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  • Drones Are Whizzing Lifesaving Supplies Across the 'Last Mile'

    Elizabeth Hewitt

    July 09, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    The Zipline drone system helps deliver life-saving medical supplies, such as blood and antivenom, to areas in the country that are hard to reach due to issues with the terrain, infrastructure or extreme weather. Since launching, Zipline has made more than one million deliveries.

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  • The queer book bike serving Brooklyn

    Jill Webb

    May 15, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Volunteers distribute free LGBTQ2S+ literature to the Brooklyn community via the Nonbinarian Book Bike, a mutual-aid project focused on filling the gap in bookstores and libraries to connect people to queer literature.

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  • How Electric Bikes Can Cut Delivery Emissions in Cities

    Sarah Sax Lisa Nho

    February 29, 2024 |

    Time Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Germany

    The mail and package delivery company Deutsche Post uses electric bikes, trikes, cargo bikes, and delivery vans to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions related to last-mile deliveries.

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  • The para-cyclists delivering aid to displaced Gazans against all odds

    Mohamed Soleimane

    February 14, 2024 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Palestine, Rafah, Gaza Strip

    The Gaza Sunbirds para-cycling team shifted from preparing to compete in tournaments, like the 2024 Paralympics, to distributing food and aid packages to displaced people in Gaza on their bikes.

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  • An Underground Lunch Delivery Train Comes to the Atlanta Suburbs

    Sarah Holder

    December 14, 2023 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Peachtree Corners, Georgia

    The startup Pipedream Labs is running small, electric vehicles in tunnels under Peachtree Corners, Georgia, to make last-mile deliveries for local restaurants. The aim is to reduce emissions, traffic, and delivery costs for businesses.

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  • Nepal's Covid-19 Immunization Campaign – An Unlikely Frontrunner

    Tanka Dhakal

    August 23, 2023 |

    Inter Press Service News Agency |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Manang

    Through well-coordinated efforts by healthcare workers, those living in rural, hard-to-reach areas were able to access the COVID-19 vaccine. As of July 2023, 83.9% of the country’s total population had been vaccinated with their first dose and 83.4% had received their second dose.

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  • Disability-Inclusive Healthcare Services for PWDs in Southern Nigeria

    Usman Aliyu

    August 16, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Hundreds of thousands of Nigerians with disabilities or limited access to affordable medical care have been enrolled in a new health insurance program that helps alleviate the financial burden of health services. Funding for the insurance program is split between federal and state governments, and while the quality of services can be inconsistent, proactive government outreach has boosted enrollment numbers.

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  • New Tree Tech: Cutting-edge drones give reforestation a helping hand

    Claire Asher

    July 12, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Using drones to drop seeds is becoming a valid option to increase the scale and efficiency of tree-planting projects, especially in locations that are difficult for humans to reach. Seattle-based Mast Reforestation drops seeds in fire-ravaged areas with massive, custom-designed drones, and Australia’s AirSeed Technologies does so with a team of drones that don’t need human supervisors.

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  • NM has 7th-best enrollment in $30 per-month internet subsidy

    Reyes Mata III

    June 06, 2023 |

    Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States

    The federal Affordable Connectivity Program helps people pay for high-speed internet access to address the digital divide, and New Mexico is outpacing the national average of participants with educational outreach meetings and advertisements.

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  • A Perfect Storm: How the deadly 2022 Durban floods hold crucial lessons for the future of the city and others like it

    Leonie Joubert

    May 10, 2023 |

    Daily Maverick |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Durban

    A community-based, early-warning system for flooding in Durban, South Africa, gave community members an early enough evacuation order so that no lives were lost. The system uses information from Weather Service reports to know when and where to monitor real-time local conditions. When a community member or member of the disaster management unit sees the conditions are becoming dangerous, they use messaging apps to warn the community.

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