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Alaska's Tribal Health Organizations Are Essential, and Powerful

Peter Heckendorn

July 31, 2024 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: Copper River, United States, Alaska

Tribal health organizations deliver culturally competent healthcare, tailoring care to meet specific needs and overcome obstacles to access. These medical centers integrate traditional practices with modern medicine, and this approach to care has led to improved health outcomes for both Native and non-Native patients.

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The indigenous community protecting Himalayan sacred cattle in India

Aatreyee Dhar

July 27, 2024 |

BBC |

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Response Location: India, Arunachal Pradesh

The Indigenous Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, India, builds “living fences” by attaching barbed wire to the trunks of orchid trees to protect the mithun they are rearing, a sacred species of cattle listed as vulnerable by the International Union For Conservation of Nature. Many of the mithuns died from conflict with humans and animal attacks when they were left to free-range graze.

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A Belarusian Island in the Caucasus

Tanya Hendzel

July 22, 2024 |

Transitions Online |

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Response Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Kropka is a space for Belarusians migrants and asylum-seekers in Georgia to network, screen movies, play board games, and conduct language classes. Since opening, the space has hosted more than 700 events, with 5,000-plus visitors – most organized by local Belarusians.

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Muslim spiritual care providers improve outcomes at HCMC

Hibah Ansari

July 17, 2024 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

In partnership with Open Path Resource, Hennepin Healthcare started integrating spiritual care into the medical care plan for Muslim patients to address stigma and build trust with medical professionals. The addition of spiritual care has had a significant impact on the hospital’s psychiatry department, reducing readmission rates from 24% in 2019, to 9% in 2023.

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Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation

Daniel Shailer

July 07, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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Response Location: United States, Ten Mile, South Carolina

Ten Mile, a community in South Carolina settled by freed slaves after the Civil War, is fighting climate gentrification and flooding by preserving land through forestry projects, land trusts, and greenbelt initiatives. Saving green spaces this way maintains the character of the historic Black neighborhood while promoting flood resiliency.

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How Native Nations Forced Federal Investment in Salmon Reintroduction

Luna Reyna

July 02, 2024 |

Underscore |

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Response Location: Colville Indian Reservation, United States, Washington

The Upper Columbia United Tribes are working to reintroduce salmon along the Upper Columbia River after the Chief Joseph and Grand Coulee Dams altered the environment, preventing the salmon from returning. Their research on the impact of the dam on the river, salmon, and their culture has pressured the U.S. government to uphold its obligations to them. So far, it’s committed $200 million for the reintroduction efforts as a result.

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Against all odds: Educating Nigeria's Fulani children amidst adversity

Yahuza Bawage

June 03, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Jabi, Adamawa

Founded to address the root causes of cattle rustling in Nigeria, such as lack of access to education, as well as raise awareness of Fulani culture, the Fulani Care and Support Foundation set up makeshift classrooms to provide formal education for children aged 7 to 12. By relying on volunteer teachers, one of the foundation’s schools offers lessons for about 50 students three times a week.

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As temperatures in India break records, ancient terracotta air coolers are helping fight extreme heat

Kamala Thiagarajan

May 31, 2024 |

BBC |

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Response Location: India

Artists, architects, and urban designers in India are reimagining the ancient practice of cooling water in terracotta pots to create terracotta structures that cool the air nearby during extreme heat.

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Brooklyn Nonprofits Tailor Mental Health Care To Their Immigrant Clients' Cultures

Rommel H. Ojeda

May 31, 2024 |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Nonprofits Mixteca, RaisingHealth, and Brave House are providing safe spaces for migrants to receive culturally relevant mental health care through workshops that incorporate cultural traditions and common mental health and self-care practices. The workshops help provide a sense of community and combat the stigma surrounding mental health in the immigrant community.

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Sin Título extends their brand from T-shirt slogans to mental health events

Doreen Abril Albuerne Rodriguez

May 15, 2024 |

The Columbia Chronicle |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Sin Título started as a socially conscious clothing brand but has since evolved into a mutli-faceted brand that hosts mental health discussion panels and other events that aim to amplify marginalized voices and offer healing opportunities for the local Latinx population. One such event is their journaling series, the first of which, “Self Love Journal Club,” attracted about 100 people.

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