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  • Drug Aid is attempting to improve equitable access to medicine with novel approach

    March 14, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Drug Aid Africa sources unused, unaltered drugs from people who don’t need them anymore and distributes them to people who do need them but can’t afford or access them. Drug Aid Africa provides free routine medications for conditions like sickle-cell anemia, as well as antimalarials, antibiotics and frequent visits to communities where they provide healthcare support and supplies. So far, the organization's efforts have helped more than 10,000 people.

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  • Lagos breast milk bank is cultivating a culture of donation among new mothers

    March 14, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Milk Bank Nigeria provides donor breast milk for sick, low birth weight and premature babies in neonatal ICUs across the country to reduce mortality in preterm babies. The Milk Bank Nigeria launched in August 2022 and as of Decemeber the organization had registered four donors who had supplied 33 liters of breast milk.

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  • Boarding School Alumni Push for a New Kind of Abuse Investigation

    March 13, 2023 |

    Christianity Today |

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    Response Location: Japan

    In an effort to uncover decades of abuse allegations at the Christian Academy of Japan, investigators began working with academy alumni who helped push the investigation forward. Over the course of several years, alumni met regularly, clocking thousands of hours of work on the case, meeting with investigators and survivors. When the final report was released in 2021, 72 cases of alleged abuse — including sexual, physical, emotional and child-on-child abuse — were uncovered over a 44 year period.

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  • Washington's first homeless shelter-based Girl Scout troop is back in business

    March 12, 2023 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Burien, Washington

    Mary’s Place family homeless shelter waives fees for young residents interested in participating in its girl scout troop. The troop is the first of its kind to be based in a homeless shelter in the state of Washington.

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  • Mutually Assured Survival: New Orleans groups are rethinking disaster aid from the grassroots up

    March 12, 2023 |

    Gambit |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    Groups like the Mutual Aid – New Orleans Facebook group take a community-focused approach to disaster response and gather volunteers to deliver supplies to those in need in the aftermath of disasters like hurricanes and flooding. Frustrated by slow and oftentimes nonexistent government aid, these communities are taking matters into their own hands to effectively provide relief to fellow residents when disaster strikes.

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  • How One Nigerian Woman is Waging a War against Period Poverty

    March 10, 2023 |

    International Policy Digest |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Achievers Foundation distributes free sanitary pads to those experiencing period poverty. The Foundation also hosts lectures on sexual and menstrual health and works to fight the stigma surrounding periods in some communities.

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  • New solar cooking system provides relief amid rising living costs

    March 09, 2023 |

    The Business Standard |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Dhaka

    The Solar Cooking project uses both solar power and a power grid to allow people to reduce their cooking fuel costs and fossil fuel consumption, making it a more environmentally-friendly way to cook.

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  • Durumi IDP camp, Abuja lacked a functional school and library; but here's how Changemakers' help puts behind the challenge

    March 09, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Change Makers Network established a library and provided volunteer teachers to serve children in a camp for people displaced by violence. The program allows students to access free classes and educational materials and improve their literacy skills.

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  • Vermont school district tries new approach to helping homeless students: find them a home

    March 09, 2023 |

    Burlington Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    A family outreach and assessment coordinator for a school district in Vermont helps families experiencing homelessness get connected to services to address their needs and keep the children on track with their education.

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  • How i-voting came of age in Estonia with record election ballots

    March 08, 2023 |

    Euronews |

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    Response Location: Estonia

    Alongside other digital services offered by the government, Estonia allows its citizens to vote in elections via the Internet with a system that uses ID cards and secure PIN codes to verify voters' identities. In 2023, more residents cast votes digitally than in-person for the first time ever.

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