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  • Closed-down Maine schools are still serving students meals

    May 13, 2020 |

    Bangor Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Maine

    The rate of food insecurity has increased during the pandemic, and elementary schools in Maine are doing their part to make sure as many families as possible have access to meals. Some schools have given teachers and staff designated routes to deliver food to door steps, others set up times that parents can drive to the school or designated sites to pick up daily meals and didn't require students picking up food to be enrolled in the district. The goal is to make food as easy to get to for hundreds of students and their families, while keeping everyone safe.

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  • Teletrabajo en barrios populares: una red de escuelas genera empleos digitales en plena cuarentena

    May 13, 2020 |

    Red/Acción |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

    Una iniciativa digital argentina está formando / educando a adolescentes y adultos jóvenes en una variedad de trabajos digitales durante la crisis de COVID-19. Se centran en jóvenes de barrios desfavorecidos. La mayoría de esta población depende de trabajos informales y vive día a día. Su economía se ve fuertemente afectada por la crisis, pero estos "nuevos" trabajos digitales pueden ser sus soluciones desde casa.

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  • Nursing homes try to achieve a balance for residents

    May 12, 2020 |

    The Laconia Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Tilton, New Hampshire

    In New Hampshire, nursing homes and veteran's homes are turning to online video conferencing and outdoor socially-distanced activities to manage the patients' feelings of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. Although it does not replace in-person contact, residents have expressed that it has helped and the facilities say that they plan to keep some of the technologies in place post-pandemic so out-of-state family can "visit" more often.

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  • Amid Covid-19, a Call for M.D.s to Mail the Abortion Pill

    May 12, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Amid the pandemic, medical researchers and an abortion-rights advocacy group in the U.S. are working to make the abortion pill available via mail. Although there is ambiguity surrounding the rules and regulations of how the pill must be distributed to patients, some doctors have helped efforts by agreeing to register with F.D.A.-approved manufacturers and a handful of states are allowing the pill to be mailed after an in-person ultrasound has been conducted.

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  • Is Ghana the Model the Developing World Needs Against the Virus?

    May 12, 2020 |

    OZY |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Ghana

    Faced with limited resources and the pressure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Ghana implemented a variety of measures during the early stages of the pandemic. Those measures, which include pool testing and drone deliveries to rural areas, may prove to be successful after the country reported "a fatality rate of 0.7 percent per 1 million population." Can other African countries and beyond learn from Ghana's example?

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  • Hoping for Federal Help, Cities Experiment with Rental Assistance

    May 12, 2020 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States

    Many U.S. cities have responded to Covid-19 related layoffs by using a portion of the CARES Act funds to create local rent assistance programs that keep renters in homes and landlords generating income. For example, Dallas used $13.7 million from the CARES Act for a rent assistance program and within 26 hours they had 25,000 applicants, with about 10,000 meeting requirements and funds likely going to just 1,000 renters. States and cities do not have enough money to meet the demand for rent assistance and are urging the Federal Government to pass a recently introduced bill that will provide more funding.

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  • The breath of life Audio icon

    May 12, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Scientists from Uganda and Australia have worked together to come up with a device that produces oxygen without the use of electricity. Although this solution was originally intended to help address the high rate of children suffering from pneumonia, it is now also relevant for those suffering from respiratory issues due to COVID-19, especially in rural areas.

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  • Starved for Action, Bettors Turn Nebraska Horse Track Into Must-See TV

    May 12, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Island, Nebraska

    The restrictions imposed by the coronavirus have turned horseracing in Nebraska into an unexpected boon. City officials allowed racing tracks to be open—with precautions—because the horses' livelihoods depend on the jockeys' livelihoods. The grandstands are empty, masks are worn, and temperatures are taken regularly. People from all over the country are betting on the horses online, providing some income, albeit less money than usual. They are also enjoying the increase interest as a way to educate people on Nebraska's history with horse racing.

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  • How has Vietnam, a developing nation in South-East Asia, done so well to combat coronavirus?

    May 12, 2020 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    Response Location: Vietnam

    Vietnam has reported less than 300 COVID-19 cases and no related deaths, earning the government and citizens praise for how the country has thus far tackled the spread of the virus. The country's comprehensive methodology of scalable testing, closure of borders, mandatory quarantine, and public messaging such as "staying home is loving your country," resulted Vietnam not just emerging as an outlier for containment, but has also allowed for local businesses and some tourist attractions to reopen.

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  • Seed by seed, a women's collective helps reforest Brazil's Xingu River Basin

    May 12, 2020 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Xingu River Basin

    A group of women, known as the Yarang Women’s Movement, from villages in Brazil collect and sell seeds to nurseries, landowners, and other organizations to replant degraded land by the Xingu River. While this effort has helped reforest the area, a significant amount of land is still degraded and climate change threatens the availability of seeds throughout the year. Yet, “they have found creative ways to survive and adapt to climate change. The Yarang Women’s Movement is an example of resilience,” said someone who has worked with the group.

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