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For India's COVID orphans, fix the money worries as well as the trauma

Aliya Bashir

September 27, 2022 |

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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Response Location: India, Uttar Pradesh

The Cash + Trauma-informed Psychosocial Support program provides mental health resources and financial support to children who lost their parents due to COVID-19. The program has trained more than 130 social workers to improve access to counseling services and spread awareness of the resources available to those in need. Since forming, more than 13,000 children have been helped through the program.

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Pregnant people who use substances need support. Peer recovery doulas can help

Darian Benson

September 27, 2022 |

Side Effects Public Media |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

PCC Community Wellness helps people who are pregnant and struggling with addiction access prenatal care and addiction treatment and feel more supported on their recovery journey. Peer recovery doulas help get clients to prenatal appointments, access addiction treatment and navigate the complicated health care and legal systems. They also work to educate hospital staff on ways to reduce stigma for those struggling with addiction.

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Bail Reform Is Picking Up Across Counties Nationwide

Jamal Andress

September 26, 2022 |

Newsy |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

The Bail Project allows defendants to go free while awaiting trial. Bail reform takes the burden off of the poor and prevents people from losing their jobs while sitting in jail awaiting trial because they can’t afford to pay their bail, specifically for those with misdemeanor charges. In the first six months following the bail reform, there were 1,500 more people released. Following them for three years, there was a 6% decrease in prosecutions and guilty pleas and time served also dropped.

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Decolonizing Regenerative Cattle Ranching

Ray Levy Uyeda

September 26, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Cheyenne River Reservation, United States, South Dakota

Regenerative agriculture — a technique originally developed by Native peoples — is a farming practice that can not only improve the quality of farms and their products but also serves as a response to growing climate change concerns. While regenerative agriculture currently only accounts for 10% of farms and ranches today, the numbers are slowly increasing.

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How Kenya Became the World's Geothermal Powerhouse

Eric Krebs

September 26, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Kenya

Kenya is leading the world in geothermal electricity generation and infrastructure. The electricity is cheap, reliable, low-carbon, and a part of the country’s plan to industrialize.

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These Colorado programs are helping beginning farmers overcome huge challenges

Moe Clark

September 26, 2022 |

The Colorado Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The National Young Farmers Coalition works to remove barriers for the next generation of farmers by providing training and educational opportunities and increased access to necessary resources like land and water. The organization also strives to provide more farm training programs to underrepresented groups like indigenous people, women, immigrants, and people of color.

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How Youth Are Stepping up Against the Mountain Valley Pipeline

Siri Chilukuri

September 26, 2022 |

Atmos |

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Response Location: United States, West Virginia

Indigenous youth activists are using social media, online organizing, and art to mobilize intergenerational protests against the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Appalachia. After the Inflation Reduction Act undermined court successes that had stopped the project, the movement is putting pressure on legislators to stop it, with some key senators saying they won't vote for the side deal negotiated to keep the pipeline moving forward.

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A program is addressing chronic malnutrition in children, pregnant women in Kano State

Misbahu el-Hamza

September 26, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

The Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria (ANRiN) Project works to address chronic malnutrition in young children, pregnant women, and nursing mothers, as well as reducing maternal and child mortality. The program provides home check-ins and access to resources, from nutritious foods to advice on better hygiene practices.

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Indianapolis Students Get ‘Leg Up' On Careers With European-Style Apprenticeships

Patrick O’Donnell

September 26, 2022 |

The 74 |

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Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

Europen-inspired apprenticeship programs in Indianapolis, Indiana, pay students to work and train for jobs allowing them to gain career experience and pay part, or all, of their college tuition before graduation.

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‘Other Places in the Country Didn't Do This': How One California Town Survived Covid Better Than the Rest

Victoria Colliver

September 25, 2022 |

Politico |

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Response Location: United States, Davis, California

A citywide effort in Davis, California, that included information campaigns, opening testing sites, and free testing made getting a weekly COVID test a habitual part of life in the community. As a result, the city had lower positivity rates than the rest of the state.

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