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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
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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 ...
8 September 2020
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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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 ...
8 September 2020
Beirut, Lebanon
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800-1500 Words
Volunteer-run organizations are helping those facing food insecurity throughout Beirut by preparing and delivery food on a daily basis. Although the food system in the country remains heavily strained, the grassroots ...
3 September 2020
Orlando, Florida, United States
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800-1500 Words
What started as a small group of young adults wanting to help their aging parents navigate telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic, is now a multi-state program that provides devices to seniors and low-income peopl...
1 September 2020
Culver City, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
High school and college-age volunteers in Culver City, California are playing a significant role in the creation of a food-distribution system that aims to help their neighbors who have been financially impacted by th...
24 August 2020
Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico
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1500-3000 Words
To protect the Mesoamerican Reef from the effects of climate change, key stakeholders in Mexico created the world’s first insurance policy to protect a natural asset. The policy provides an immediate infusion of cash ...
6 July 2020
Hawaii, United States
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Under 800 Words
Since single-use plastic usage has increased since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations in Hawaii are planning beach cleanup events to pick up the plastic waste. Sustainable Coastlines Hawaii’s first beac...
6 July 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
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800-1500 Words
In Minnesota, volunteer chaplains are attending community events at the request of the participants to provide counsel and support to anyone who may be experiencing symptoms of trauma. Before attending any event to le...
1 July 2020
Washington, United States
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800-1500 Words
Common Power has over 2,000 volunteers, mostly white retirees, who reach out to voters and lobby elected officials for things like widespread mail-in ballots. The small, racially diverse paid staff run many traditiona...
1 July 2020
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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1500-3000 Words
The New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia (NSM) adjusted its promotora model of organizing, which relies on neighbor-to-neighbor interaction to assess community needs, due to Covid-19. The immigrant justice nonprofit...
9 June 2020
Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Europe’s hardcore football fans, deprived of the communal experience of watching their sport in raucous stadium crowds during the pandemic, redirected their energies toward public service projects to help communities ...
28 May 2020
Dallas, Texas, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
To increase COVID-19 testing in one Dallas neighborhood, community leaders, healthcare professionals, and a local church have joined together to implement a testing site directly in the community. Offering 250 free te...
Euroradio
Maryia Vaitovich
21 May 2020
Minsk, Belarus
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1500-3000 Words
Based on one Instagram post forwarding a request from a doctor for protective gear for his hospital, #BYCOVID19 grew into a large-scale clearinghouse to funnel donated supplies to front-line medical workers in Belarus...
11 May 2020
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, groups of women around the world have started mutual aid initiatives such as coordinating volunteers to help immuno-compromised residents get groceries and other essential goods a...
4 May 2020
Denver, Colorado, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Across Colorado, grassroots groups have come together to create homemade masks for the state’s most vulnerable populations to protect against COVID-19. Two of those populations are Denver’s Downtown Detention Center a...
Grady Newsource
Erica Jackson
30 April 2020
Athens, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Volunteer groups in Georgia are making cloth masks for non-coronavirus patients at local hospitals so that personal protective equipment can be reserved for medical staff in direct contact with COVID-19 patients. Alth...
27 April 2020
Kampala, Uganda
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800-1500 Words
Strict social distancing and stay-at-home orders – including the suspension of public transportation – in Uganda during the coronavirus pandemic have made if difficult for those who need anti-retroviral (ARVs) drugs t...
15 April 2020
London, England, United Kingdom
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Under 800 Words
In the United Kingdom, a grassroots network called Scrub Hub is gathering groups of volunteers to sew scrubs for hospital workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The groups are self-organizing, raising money on their ...
13 April 2020
Sacramento, California, United States
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Under 800 Words
In Sacramento, a mobile shower unit is helping the city's homeless population stay clean and safe during the COVID-19 outbreak. Volunteers with the unit are also distributing fresh clothes and bagged lunches.
13 April 2020
England
Text
800-1500 Words
Across England, businesses are stepping up to help their neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic. There’s Glasses Direct, which is gifting 4,000 pairs of glasses to National Health Service workers, and Fully Charged, o...
11 April 2020
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
With COVID-19 causing the shuttering of restaurants around the country, the Minnesota Central Kitchen collaboration brings together furloughed chefs – and their restaurants’ ingredients – to help feed those experienci...
WUFT-PBS
Lexi Flechner
10 April 2020
Alachua County, Florida, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
The county of Alachua in Florida has created a centralized online portal that connects volunteers with those who need assistance during the coronavirus pandemic. The portal also expands access to who has been able to ...
Temple Update
Matthew Silverman
8 April 2020
Texas, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 3 Minutes
ER doctors and other hospital staff who need to isolate themselves from their families can use a camper or mobile home to create a safe distance. The Facebook match-making group, RVs for MDs To Fight the Coronavirus, ...
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