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Community connections: How Indianapolis partnered up when the Haitians came

J.O. Haselhoef

March 04, 2025 |

Haitian Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

In response to an influx of Haitian immigrants in the area, several Indianapolis community groups joined forces to support them. These groups connect them to English language services, job opportunities, advocacy support, and assistance in registering their children for school or getting a driver’s license, all while fostering a sense of community and connection.

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Infectious Diseases Prevention: The Transformative Power of a Community-led Initiative in Lagos

Blessing Oladunjoye

February 03, 2025 |

BONews |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

DRASA Health Trust trains community members to be health champions, teaching them skills to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases. Between March and April 2024, the group trained 2,089 people. As a result of their education initiatives, DRASA Health Trust saw a 43.2% increase in residents’ understanding of infectious diseases, as well as the implementation of prevention strategies and better hygiene protocols for both businesses and individuals.

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Neighbors Build Climate Resilience in Their Watersheds

Dalya Massachi

February 01, 2025 |

Everyday Climate Champions |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

The Watershed Project works with residents to protect and restore landscapes that drain into waterways—creeks, rivers and ultimately—around the San Francisco Bay. Strong community outreach aims to connect people, the environment, and government agencies, municipalities, legal firms, and private and public investors.

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A Free-Transit Prescription for Healthier Communities

Elizabeth Hewitt

January 24, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City is the largest U.S. city to adopt a zero-fare policy since its public bus system stopped charging riders in 2020. This policy change gives riders more financial flexibility and improves social and physical health outcomes as residents are walking more to get to bus stops and are also more connected to the community through increased access to transportation.

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Where Art Thou, Rebuild?

Malcolm Burnley

January 22, 2025 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia’s Rebuild project leveraged revenue from a new tax on soda along with philanthropic funding to renovate parks, recreation facilities, and libraries throughout the city. Because of its focus on equity, the program funneled roughly 20 percent more funding into disadvantaged areas compared to the city’s previous capital projects, but due to delays in the process and the level of repairs and renovation needed, the city was ultimately only able to tackle about half the number of Rebuild projects it originally projected.

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Power to Improve

Hannah Morgan

January 17, 2025 |

Chicoco Radio Viral Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Port Harcourt, Rivers State

To prevent utility poles from falling due to lack of maintenance, damaging homes and leaving residents without power, community members worked together to raise funds to build 18 new concrete poles without the help of any government entities or power companies.

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The Welcoming Climate Shelters of Barcelona

Kaja Šeruga

January 03, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

The Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona is a key part of the city’s growing climate shelter network, which has expanded from 70 locations in 2020 to 368 last summer. The climate centers are integrated into the city’s public infrastructure — libraries, parks, museums, etc. — and have expanded to the point where 98% of the population is within a 10-minute walk from a shelter.

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How Foundation Tackle Open Defecation Using Pet Bottles

Aisha Gambo

December 18, 2024 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Womio

In an effort to increase access to clean water, Rockians Medical Foundation rehabilitated a hand pump borehole and constructed four toilets made out of recycled materials in a rural village for community members to use.

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How the Navajo Nation is using mutual aid to connect families to the electric grid

Kaleb Roedel

December 10, 2024 |

KUNR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

Mutual aid program Light Up Navajo is helping families get connected to the power grid through volunteer workers and private and federal funding. Over the past five years, crews have built miles of powerlines across the reservation, powering nearly 850 households, many of whom are receiving power for the first time.

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New work program in Atlantic City for homeless people

Briana Vannozzi

November 27, 2024 |

NJ Spotlight |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

The Hope Work Initiative by Atlantic City's Homeless Outreach Unit connects unhoused community members with temporary employment cleaning up the city streets for three days a week, making $75 a day.

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