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  • Pozor, uprchlíci

    Tomáš Lindner
    2021-09-15 15:26:45 UTC
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    June 21, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Geisenhausen, Bavaria

    Česko odmítá uprchlické kvóty. Místní politici říkají, že společnost není na příchod a integraci utečenců připravená. Budují v lidech strach z toho, že migrace rozvátí zemi. Zcela odlišný obraz uprchlické krize nabízí sousední Bavorsko. Tato spolková země integrovala tisíce uprchlíků, kterým pomohla naučit se německy, najít si bydlení i najít a udržet si zaměstnání. Využívají k tomu dobrovolníky, kteří téměř po celém Bavorsku organizují vzdělávací a volnočasové aktivity.

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  • Watch Out for Refugees

    Tomáš Lindner
    2018-09-24 12:20:14 UTC
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    June 21, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Germany, Geisenhausen, Bavaria

    Bavaria has integrated thousands of refugees into the public sphere by helping them learn German, find housing, and maintain employment through apprenticeship programs and other volunteer-run organizations in the community. Now, with Bavaria as an unlikely example, the Czech Republic looks to these program models in the wake of its own refugee crisis.

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  • A Moroccan fix to Europe's migrant crisis

    The Christian Science Monitor Editorial Board
    2017-01-16 17:46:48 UTC
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    April 22, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Morocco, Casablanca

    Once harshly criticized for its mistreatment of African migrants, Morocco has changed its view and now lays down a well-regulated welcome mat. If Europe did more of the same, it's possible that fewer migrants would risk dangerous sea journeys with smugglers.

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  • Refugee camp in Nepal adopts eco ethos

    Seán Dagan Wood
    2016-09-27 21:00:49 UTC
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    March 13, 2015 |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Damak

    A Bhutanese refugee camp in Damak, Nepal is giving its displaced inhabitants a brighter future thanks to green investment through sustainable, eco-friendly projects that respond to refugees needs.

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  • Refugee Resettlement in Connecticut

    John Dankosky, Josh Nilaya
    2016-06-25 23:28:37 UTC
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    December 09, 2014 |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Refugee resettlement is arguably one of our country’s noblest examples of foreign policy. It gives forcibly displaced people from around the world a chance to escape danger and rebuild a life for themselves in a safe environment.

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  • How to Build a Perfect Refugee camp

    Mac McClelland
    2015-10-15 18:22:51 UTC
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    February 13, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Kilis Merkez, Kilis

    Refugee camps typically look like a prison with squalid conditions and barbed wire tops. By contrast, the Kilis refugee camp in Turkey is orderly, secure, and clean; has schools for children; has grocery stores, and is powered with electricity. The camp is not run by the United Nations, but rather it is Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency that oversees every detail and pours billions of dollars into maintaining it every year.

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  • Syrian teachers find solace in Turkish classrooms

    Stephanie Capper
    2018-12-19 19:25:55 UTC
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    October 20, 2013 |

    ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Kilis

    Instead of outsourcing workers the International Blue Crescent relief agency, and Jordan's al-Zaatari cams, is employing Syrian refugees as teachers, doctors, and nurses. The aim is to create a self-sustainable refugee population. Leaders say it also gives Syrian refugees a renewed sense of hope and meaning “For those who are working in the camps or in (the IBC's) projects, they feel very good because they are guiding their community."

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  • Syria's refugee children haunted by horrors of war

    Stephanie Capper
    2018-12-19 19:45:46 UTC
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    September 22, 2013 |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Kilis

    Child Friendly Spaces in Kilis, a city with a huge Syrian refugee population, and UNICEF’s art program in Jordan’s refugee camp, try to address the mental health of refugees, who are often dealing with great trauma. “If we think these refugees only need food, clothes or medicine, we are looking at them like animals.” Organizers that run these programs say these programs are critical and needed to address the psychological effects of war.

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  • Children Lost in War Zones and Disasters Find Their Families With an App

    Amy O'Leary
    2016-09-20 00:54:11 UTC
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    August 19, 2013 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Lost children in third world countries suffer from severe emotional distress without their parents. UNICEF has started using a new app called RapidFTR that helps reunite lost children with their families.

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  • Beyond Refugee Camps, a Better Way

    Tina Rosenberg
    2015-10-15 18:20:40 UTC
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    September 06, 2011 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Dadaab, Garissa

    Refugee camps save lives in emergencies – but often refugees languish there for decades. Two columns on programs that allow refugees to live normally in cities, with an ATM card taking the place of a camp.

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  • Solutions journalism…
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  • The Solutions Story Tracker® is a curated, searchable database of solutions journalism stories — rigorous reporting about responses to social problems. We vet and tag every story in the Story Tracker, which offers an inspiring and useful collection of the thousands of ways people are working to solve problems around the world.

  • You can learn more about how we source, vet, and tag stories here, as well as how we share them. We also have video tutorials in Spanish and French that show how to use the Solutions Story Tracker to find what you need.

  • Story collections are curated by our staff or other partners to explore a theme, pattern, or trend via selected solutions stories and external resources. Some story collections focus on an in-depth exploration of a topic with solutions journalism; others highlight journalists and how they report on topics. Certain story collections include discussion questions and notes, so that educators and community discussion leaders can lead learners to fully engage with the stories.

  • The Solutions Story Tracker® is powered by user submissions. We encourage submissions from journalists, as well as from anyone who has an eye for solutions journalism. Click here to submit. (Why submit? So many reasons!)

  • You can submit a story directly on the Solutions Story Tracker®. You will be prompted to register or log into the Solutions Journalism Network website, if you are already logged in. (It is free to register!) Logging in allows you to track the status of your submissions under My Profile, as well as save your favorite stories, create story collections and story alerts, and access other helpful features of our website.

  • After you submit a story to us and assign it a topic, it is sent to one of our Solutions Story Tracker team members. Our team member evaluates the story for the four qualities of solutions journalism, and on the basics: The story must come from a news outlet and have a date and a byline. If the story meets our criteria, our team tags it accordingly and adds it to the database. If the story falls short of the mark, our team will include the reason why. We include stories in the Story Tracker that meet our standards of solutions journalism. Inclusion does not mean we support the initiatives, policies, organizations or approaches featured in those stories.

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  • Solutions Journalism Network features these stories in the searchable database making them publicly accessible to anyone who wants to search for rigorous reporting on solutions to social problems. Any story that is added has the potential to make more impact than its original purpose. Added stories are used in journalism trainings, school curricula, research projects, and independent analysis on issue area trends. This now includes artificial intelligence tools, which are applied for educational value to find stories and support story vetting, as well as to extract insights from the stories. SJN has digital products and newsletters that give new life and exposure to the stories meeting people where they are at. Story data also is used to develop innovative tools to reach the general public with solutions journalism as well as some specific research projects requested by researchers. If you have any questions or concerns about our use of story data or added stories, please contact Lita Tirak.

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