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  • Ensuring Sustained Access to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Services in Internally Displacement Camps - Nigeria Health Watch

    July 01, 2024 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Durumi, Abuja

    The Durumi camp for internally displaced persons was suffering from unsanitary, unsafe water conditions until the Rotary Club and Nigerian Institution of Water Engineers installed water tanks to provide clean, easily accessible water to the community. In addition, the groups also hosted educational sessions about personal hygiene to help prevent the spread of bacteria and waterborne diseases.

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  • How Athens Takes on Water Pollution through Pet Waste Stations

    May 07, 2024 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    To combat water contamination, Athens County established three pet waste stations equipped with waste bag dispensers and trash bins to give pet owners the supplies they need to properly dispose of their pet’s waste. Simple practices like these are leading to improved water quality, as the county’s environmental protection agency found bacteria were removed from 18 waterways after the dispensers had been installed.

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  • Fighting sexism in society

    May 07, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Chalk Back is a youth-led street art initiative that encourages women to write sexist remarks said to them onto pavements in chalk to raise awareness about street harassment. The public art is then shared on Instagram to further its reach and prevent street harassment from being normalized. Since Chalk Back started in 2016, it has become a global initiative with more than 1,000 women participating and more than 150,000 followers on social media.

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  • Getting off fossil fuels is hard, but this city is doing it — building by building

    March 04, 2024 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Ithaca, New York

    The town of Ithaca is working with its local gas utility and area homeowners to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by removing gas pipes from homes and businesses by switching them over to electricity, primarily from renewable sources. While the transition is a long process, the town expects to achieve about a 30% reduction in emissions in the next year.

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  • Children with a seriously ill parent get free mental health help through nonprofit

    November 30, 2023 |

    KXAN-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Wonders & Worries provides free professional support for children dealing with a parent who has been diagnosed with a serious illness. Through its Illness Education and Coping Curriculum, the non-profit helps children understand their parent’s illness and treatment, how to express their feelings about the situation and how to cope with fear. Wonders & Worries has served over 14,000 families who've reported improved communication skills, reduced anxiety, increased feelings of security, and improved school performance.

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  • Adriana Carillo's life's work is to find migrants lost in the desert

    September 07, 2023 |

    Yale Climate Connections |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    SOS Búsqueda y Rescate (or SOS Search and Rescue) is a woman-led border and migrant search-and-rescue group that braves the elements — like extreme desert temperatures — to locate migrants who get lost or left behind along their journey from Mexico to the U.S. Since 2020, the volunteer group has found 60 survivors and the remains of 65 others, allowing them to offer closure for families searching for their loved ones.

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  • Nepal's Covid-19 Immunization Campaign – An Unlikely Frontrunner

    August 23, 2023 |

    Inter Press Service News Agency |

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    Response Location: Nepal, Manang

    Through well-coordinated efforts by healthcare workers, those living in rural, hard-to-reach areas were able to access the COVID-19 vaccine. As of July 2023, 83.9% of the country’s total population had been vaccinated with their first dose and 83.4% had received their second dose.

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  • ‘We Have a Right to Put It on the Ballot': How Organizers Are Defending Direct Democracy

    August 16, 2023 |

    Bolts |

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    Response Location: United States, Ohio

    Organizations in politically divided states like Arkansas, Idaho and Ohio are hard at work to protect direct democracy through community organizing and education. These groups have rallied to pass measures like minimum wage increases, medical marijuana and have even organized voters to fail ballot measures like Ohio’s recent Issue 1.

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  • Episcopal mobile ministry distributes necessities to people displaced by Maui wildfires

    August 15, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Response Location: United States, Maui, Hawaii

    A Cup of Cold Water is a volunteer collaboration between four local Episcopal churches that has been providing assistance to residents who lost their homes in the recent wildfires through the group’s community outreach program. Since a day after the wildfires started on August 8, volunteers have driven a van around the island to distribute supplies like toiletries, food, clothing, bottled water and other necessities.

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  • Napa Vineyards Are Pairing Wine With ‘Fish Friendly Farming'

    August 14, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Napa Valley, California

    The Fish Friendly Farming (FFF) program aims to alleviate the impacts of farming and ranching on local waterways, specifically local salmon and trout populations. The program works with area farmers to become certified and enact the best practices regarding soil health and erosion management to prevent too much sediment from entering nearby waterways. So far, the program has certified more than 280,000 acres of farms across 10 counties. In Napa Valley alone, about 90% of all vineyards are now FFF certified.

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