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  • One solution to reduce homelessness is to name each person affected 

    Michaela Towfighi

    August 21, 2022 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    A national nonprofit, Community Solutions, works to reduce homelessness with a name-by-name list strategy in which communities create profiles for people experiencing homelessness to track their housing history, attempts to find new housing, and their current needs. The information is shared across all applicable community organizations to organize and speed up the assistance process.

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  • More than a day at the beach: Piping plover volunteers work to save a species

    Peter Feuerherd

    August 20, 2022 |

    EarthBeat |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A secular community of volunteers formed the NYC Plover Project to watch over a group of the in-danger shorebird species that nests in sand dunes at a local beach. Volunteers scan the nesting ground for threats with binoculars and educate beachgoers about the problem at hand.

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  • For Some Displaced Kids In Benue, This Makeshift School Is Their Only Chance At Education

    Abdulwasiu Olokooba

    August 19, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Makurdi, Benue

    The Fortress of the Vulnerable Child Rescue Initiative gathers volunteers to provide an education to displaced primary school-aged children from low-income families. The organization can accommodate up to 300 children at a time and is in the process of gathering funds to build an official school building.

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  • Kenyan youth help climate-hit communities prepare for disaster

    Kagondu David Njagi

    August 08, 2022 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    A group of young volunteers translate disaster alert bulletins issued by the government drought agency into local languages and then share the alerts by word of mouth and over the radio so that people living in rural areas can take action, particularly receive nutrition aid for their children.

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  • Combating veteran suicides with peers, therapy, housing — and a little horse sense

    Laurie Udesky

    August 06, 2022 |

    Local News Matters |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Swords to Plowshares is a San Francisco nonprofit providing homeless veterans with a place to live and different types of therapy while working to get them jobs, military benefits, and permanent housing.

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  • Repair Ukraine: How volunteers "clean up after russia" in Chernihiv region

    Maria Smyk

    August 05, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Lukashivka

    Volunteers from the Repair Together project travel to liberated towns in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine to clear rubble, so the residents can rebuild their homes.

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  • How Portland is Leaning on Neighborhood Teams to Improve Heat Wave Response

    Isabella Garcia

    August 02, 2022 |

    Portland Mercury |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    The Ground Support Guest Transportation Unit offers a city-run alternative to relying on rideshare and cabs to transport people to cooling shelters by relying on Portland’s Neighborhood Emergency Teams (NET), a volunteer-run neighborhood group that provides services during times of need. During a July 2022 heatwave, the program received 215 ride requests, 138 of which were completed by NET volunteers.

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  • Wild Horses Could Keep Wildfire At Bay

    Stephanie O'Neill Emily Kwong

    August 02, 2022 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States

    The nonprofit Wild Horse Fire Brigade wants to place wild horses in select wilderness areas of California to graze as a way to prevent wildfires.

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  • The Nigerian school with a radical idea: Teaching Boko Haram's kids

    Innocent Eteng

    July 29, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    Founded in the midst of ongoing violent conflict, the Future Prowess Islamic Foundation offers education to children and orphans from families fighting on both sides of the war between Boko Haram insurgents and the Nigerian government. With this inclusive approach, the organization has so far averted being targeted by Boko Haram, successfully keeping roughly 2,200 children in school without interruption during the peak of the insurgency.

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  • The country trailblazing the fight against disasters

    Catherine Davison

    July 19, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Bangladesh has developed a multi-layered early warning system for disasters that includes good weather monitoring equipment, communication systems to broadcast warnings, and importantly, a network of trusted volunteers – half of which are women – who go out into communities to share information and urge people to evacuate to shelters. The opportunity has also empowered women, both as volunteers and with the ability to make the decision to evacuate during a natural disaster.

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