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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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Over 15 Minutes

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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Iowa church's 'community fridge' becomes ministry hub connecting neighbors with neighbors

David Paulsen

May 03, 2023 |

Episcopal News Service |

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Response Location: United States, Des Moines, Iowa

An insulated shed turned food pantry at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Des Moines, Iowa, is open 24 hours a day seven days a week. Community members can drop off donations or pick up food for themselves at any time for no cost. And the pantry has a refrigerator for perishable goods.

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One store's trash, one foodsaver's dinner

Misch Pautsch

April 20, 2023 |

Lëtzebuerger Journal |

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Response Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg

A group of volunteers in Luxembourg City collects edible food that shops and restaurants would dispose of at the end of the day to keep it from ending up in the garbage. Members of the organization, called Foodsharing Luxembourg, are informed through an app when food is available for pickup. Once they claim an order, they pick up everything the store offers and decide how it gets redistributed.

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When wildfires choke California, this activist gets masks to those who need them most

Nina Thompson

March 29, 2023 |

Grist |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

The organization Mask Oakland collects donations to supply masks to overlooked or marginalized communities when wildfire smoke worsens the air quality in the California Bay Area.

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Tiny Bus, Big Opportunities for Immigrant Kids

Emily Tate Sullivan

March 27, 2023 |

EdSurge News |

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Response Location: United States, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

El Busesito, which means “the little bus” in English, operates four retrofitted buses that provide bilingual preschool education on wheels for Latino immigrant families in five neighborhoods. The free early childhood education has improved developmental progress and school readiness for the nearly 100 children it serves. Valley Settlement, the nonprofit that runs El Busesito, also offers family engagement programs for the communities.

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New Fire Mountain Fabrics store offers Indigenous fabric and motifs

Alfonzo Galvan

March 01, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Fire Mountain Fabrics and Supply is a Native-owned fabric shop in Minnesota that sells materials used to make the regalia worn in different ceremonies that can often be difficult to find.

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