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  • Conquering Food Deserts With Green Carts

    April 18, 2012 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Programs to get fresh produce carts to areas with no access to healthy food work best when government and determined entrepreneurs team up. Success from this model is evident in New York City, where the city has incentivized the selling of fruits and vegetables by street vendors in areas that are in the most need of the produce.

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  • Saving Lives in a Time of Cholera

    April 07, 2012 |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka, Dhaka Division

    A cholera epidemic can kill many people or few people—it all depends on the expertise of the doctors and their access to the right equipment. A program in Dhaka rushes both to countries when an epidemic is just breaking out.

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  • In India, a Small Pill, With Positive Side Effects

    April 04, 2012 |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

    In the developing world, intestinal worms stunt physical and mental growth, drain energy, and can inhibit school work for children. Deworm the World is a global campaign that lobbied the Delhi government to regularly distribute deworming pills to school children. The benefits decrease student absenteeism and increase cost-saving measures.

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  • In Africa's Vanishing Forests, the Benefits of Bamboo

    March 13, 2012 |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia, Asosa, Benishangul-Gumuz

    In Africa, many people rely on wood from trees to cook food over stoves. The tremendous usage of wood contributes to deforestation and environmental decline. Using bamboo instead of wood is a more profitable and greener solution.

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  • How to Feed the Hungry, Faster

    November 01, 2011 |

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    Response Location: Ethiopia

    America is the world’s main supplier of food aid to impoverished countries; however, food aid has the problems of long-distance transportation, the cost of the transportation and storage, and the navigation through dangerous zones. Different programs around the world are experimenting with alternative forms of aid, including vouchers and cash for work.

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  • In Famine, Vouchers Can Be Tickets to Survival

    October 27, 2011 |

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    Response Location: Somalia

    World Concern, a Seattle-based Christian humanitarian group, provides people around the world with vouchers they can use in select markets, rather than the traditional emergency food aid of rice and other grains. In Dhobley, Somalia, the solution of vouchers quickens the process of receiving the food and contributes to the local economy.

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  • Drugs, Risk and the Myth of the ‘Evil' Addict

    September 27, 2011 |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    While critics argue that Naloxone isn't safe for over-the-counter use, some cities have found success distributing Naloxone to community members to help save lives of addicts who overdose. Naloxone can be administered to help those overdosing survive and jump-start the withdrawal process.

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  • The Health Payoffs of Time Banks

    September 20, 2011 |

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    Response Location: United States, Vancouver, Washington

    Two columns on Time Banks, where people swap services – teach calligraphy to one neighbor, and get computer repair from another neighbor. Time Banks create community and make people healthier – which is why hospitals and clinics are now starting them.

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  • Salvaging Medical Cast-Offs to Save Lives

    August 04, 2011 |

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    Response Location: Benin, Cotonou, Littoral

    Many organizations are building distribution systems to get surplus items in one place to those who need them in another. For example, an organization in Brooklyn collects the surplus medical equipment from United States hospitals and ships it to hospitals in poor countries.

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  • The Rewards of Renewal

    June 16, 2011 |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Poor neighborhoods in the United States lack quality play spaces for children, also known as play deserts. An organization is enabling communities across the nation to build their own playground.

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