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  • Zimbabwe: Solar Cures Energy Ills At Zimbabwe's Power-Short Clinics

    December 24, 2018 |

    All Africa |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Harare

    Solar power systems and panels are being installed at health centers across Zimbabwe. In a country with common electricity shortages, these solar power systems ensure there are lights, refrigeration, and working machines to treat patients.

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  • How the Son of Immigrants Quit Wall Street to Feed the Hungry

    December 20, 2018 |

    Politico |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A small nonprofit in New York City called Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) is tackling the staggering 40% of food that is wasted in the United States by collecting and redistributing excess food from restaurants to shelters, soup kitchen, social services, and more. RLC picks up food as many times as 200 a week, staffs only 7 people but has 100 regular volunteers and 8,000 more on call, and collected more than 792,000 pounds of food last year alone. Not only can businesses receive a large tax break for their donation, but the data provided by RLC has even contributed to restaurants reducing their food waste.

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  • From Cocaine To Cacao: One Man's Mission To Save Colombia's Farmers Through Chocolate

    December 19, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Quibdó, Chocó Department

    One man's chocolate company in Bogotá is aiming to change the lives of farmers in the Chocó department of Colombia. Concerned about the rise in the country's coca production (used to make cocaine), the company helps farmers transition from the coca to cacao production by teaching them the necessary skills to succeed.

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  • Taiwan has one of the highest recycling rates in the world. Here's how that happened.

    December 18, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

    Taiwan, despite housing 23 million people on a densely populated island, claims one of the highest recycling and reuse rates in the world. The government has created incentives for private companies, which throw some catchy tunes in the mix. But whether or not a country recycles remains, largely, a question of willpower.

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  • Steps toward age-friendliness in West Sacramento

    December 13, 2018 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    As part of a larger effort to make the city of West Sacramento more friendly to their aging population, an on-demand ride-sharing app was developed to make transportation more accessible for seniors who cannot easily use public transportation. The response has been overwhelming, and the project will soon be able to support itself financially. The city is also using another app to help connect seniors with volunteer opportunities that make use of their skills, which was something else they learned was desired by doing focus groups.

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  • The Joys of Motherhood: Young midwives enabling safe deliveries in Northern Nigeria

    December 11, 2018 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    A new three year program is educating, training, and deploying midwives to six northern Nigerian states. This influx of midwives has helped to ensure safe deliveries as well as provide women with perinatal and antenatal care.

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  • ‘Light for everyone': Indigenous youth mount a solar-powered resistance

    December 10, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Cuetzalán, Puebla

    Tosepan Titataniske, an indigenous cooperative in Mexico's Sierra Norte mountains, emphasizes local control at the heart of solar programs. Over the last four decades, the organization has incorporated 410 community-level cooperatives that serve some 60,000 members, training people to install solar and establishing agricultural cooperatives. With organization, indigenous communities have been able to fight inequitable development projects and make significant gains.

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  • In Remote Villages, Surprising New Measures Save Children With Malaria

    December 10, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Zambia

    Malaria disproportionally impacts young children and toddlers, oftentimes leaving parents in remote villages with little time to act before their child is at risk of dying. A pilot program coupled with other various efforts in Zambia aim to lessen this likelihood by utilizing stopgap medications as well as rapid diagnostic tests, and bicycle ambulances.

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  • How once-vacant sites are becoming hubs for health equity in Michigan

    December 04, 2018 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Throughout the Untied States there are many rural areas that do not have quick access to hospitals or other means of healthcare, so some providers are turning to repurposing abandoned buildings into clinics. Focusing on populations that often are overlooked in the health care industry, such as the elderly, homeless or uninsured, these clinics aim to increase health equity amongst all underserved populations.

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  • When Mental-Health Experts, Not Police, Are the First Responders

    November 24, 2018 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Cahoots, or Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets, is a non-profit group that responds to mental health emergency calls instead of police in Eugene, Oregon. The group is cheaper than sending first responders, but are wired in to the 911 system and can respond without law enforcement. In neighboring Olympia, police are setting up a group modeled on Cahoots.

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