina Vasquez

March 14, 2023 |

Prism |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

A full-length feature film made by a reproductive justice organization in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is helping to destigmatize and humanize substance dependency and substance abuse recovery during parenthood. The film is based on conversations with women in recovery.

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How do you grow crops with no water? A rancher on the Gila River is trying an old approach

Jake Frederico

March 13, 2023 |

AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Gila Bend, Arizona

An Arizona farmer became the first organic regenerative certified farm in the southwest using practices that conserve water and improve soil health along the drought-stuck Gila River. His practices include growing arid-adapted crops, integrating livestock grazing, and planting cover crops.

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Tenants Empowering Tenants

Briana Méndez-Padilla

March 13, 2023 |

DÍG en Español |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Long Beach, California

Tenant advocacy group Long Beach Residents Empowered (LIBRE) works with renters and helps them advocate for themselves against tenant harassment, unsafe living conditions and unjust evictions. LIBRE is divided into various campaigns, each with a different focus, like neighborhood organizing or training others about how to fight for tenant protection and advocate for policy change.

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Who's going to check them? Racial equity audits can help corporate America keep its promises to address systemic racism

Adam Shamsi Monica L. Wang Hannah McKinney

March 13, 2023 |

The Boston Globe |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Racial equity audits are conducted to identify where racial inequities exist within an organization and then provides strategies the organization can implement to work toward promoting racial equity. Several major companies, like Airbnb, have participated in these audits since they emerged in 2011, aiming to create a workplace with less racial bias and discrimination.

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