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28 May 2020
Tanzania
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1500-3000 Words
A nongovernmental organization, Sanku, invented a new technology that allows a machine to mix in the right amount of basic nutrients into flour that children and others need. By working directly with the millers and c...
28 May 2020
Tijuana, Mexico
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800-1500 Words
To continue serving tens of thousands of refugees stuck at the U.S.-Mexico border during the pandemic, shelters have collaborated on an improvised system to deliver food aid, emergency hotel accommodations, and legal ...
The Guardian
Anne Pinto-Rodrigues
28 May 2020
Khonoma, Nagaland, India
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Despite the lockdown and loss of tourism income due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the village of Kohonoma in India has been able to maintain a high level of food security for its people. Because of previous legal changes ...
Novinky.cz
Barbora Cihelkova
26 May 2020
Brno, Czech Republic
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1500-3000 Words
Symbios, a group home in Brno, Czech Republic, aims to equip young adults who grew up in children's homes with life skills by pairing them with college-aged adults, who come from traditional home environments. Within ...
Religion News Service
Jacob Wirtschafter
18 May 2020
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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800-1500 Words
An interfaith partnership between religions institutions and communities in Arizona has helped provide mask-making jobs to those who have lost their sources of income during the coronavirus pandemic. Participants incl...
17 May 2020
Los Angeles, California, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
Community Services Unlimited (CSU) is a local organization in Southern California that is helping to increase access to healthy foods for families all year round, but especially now during the Covid-19 pandemic. Unlik...
BBC
Anna Jones
15 May 2020
Vietnam
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800-1500 Words
Vietnam's approach to handling the Covid-19 pandemic prioritized prevention over eradication which, so far, has helped the country avoid virus-caused deaths. Although the restriction in places, such as quarantine faci...
14 May 2020
United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Supply chains have been disrupted with the restrictions imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic, and farmers are suffering from a lack of buying customers. Meanwhile, food banks are in dire straits as more and more people...
14 May 2020
Germany
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, Germany has seen some of the lowest death rates in the world. Reasons behind that rate have been attributed to the widespread, accessible testing and subsequent quarantining of ind...
13 May 2020
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Over 3000 Words
As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, attention is starting to shift toward reopening and recovery. Looking to healthcare professionals as models for doing so can help. A five-part strategy, te...
12 May 2020
Vietnam
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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 method...
12 May 2020
Houma, Louisiana, United States
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The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw has long had a culture of cyclicality which is now coming in handy during the Coronavirus pandemic. Because they assume that hardship will come after periods o...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Rory Linnane
10 May 2020
Slinger, Wisconsin, United States
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A nursing home in Slinger, Wisconsin has emerged as a model for mitigating worst-case scenarios during the COVID-19 pandemic, a stark contrast to many other assisted living facilities across the nation, where the viru...
8 May 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
Broadcast TV Programs
3-5 Minutes
When coronavirus first appeared in the United States, Seattle emerged as an epicenter, but just a few months later, the city and state have largely reduced the overall caseload. Local officials say that a unified appr...
6 May 2020
New Hampshire, United States
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800-1500 Words
Contact tracing is not new for the state of New Hampshire, but officials are now adapting previous practices to better match the infectious capabilities of COVID-19. The practice is normally handled by the state Burea...
6 May 2020
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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The number of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada is high, so a group of Indigenous women formed an organization called Power Our Women (POW) to teach other Indigenous women across the country self-defense...
6 May 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
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The Chinatown Community Development Center (CCDC), a San Francisco nonprofit, is helping those living in single-room occupancy (SRO) or public housing access food safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. The CCDC has part...
The Salt Lake Tribune
Heather May
5 May 2020
Kearns, Utah, United States
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A high school program in Utah is combating increasing rates of teenage suicide by equipping children with the tools they need to manage thoughts of hopelessness. The program is known as ME (Mood Enhancement) Time and ...
4 May 2020
Athens, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
Terrapin Beer Co. is powering their brewery with solar power, approximately 30 percent of the business’ total energy. The brewery partnered with Cherry Street Energy, a third-party solar ownership company, which allow...
The Salt Lake Tribune
Heather May
4 May 2020
Utah, United States
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1500-3000 Words
In an effort to stem drug and substance abuse, Utah's Salt Lake City county is reaching out proactively to parents with courses and parenting programs. By arming parents with the tools to talk with their children and ...
The Salt Lake Tribune
Heather May
3 May 2020
Kearns, Utah, United States
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Over 3000 Words
The Kearns Community Coalition in Utah is a collective community effort that aims to "help adults improve their parenting skills, help teens understand the harmful effects of substance use, and increase opportunities ...
3 May 2020
Seattle, Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Prompted by the threat of COVID-19, Seattle and King County have rapidly taken steps to protect people experiencing homelessness with responses that activists have long sought. By moving hundreds of people out of crow...
The New York Times
Richard Parker
1 May 2020
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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1500-3000 Words
As New Mexico's former state health secretary, Governor Lujan Grisham did not waste any time implementing aggressive and restrictive measures in the state to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Acutely aware that th...
1 May 2020
Lancaster, England, United Kingdom
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1500-3000 Words
A company called Mootral is studying whether changing a cattle’s diet could make the animals belch and flatulate less methane. They created a food supplement out of compounds from garlic, citrus, and other additives, ...
National Geographic
Aaron Gulley
30 April 2020
New Zealand
Text
800-1500 Words
While most countries around the world are trying to implement strategies to contain the coronavirus outbreak, New Zealand set out to eradicate the virus. Rapid government-enacted intervention strategies and a reliance...
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