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  • How Native Americans Are Fighting a Food Crisis

    April 13, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

    Indigenous people across the United States—like the Oglala Sioux on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation—are relying on survival tactics that their ancestors used to get through the COVID-19 pandemic, like seed saving, canning, and dehydrating food. Social distancing isn't as much of an issue as food shortages are in reservations. To pitch in individuals are doing things to help others, like growing crops, preparing seedlings of different crops for people to plant in their yards or donating from their own food reserves to others who might need it. This article highlights responses in reservations across the US.

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  • 'Ghosts' scare Indonesians indoors and away from coronavirus

    April 13, 2020 |

    Reuters |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: Indonesia, Sukoharjo, Java

    Kepuh village in Indonesia is relying on superstition to scare residents into quarantining in defense against the coronavirus. Volunteers are wrapped up in sheets and powdered with white makeup, strolling the streets and scaring people who are still lingering. They are meant to represent “pocong,” the trapped souls of the dead as told in Indonesian folklore. When the first roll-out of the program backfired, they changed tactics and now local residents say that parents and children are following the social distancing guidelines.

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  • This Orange County company has gone from making hair look cool to fighting coronavirus

    April 13, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

    The owners of an iconic pomade and Chicano hipster fashion manufacturing factory in Santa Ana, California have made the switch to hand sanitizer manufacturing in an attempt to reemploy furloughed employees during the coronavirus pandemic. Functioning like a start-up, their new product goes to hospitals, postal workers, UPS drivers, and cashiers and helps to spread the message to the Latino community that this virus should be taken seriously.

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  • “Ladies First!”: Women fight against solid waste dumping in this Himachal Pradesh village

    April 13, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Sudher, Himachal Pradesh

    A group of women volunteers, known as the Mahila Mandal, from Sudher in India are fighting against the dumping of garbage in their village and the pollution and potential negative health effects that come with it. Despite daily household and farm work, the group has been pressuring authorities through demonstrations and protests to clean up the solid waste dumping site.

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  • Rolling for a Better Future

    April 13, 2020 |

    Atlatszo |

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    Response Location: Hungary, Pécs

    In Pécs, Hungary, the Rolling Basket wheelchair basketball team is helping to integrate typically isolated people into the community through sports and recreation. Beyond the physical benefit, wheelchair basketball is helping players develop adaptability, autonomy, and improved stress tolerance.

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  • A Pound Of Flour To Go? Restaurants Are Selling Groceries Now Audio icon

    April 13, 2020 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Across the United States, restaurants have been forced to close their dine-in services due to the coronavirus, but many have switched to online order and to-go options in order to stay open. Now, some of these restaurants are offering grocery orders as well, helping customers access ingredients that may be sold at local supermarkets.

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  • Osprey Packs, Alpacka Raft, and MakerLab producing masks and PPE to meet local COVID-19 needs

    April 12, 2020 |

    KSUT |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Cortez, Colorado

    Businesses in the Four Corners region of the United States have shifted their production from outdoor equipment to medical equipment and have successfully solicited people from the community to help. Although the businesses don't necessarily have the capacity or facilities available to prevent medical-grade equipment and have had to rethink how their production regimes work, they have been able to make at-home protective equipment and items such as hospital gowns.

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  • Hanoi launches a rice dispenser to help underprivileged overcome Covid-19

    April 12, 2020 |

    Hanoi Times |

    Photojournalism |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Vietnam, Cầu Giấy, Hà Nội

    A dispenser dubbed "the rice ATM" is providing sustenance for people who are suffering under the effects of the pandemic. From 8 AM to 5 PM every day, citizens stand 6.5 ft apart from each other to receive 3kg of rice a day from the ATM. On the first day they gave 2.3 tons of rice to over 700 people, and they are continuing to service people until the rice runs out. Residents are very happy about the program, with one woman saying that her 3 kg of rice per day can feed her for 4 days.

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  • Turning A Bar Into A Grocery Store To Help Your City

    April 12, 2020 |

    WBUR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Local, New York City dive bar, Forgtmenot, had to pivot its business in the wake of COVID-19. Once a popular bar, now is a mini-mart, providing access to groceries for the community. With familial ties to a supermarket in Queens, the Lower East Side dive is able to access the supply chain and provide a less crowded, more community-driven alternative to the larger grocery stores.

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  • The City That Has Flattened the Coronavirus Curve

    April 12, 2020 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Early data is showing that San Francisco's proactive and aggressive approach to containing the spread of COVID-19 is working. Once regarded as overly aggressive and premature, the mayor's decision to declare a state of emergency and ban gatherings of groups of more than 1,000 people prior to the confirmation of any cases in the area, is now emerging as a model for how to handle a public health crisis.

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