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  • Regenerar la vida. La esperanza para niños y niñas con desnutrición en Guatemala.

    June 30, 2021 |

    Stereo 100 |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Guatemala

    El artículo hace un recuento de los proyectos de la organización 32 Volcanes, que tiene más de 30 años de funcionar en el país, y que ha permitido tener impacto en la desnutrición infantil y seguridad alimentaria para las familias en comunidades rurales de Guatemala.

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  • Co-Op Owned by Formerly Incarcerated Women Embarks on Next Step, Thanks to Surprising Money Source

    June 29, 2021 |

    Next City |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A worker-owned cooperative in Chicago got the financial boost it needed to secure a commercial space for expansion through a city fund. The Chicago Community Trust allowed ChiFresh Kitchen to make their business plan a reality while simultaneously reducing the blight caused by vacant, dilapidated commercial buildings.

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  • How a Kansas City neighborhood is transforming its dangerous and abandoned buildings

    June 28, 2021 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    A neighborhood association is renovating dilapidated and neglected houses into livable homes that have transformed the look and feel of neighborhoods in Kansas City. The Lykins Neighborhood Association is able to assume ownership over houses slated for demolition by using Missouri’s Abandoned Housing act. “The result: A neglected house becomes a livable home.”

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  • Una lata de agua en Barrio Nuevo

    June 25, 2021 |

    Historias que laten |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Venezuela, Caracas

    El proyecto Una Lata de Agua es una inciativa que busca instalar en las comunidades de Caracas, Venezuela, sistemas de recolección de agua que permitan abastecer a las familias de agua potable, porque en el norte del país la escases del agua es crítica. Con el proyecto instalado en Barrio Nuevo se benefician más de 1600 familias.

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  • The problem fueling the essential housing crisis and how to fix it

    June 25, 2021 |

    WBTV-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Charlotte's tight housing market can prove unaffordable to young professionals, with high rents equal to half a person's income. The "essential housing" niche, a middle ground between luxury homes and lower-cost "affordable" housing, provides an opportunity to economize on construction costs and pass those savings on to renters. Fewer apartment floor plan options and fancy amenities can translate into rents up to $700 less, a marketing strategy that has given the developer a strong rental business – and its younger customers a relative bargain in an expensive market.

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  • Queer and Roma in Romania

    June 24, 2021 |

    Are We Europe |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Romania, Bucharest

    MozaiQ provides support for the LGBTQ community and fosters stronger ties among queer Romanians. The group creates safe spaces and offers programming, from football championships to job fairs and professional skills building classes. It also helps with urgent needs, like finding emergency shelter, and fosters long-term relationships in the community, offering pro bono training to companies on the importance of inclusivity in the workplace. The group has particularly empowered queer Romas, whose intersectional identities compound issues of discrimination, increase their confidence to fight for their rights.

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  • Redes migrantes en la pandemia

    June 24, 2021 |

    Conexión Migrante |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Mexico

    Organizaciones no gubernamentales, organizaciones religiosas y grupos de voluntarios, en su mayoría dirigidos por migrantes, implementaron acciones para proveer a las familias de migrantes en Nueva York de recursos básicos durante la Pandemia por COVID-19. Los beneficiarios fueron en especial los migrantes indocumentados que no lograron apoyo gubernamental de tanto Estados Unidos como de México

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  • LGBTQ Refugees Carving Out Their Path to Integration

    June 24, 2021 |

    Are We Europe |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Cologne

    Spektrum, a self-organized LGBTQ+ migrant organization, provides a space of belonging to queer migrants, who often feel out of place and ill-served by traditional organizations that do not understand the violence and trauma they have endured. Spektrum has a non-hierarchical leadership structure and provides members with practical and relevant activities, like a bicycle repair workshop, which is important as many migrants rely on bikes as their main mode of transportation. The group was invited to help organize Cologne Pride and has advised the city on the lack of social services in some neighborhoods.

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  • Video 150 organizaciones migrantes

    June 24, 2021 |

    Conexión Migrante |

    Video |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York

    El video relata la experiencia de algunas de las organizaciones migrantes que trabajaron activamente durante el 2020 y 2021 en atender las necesidades primordiales de la comunidad mexicana en Nueva York durante la Pandemia por COVID-19.

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  • Migración, pandemia y resistencia en NY

    June 24, 2021 |

    Conexión Migrante |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York

    Cientos de familias de migrantes mexicanos en Nueva York, como la encabezada por Ángel y René Gordillo, perdieron a alguno de sus integrantes durante la pandemia. Atravesaron los primeros meses sin apoyo médico o financiero, y fueron otros migrantes los que atendieron sus necesidades básicas. Hoy, son sus hijos quienes enarbolan su lucha y pelean por sus derechos.

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