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& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
12 May 2021
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The Internet Archive is a digital library of around 544 billion archived web pages, most of which are found using a bot that crawls the web and saves snapshots. However, a self-described loose collective of volunteer ...
24 March 2021
Cyprus
Text
1500-3000 Words
Thanks to efforts by the Society for the Protection of Turtles and a band of international volunteers, green and loggerhead turtle numbers in North Cyprus are rebounding. Last year, there were more than 2,400 nests co...
2 March 2021
Massachusetts, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A community effort is underway in Massachusetts to help people secure Covid-19 vaccination appointments, despite a confusing government roll-out system. The Massachusetts COVID Vaccination Help volunteer group is comp...
25 February 2021
Kirkland, Washington, United States
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1500-3000 Words
A community effort to help provide food to those who are food insecure during the pandemic has brought together local bakers to bake bread for food banks. The initiative, known as Community Loaves, has amassed 700 vol...
21 February 2021
Evanston, Illinois, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
When a teenager in Evanston, Illinois realized that senior citizens were facing difficulties securing Covid vaccination appointments due to technology barriers, he created a website to help eliminate some of the techn...
The Seattle Times
Danny Westneat
17 February 2021
Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Retired software engineers in Washington have joined together and created a website that aggregates all available COVID vaccine appointments by using "screen scrapers." Although the site doesn't allow the visitor to b...
19 January 2021
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood, a community effort is underway that aims to do "nothing but positive things." During the coronavirus pandemic, the group of volunteers has held fundraisers for community mem...
15 January 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Wikipedia’s large number of volunteer editors document history in real time, while making sure different viewpoints are considered and avoiding misinformation. While other social media sites are hesitant to label unre...
15 January 2021
California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Residents of California are working together to crowdsource where COVID-19 vaccinations are being offered, and who they're being offered to. While the state has failed to implement a transparent dissemination strategy...
31 December 2020
Germany
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800-1500 Words
Meet A Jew is a volunteer organization in Germany helping combat anti-semitism and bigotry by educating students in elementary and secondary schools about Jewish culture and traditions of those living in Germany. The ...
24 December 2020
Italy
Text
Under 800 Words
In Italy, the “Santa’s grandchildren” program is helping to connect nursing home residents with volunteer grandchildren for visits and gifts during the holiday season. While the coronavirus pandemic has caused the mee...
23 December 2020
Portland, Oregon, United States
Multi-Media
3-5 Minutes
Organized groups of volunteers helped sustain over four months of Black Lives Matters protests, with centralized information sources keeping the public informed and essential support services provided. A network of ov...
21 December 2020
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Broadcast TV News
5-15 Minutes
Since 2002, aging neighbors in Boston have been creating networks, known as villages, of supportive services that allow them to remain in their homes rather than leave to live in a senior center or nursing home. Now, ...
9 December 2020
Portland, Oregon, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Black Lives Matters protests have been sustained by an autonomously organized mutual aid network providing a range of services for protesters and community members. Requests for information and assistance are sent usi...
The Local
Hyunah Kim
8 December 2020
Nicosia, Cyprus
Text
1500-3000 Words
The humanitarian organization known as Refugee Support in Nicosia, Cyrpus has been using WhatsApp to provide useful information to refugee populations during the coronavirus pandemic in addition to delivering food to ...
4 December 2020
Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A team of volunteers at the University of Arizona is helping to bolster contact tracing efforts during the pandemic by working in tandem with those who have been trained by the Arizona Department of Health Services. A...
8 November 2020
Pub Majir Gaon, Assam, India
Text
1500-3000 Words
After a conservation biologist noticed that the number of birds in her Indian village dwindled over the years, she knew she had to take action. Purnima Devi Barman started to help educate her community about the histo...
Outriders
Priscila Pacheco
Alexander de Maio
Cecilia Marins
Alessandra de Maio
28 October 2020
Brasilandia, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Once regarded as the region in Sao Paulo with the highest number of COVID-19 deaths, Brasilandia residents mobilized their community to create a volunteer solidarity network that encouraged people to stay at home. The...
Thomson Reuters Foundation
Harry Jacques
14 October 2020
Rawa Mekar Jaya, Riau, Indonesia
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
An Indonesian government program called Masyarakat Peduli Api, or “Fire Care Community,” aims to improve community responses to wildfires and restore peatlands — valuable ecosystems that store carbon. Through communit...
Fall 2020
Nepal
Text
1500-3000 Words
Tourists can travel to remote destinations in the Himalayas and help install solar technology in villages where residents live without electricity. GHE has used funds from the tourism component to electrify 100 villag...
28 September 2020
New Mexico, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Mutual aid groups in New Mexico are packing and delivering groceries and other staples to New Mexicans in need during the pandemic who have not been adequately served by existing social safety nets. Groups like Albuqu...
28 September 2020
Idaho, United States
Radio
3-5 Minutes
About 40 volunteer wilderness stewards of the Idaho Conservation League are helping to educate hikers about how to be good outdoor trekkers like disposing of waste properly and staying on the trail. While these volunt...
26 September 2020
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A volunteer organization is helping to address a language barrier as it pertains to COVID-19 by translating and distributing public health information in the native languages of tribes. Although this is not as simple ...
22 September 2020
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The high census completion rate in Lee-Harvard, as high as 70%, compared to Cleveland’s 50% as a whole, is the result of regular meetings, pre-pandemic, to educate residents of the benefits of the census and dispel co...
8 September 2020
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
After Boston Public Schools closed in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, about 70 volunteers tended schoolyard gardens at 14 schools to grow food for local families experiencing economic hardship. While students ...
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