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  • More voters, less party affiliation 2 years into automatic voter registration

    January 16, 2022 |

    The Nevada Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, Nevada

    Nevada’s automatic voter registration (AVR) system has added over 320,000 new voters since its launch in 2020, expanding access to many. Unless they opt out, the AVR system automatically registers eligible voters, or updates their voter information, whenever they complete a transaction with the DMV. Since they are registered as nonpartisan by default, it has diversified the state’s voter pool. Officials still perform checks and balance to keep voter rolls clean, including the Electronic Registration Information Center that compares voter registration data between states to identify out-of-date records.

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  • Redefining Mobility For Children With Disabilities

    January 11, 2022 |

    Rwanda Dispatch |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Angel Rider Wheelchairs provides free wheelchairs to children across Rwanda. The group constructs and distributes the wheelchairs themselves and coordinates with the National Council of Persons with Disabilities, who provides a list of children nominated to receive one. Access to the wheelchairs have changed the quality of life for many of the children, allowing them to attend school and other social activities for the first time in their lives. The non-profit has donated over 2,000 wheelchairs in the last five years.

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  • The Feeling Of Freedom After Prolonged "Awaiting Trial" In A Nigerian Prison

    January 10, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Considering the overwhelming number of low-income inmates awaiting trial in Nigeria due to lack of legal representation, Heafort Foundation takes up such cases and provides legal services free of cost. Since 2019, the foundation has helped about 200 inmates get out of jail while also supporting them with the means to complete their education or learn new skills so they can restart their lives again.

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  • The alternative learning experience for children during lock down through football talent development

    January 10, 2022 |

    Metro FM 90.8 |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Wakiso

    Kick-off soccer academy provides young people with mentorship, education, and talent development. It was created by a group of young friends during the COVID-19 pandemic after they noticed many young people getting into drugs and alcohol while out of school during pandemic-related shutdowns. The team, who mobilizes parents and caretakers so that they buy into the program’s benefits, serves almost 100 young people. The program develops the athletic skills of the young people but also increases their self-esteem and responsibility.

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  • Asthma affects thousands of Oakland kids. These residents are working to prevent it

    January 10, 2022 |

    The Oaklandside |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    To help prevent children with asthma from missing school and being hospitalized Asthma Start provides their families with education and resources like mattress and pillow covers and cleaning supplies.

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  • Cross River State ministry of health Leveraged on Polio campaign to integrate Covid vaccination

    January 07, 2022 |

    Sparkling 92.3 FM |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

    To vaccinate eligible adults against COVID-19, the health ministry distributed vaccines to adults alongside an already established campaign that vaccinates children against Polio. The existing vaccination structure helped health officials bring COVID-19 vaccines to communities and increased communities’ trust of the vaccine, since it was administered alongside the established and trusted Polio campaign. When children under 5 years old received their Polio vaccine all eligible adults are offered the COVID-19 vaccine. Over 100,000 people were vaccinated for COVID-19 during the campaign.

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  • Filling the Education Gap

    January 07, 2022 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic

    The Faculties Tutor initiative connects elementary schools with students in need of tutoring with trained college students knowledgeable in the appropriate topics.

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  • Door-to-door campaign helps Guadalupe turn the tide against COVID

    January 05, 2022 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Guadalupe, Arizona

    After becoming a COVID-19 hotspot, Guadalupe built partnerships and built trust among community members to effectively track cases, dispel misinformation, and increase vaccinations. The Town Council partnered with Pascua Yaqui tribal leaders, the broader Maricopa County, Native Health, and a COVID-19 response team composed of faculty, staff, and students at Arizona State University to lower infection rates. A combination of at-home testing, contact tracing and, eventually, vaccination events helped, as did the use of promotoras – community health workers who talk with residents to help ease anxiety.

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  • CROSS RIVER TODAY SPECIAL REPORT

    January 03, 2022 |

    Sparkling 92.3 FM |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Igbo

    The River Basin Authority, which selects a few locations each year to provide potable water and sanitation interventions, completed development projects in Igbo that improved the community’s quality of life. To facilitate agricultural use of the vast land in the community, the authority constructed an access road to help farmers take their produce from their farms to local markets, where they can sell them to make a sustainable living. They also provided irrigation access and solar-powered boreholes to provide potable water, reducing the risk of water-borne diseases like cholera.

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  • Alleviating the plights of diabetes patients with free drugs and medical checks

    January 02, 2022 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Feed The Vulnerable Families Foundation works provides free medicine, checkups, and help with medical bills to people living with diabetes. The organization collaborates with health centers across 32 states to identify people who would benefit from services and reaches medical volunteers through its social media platforms. During outreach events, people are tested for diabetes, given free medications and education materials about living with the disease, and more serious cases are referred to local hospitals for urgent care.

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