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& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
16 November 2021
United Kingdom
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Several UK organizations sprang into action to combat COVID-19-related lockdown loneliness and isolation. The Cares Family connected tens of thousands of younger and older neighbors to spend time together, virtually n...
11 November 2021
Vermont, United States
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800-1500 Words
A centralized communication and record keeping system, along with ensuring convenience for the largely rural population, led Vermont to the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate nationwide. The centralized system keeps tr...
8 November 2021
North Carolina, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Community health workers with North Carolina Formerly Incarcerated Transition Program (NC FIT) counsel people recently released from jails and prisons to help them get the care they need for mental and physical health...
7 November 2021
Togo
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An all-digital system delivered monthly payments to millions of Togolese people in need during the coronavirus. The platform, built in two weeks, immediately verifies applicants’ eligibility and instantly sends a text...
3 November 2021
Donostia, Spain
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1500-3000 Words
A group of volunteers came together to fed young people, mostly immigrants, living on the streets. Around 40 residents of Egia began cooking hot meals to serve to people in a local community square. Two volunteers are...
1 November 2021
Mozambique
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Over 3000 Words
According to the 2021 Global Climate Risk Index Mozambique was the fifth country most affected by extreme weather over the past two decades. This article takes an in-depth analysis into four aspects of the country's c...
21 October 2021
Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
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800-1500 Words
The COVID Ambassador program trains people to listen, be empathetic, and acknowledge people’s COVID-19 vaccine concerns. Ambassadors’ training includes substantial practice talking to people who are resistant to getti...
20 October 2021
Ohio, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Cleveland State University used a grant to open up Lift Up Vikes! Resource Center and Food Pantry on campus where students in need can get groceries, including fresh produce and canned goods. Many CSU students faced f...
12 October 2021
La Giajira, Colombia
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
IPSI Palaima is working to vaccinate Indigenous families who live in hard-to-reach areas of La Guajira, where there are no paved roads, electricity, or running water and staff must use cars, boats, and motorbikes to r...
1 October 2021
Salinas, California, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Over 120 hotels and motels have been converted into affordable housing developments in California, housing 8,260 people who were previously experiencing homelessness. Known as Homekey, the state-funded program was ini...
27 September 2021
France
Text
800-1500 Words
A mixture of mandates and incentives helped France overcome vaccine hesitancy and encouraged millions to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The government campaign was so successful that some of the restrictions – like the req...
25 September 2021
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Though police have removed barricades from the protest zone around George Floyd Square, it remains a popular gathering place for people. The church across from the spot where George Floyd was murdered in May 2020 has...
23 September 2021
New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Thousands of undocumented immigrants who lost their jobs during the pandemic can now receive aid through the Excluded Workers Fund. The $2.1 billion fund is the largest of its kind and the result of 18 months of lobby...
23 September 2021
Kampala, Uganda
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800-1500 Words
Volunteers around Kampala help people living with HIV – who often seek medical care far from their homes due to stigma - get their medications during COVID-19 lockdowns. The volunteers mainly use bicycles to deliver t...
FreshWater Cleveland
Sydney Kornegay
15 September 2021
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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800-1500 Words
Project ACT provides support services to 1,000 Cleveland public school students experiencing homelessness or living with guardians other than their parents. Students are set up with a life skills coach who provides em...
HlídacíPes.org
Tereza Engelová
28 November 2019
Czech Republic
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800-1500 Words
Čeští experti z ČVUT se podílí na boji proti terorismu. Vytvořili online výukovou platformu HERMES, která přispívá k deradikalizaci bývalých džihádistů a k prevenci náboru nových lidí pro teroristickou činnost. Pomocí...
14 September 2021
United Kingdom
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
To limit the spread of COVID-19, the Everyone In initiative offers housing to people experiencing homelessness. In the first few months of the program, the government paid for hotel rooms – which were empty due to the...
Rwanda Dispatch
Jejje Muhinde
14 September 2021
Rukara, Rwanda
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1500-3000 Words
Youth volunteers in Rwanda are keeping their communities safe by reminding people to follow coronavirus safety guidelines. Volunteers enforce social distancing, masks, and hygiene, in addition to fighting misinformati...
7 September 2021
Oakland, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Oakland Ceasefire's "delicate architecture" balancing law enforcement and community-based responses to gun violence, which seemed to have helped lower the city's gun violence by half since 2012, came crashing down dur...
3 September 2021
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Community health workers from One World have gained community trust over the years and now go door-to-door to talk with residents about the COVID-19 vaccine and dispel misinformation. They provide resources in Spanish...
1 September 2021
India
Text
800-1500 Words
Community-based organizations have been key to reaching historically marginalized populations with COVID-19 information. Grassroots leaders and community workers are effective because they have built trust among commu...
30 August 2021
Navajo Nation, Utah, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Multigenerational homes allowed indigenous families to pass down culture and language for thousands of years but living in crowded homes left them more vulnerable to COVID-19. Navajo teams have built 300 8-by-15-foot ...
29 August 2021
Gwagwalada, Nigeria
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated hunger and malnutrition of vulnerable children by crippling livelihoods and orphaning children. Two communities have responded by donating land solely devoted to growing crops to ...
28 August 2021
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Community groups in under-vaccinated areas helped tens of thousands of people get vaccinated, made slightly easier since the FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and more employers requiring it. Nonprofits like...
24 August 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Vaccine Talk is a Facebook group for evidence-based discussion to help both pro- and anti-vaccine people wade through all of the conflicting, and oftentimes wrong, information about the COVID-19 vaccine. The group has...
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