Vice
16 November 2016
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Kampala, Uganda
Uganda's open policy allows refugees to start a new life – and even a new business. But not all of them thrive due to governmental restrictions and limited cash flow.
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/16032016/mercaptans-eight-mile
Neela Banerjee
Inside Climate News
17 March 2016
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Eight years after a mercaptan spill in Eight Mile, Alabama, its mostly black and working class residents still suffer from respiratory issues, rashes and headaches.
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jul/14/volunteers-bangladesh-learn-life-or-death-difference-disaster-rana-plaza
Amy Yee
The Guardian
14 July 2015
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In the wake of the Rana Plaza collapse, Bangladeshi civilians—often first on the scene of disasters in poorer countries–are being trained to support emergency teams.
http://elitedaily.com/news/vets-rebuild-communities-after-disasters/1278973
Alexandra Svokos
Elite Daily
11 November 2015
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Team Rubicon, a non-profit organization of military veterans that provides disaster relief, has provided relief after flooding in Detroit, tornadoes in Oklahoma, a typhoon in the Philippines and an earthquake in Nepal, among dozens of other communities across the globe.
https://news.mongabay.com/2016/06/rio-doce-grassroots-response-arises-out-of-fundao-mining-disaster
Zoe Sullivan
Mongabay
8 June 2016
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More than six months after a mining tailings dam broke in Brazil, killing 19 people and polluting the 530-mile length of the Rio Doce, grassroots groups have arisen to take action and seek justice.
http://www.citylab.com/weather/2015/04/another-way-to-help-humanitarian-efforts-in-nepal-start-mapping/391523/#b05g04t20w15
Laura Bliss
CityLab
27 April 2015
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Citizen cartographers around the globe are tracing and checking roads, buildings, and open spaces to assist people on the ground. You can help.
https://www.devex.com/news/crossing-the-rubicon-for-disaster-response-87571
Catherine Cheney
Devex
12 January 2016
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Last year, Team Rubicon carried out 35 domestic operations and three international operations, with overlapping missions in Kathmandu, Nepal, and Barikiki, Kiribati, as well as an operation in Roseau, Dominica. The humanitarian organization has two goals: improving overseas disaster response and finding new ways to bring military veterans into humanitarian operations.
http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-04-25/they-survived-earthquake-now-theyre-determined-keep-their-village-healthy
Sonia Narang
Public Radio International (PRI)
25 April 2016
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For one village in Nepal, there's a silver lining to the earthquake: A year later, a new and better health clinic is rising from the rubble of the old. And it includes a birthing center.
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-35472936
Allan Urry
BBC
9 February 2016
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After record-breaking rainfall and flooding, the city of York was at a loss for relief and reconstruction ideas. They turned to the Dutch city of Nijmegen, which had experienced similar flooding and found a solution in building a relief channel.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/24/when-food-isnt-the-answer-to-hunger
Tina Rosenberg
The New York Times
24 April 2013
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In a lot of places, food is available and the market is working but people are too poor to buy it, so cash donations are more effective than food. Previously U.S. aid laws did not allow cash donations but a new proposal could change that.
http://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-26/aleppo-cell-phones-are-helping-some-desperate-syrians-find-clean-water
Joyce Hackel
Public Radio International (PRI)
26 August 2015
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In war zones, people have a difficult time finding clean water and safe areas to inhabit. Social media, smart phones, and technology applications are aiding in people’s survival. In Aleppo, Syria, the International Committee of the Red Cross posted a map on Facebook to show alternative sources of clean drinking water that reached approximately 140,000 people.
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