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This Coastal State's Approach to Flooding May Be a Model for Illinois Communities

Laura Stewart

May 16, 2024 |

Illinois Answers Project |

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Response Location: United States, Woodbridge, New Jersey

Officials from Woodbridge Township in New Jersey bought and demolished almost 200 homes to create a flood-absorbing restoration area after Superstorm Sandy. The program assigns each homeowner a case manager to help them through the process from the appraisal to moving. Much of the area is now wetlands, which act as a natural sponge to prevent flooding.

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Crowdfunding and suitcases full of cash: How Gazans are paying to escape war

Yasmine Salam Tavleen Tarrant

May 02, 2024 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: Palestine, Rafah

Palestinians trying to cross the border into Egypt to escape the war are starting crowdfunding campaigns with the help of strangers from other countries on social media to afford the rising cost of doing so.

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The para-cyclists delivering aid to displaced Gazans against all odds

Mohamed Soleimane

February 14, 2024 |

Positive.News |

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Response Location: Palestine, Rafah, Gaza Strip

The Gaza Sunbirds para-cycling team shifted from preparing to compete in tournaments, like the 2024 Paralympics, to distributing food and aid packages to displaced people in Gaza on their bikes.

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This Louisiana town moved to escape climate-linked disaster

Lucy Sherriff

January 13, 2024 |

BBC |

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Response Location: Isle de Jean Charles, United States, Louisiana

In the face of increasing land loss and flooding due to coastal erosion and climate change, the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe made the decision to relocate their community to higher ground. After winning a grant from the National Disaster Resilience Competition, the tribe worked closely with the Louisiana state government to figure out where and how the new community would be built.

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Peace-building lessons from the heart of Nigeria

Uchenna Igwe

December 30, 2023 |

FairPlanet |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Jebbu Miango, Plateau

The community-founded Claire Aid Foundation raised money on social media to rebuild houses that were destroyed in Jebbu Miango after a violent attack on the town left families displaced and unable to afford to return.

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How Bangladesh is supporting climate refugees

Sadiqur Rahman

December 07, 2023 |

BBC |

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Response Location: Bangladesh

Young Power in Social Action helps families displaced by extreme weather, like hurricanes, by building weather-proof homes and helping those who lost their jobs find new work by providing them with goats or sewing machines to help them create a new livelihood. The group has already helped rehome eight families and plans to rehouse eight more families by April 2024.

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On Their Own: Border Humanitarians Respond to a Crisis Created by Governments

Melissa del Bosque

September 05, 2023 |

The Border Chronicle |

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Response Location: Mexico, Sásabe, Sonora

With a lack of government aid and interference, border communities are stepping up to care for both migrants and local residents through efforts like The Sidewalk School and Casa de la Esperanza — nonprofits that offer shelter, programming and resource centers for migrants and locals in need.

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"If not me, then who?:" Building Ukraine Together NGO rebuilds the country and eliminates barriers between people

Alice Smahina

August 31, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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Response Location: Ukraine

Building Ukraine Together (BUT) gathers volunteers across the country to help rebuild homes, cultural centers and repair public facilities that were damaged or destroyed as a result of the war with Russia. With a team of more than 6,000 volunteers from several walks of life, BUT has repaired or created comfortable, safe living conditions for more than 5,000 people impacted by the war.

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Woman-led non-profit sparking hope in Borno communities

Yahuza Bawage

August 14, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri, Borno State

The Advocacy for Human Value Foundation works to protect vulnerable communities — like women and children — in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps due to the Boko Haram crises. The Foundation has addressed fundamental community needs by increasing access to water and hygiene facilities, healthcare services, educational opportunities, safety practices and has even partnered with entrepreneurs to empower women with profitable skills and small grants to help make them more independent.

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A crowdfunded community initiative evacuated over 6,000 South Sudanese citizens out of Khartoum

Richard Sultan

July 20, 2023 |

Aidóni |

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Response Location: South Sudan, Juba

The Citizen's Call for the Emergency Evacuation of the South Sudanese collective arose after a lack of government action to help evacuate people pushed locals to start a crowdfunding campaign to facilitate the evacuations themselves. Through the use of social media, community meetings and press conferences the collective called upon locals and organizations to donate to the cause. The money was then used to pay truck drivers to help transport evacuated people. So far, these efforts have helped 6,600 individuals.

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