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  • How India's Kerala state 'flattened the curve'

    April 16, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Chengala, Kerala

    The state of Kerala, India has been particularly effective in their fight against COVID-19. Kerala happens to have a grassroots democracy with community leaders and the consent of the people, as well as a decentralized health care system. These factors contributed to their other tactics, which include free lunches, a local helpline, and 28-day quarantines. Their efforts have paid off thus far—low mortality rates and high recovery rates—but the fight is not over.

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  • One church's tale of two pandemics, 100 years apart

    April 15, 2020 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The quarantines and shelter-in-place orders that many cities in the United States are enacting today to combat the coronavirus pandemic can be compared to similar tactics taken in 1918 to stop the spread of influenza pandemic. However, with modern-day technology, churches in particular are finding that they are better able to safely reach their members through the use of video conferencing rather than door-to-door visits. For a Los Angeles church, this is part of a comprehensive approach that aims to abide by social distancing requirements while still helping those in need.

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  • Pittsburgh nonprofit providing resources, help for African American community amid COVID-19

    April 15, 2020 |

    WPXI-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    In cities across the United States, the coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately impacting communities of color in part due to a lack of information being provided to these areas. A non-profit in Pittsburg is working to close that gap by hosting a weekly virtual townhall that connects the black community with doctors, state lawmakers and health care workers.

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  • ‘Everyone wants to do their bit': The volunteers sewing scrubs for NHS workers

    April 15, 2020 |

    Positive.News |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, England

    In the United Kingdom, a grassroots network called Scrub Hub is gathering groups of volunteers to sew scrubs for hospital workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The groups are self-organizing, raising money on their own to buy the fabric, and have so far gathered thousands of people across the UK to help.

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  • Making a difference: Madison makers build safety equipment for frontlines of COVID-19 fight

    April 15, 2020 |

    The Cap Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison, Wisconsin

    Innovation labs, makerspaces, and fabrication laboratories are just a few of the entities that helping to address the shortage of personal protective equipment in hospitals by creating face shields and masks. In Madison, Wisconsin, the design for a custom-made medical face shield prototype created by Grainger Engineering Design Innovation Lab only uses three materials and has been approved by the university's infection control department. To help others join in efforts, the engineers made the design available online and it has now "been picked up by manufacturers around the world."

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  • Community Rallies to Feed Athens' Students

    April 14, 2020 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    In Georgia’s Athens-Clarke County, schools and the community have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by setting up a food delivery and pickup program for students and families that experience food insecurity. Busses have been repurposed to deliver fully prepared meals, with the county also offering pick up and drive-thru options as well.

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  • Neighborhood Heroes Making Sure Every Carbondale Resident Knows How to Get Help

    April 14, 2020 |

    KDNK Community Radio |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Carbondale, Colorado

    In Colorado, the Carbondale Mutual Aid Group and Emergency Taskforce launched a new program called “Neighborhood Heroes," which matches community members with around 30 homes to offer leaflets and other forms of support. The idea is to spread awareness about the resources available to people in the community.

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  • New service tasks students to help isolated people during coronavirus

    April 14, 2020 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: England, Manchester

    A new initiative called #Task4Help recruits local university students to deliver groceries and other supplies to people who need to be self-isolated during COVID-19. It was originally started by an app called UniTaskr that posted freelance opportunities for students, but now it has over 10,000 students using the app to help out. One user describes the service as easy to use and delightful.

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  • Nevada town lacked coronavirus news. A radio station came to the rescue

    April 14, 2020 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Ely, Nevada

    Local radio station, KDSS-FM in Ely, Nevada is filling information needs with crucial COVID-19 related updates. Located in a region with no local TV station and just a once-a-week newspaper, the daily broadcast, which once was for mostly entertainment purposes, has stepped up to fill the gap. The hosts help find answers to questions from the community and have regular local officials, like the town’s Mayor, on to provide public health and safety updates.

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  • How Native Americans Are Fighting a Food Crisis

    April 13, 2020 |

    The New York Times |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota

    Indigenous people across the United States—like the Oglala Sioux on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation—are relying on survival tactics that their ancestors used to get through the COVID-19 pandemic, like seed saving, canning, and dehydrating food. Social distancing isn't as much of an issue as food shortages are in reservations. To pitch in individuals are doing things to help others, like growing crops, preparing seedlings of different crops for people to plant in their yards or donating from their own food reserves to others who might need it. This article highlights responses in reservations across the US.

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