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  • A nonprofit motorcycle club raises money for elderly members

    May 28, 2020 |

    Borderless Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Senior citizens from the Assyrian community living in Chicago have relied on a motorcycle club for care packages as well as friendly visits from someone who speaks their language. With health guidelines and coronavirus information constantly changing, the language barrier faced by many Assyrian elders makes them even more isolated during the pandemic. Organizations that would typically step in to provide assistance, meal preparation, and translation services have had to cut back their services leaving the motorcycle club, known as the Assyrian Knights, filling an urgent need.

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  • Enseñar a leer y escribir en casa: cómo se las ingenian las familias de un millón y medio de niños y niñas

    May 27, 2020 |

    Red/Acción |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Argentina

    Este informe muestra cómo los maestros de educación temprana se ocupan de cuidar a sus alumnos a través de Internet en el año en que sus estudiantes aprenden a leer. Las madres se convierten en maestras y las maestras guían todo digitalmente.

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  • A collective approach to distance teaching

    May 27, 2020 |

    Concord Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    When schools across New Hampshire, and the U.S., suspended in-person classes as a result of the pandemic, each developed its own way of dealing with a new teaching landscape, including Beech Street Elementary in Manchester. Instead of having teachers individually their class, the school took a "collective approach" and had teachers work as a team, with each teacher in charge of one specific lesson, to deliver the lessons to all students within the same grade. The school also accommodated ELL students by relying on a translation app, and used social media platforms to communicate with parents.

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  • House-Bound RV Owners Loan Their Idle Vehicles To Frontline Workers In Need

    May 27, 2020 |

    LAist |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A chance encounter sparked by a Facebook post led to the creation of RVs 4 MDs, a Facebook group pairing donated recreational vehicles for front-line medical workers who needed to distance themselves from their families while still living at home. Created in late March, the group in its first two months matched 1,460 workers with donated temporary housing. The arrangements can be awkward, with parents camped out in the family home's driveway, unable to have physical contact with their children. But they have enabled medical workers to stay connected with their families at no cost.

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  • Meals on the bus go round and round

    May 27, 2020 |

    Jackson Hole News & Guide |

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    Response Location: United States, Wyoming

    The Sweetwater County school district in Southeastern Wyoming is distributing meals to students around the county, while addressing obstacles some families may face due to lack of transportation or conflicting work schedules. With the assistance of federal funding, the district developed bus routes and pick-up locations based on the degree of need in order to deliver more meals.

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  • How police forces in western Canada are working to speed up ballistic imaging to solve gun crimes quicker

    May 27, 2020 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Canada, Edmonton, Alberta

    As Canada sees an increase in gun violence, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are increasing their capacity to do ballistic imaging – an analysis that is able to potentially connect multiple crimes. Across the country, individual police agencies are developing their own way of conducting this analysis or working with the RCMP, which has access to an integrated network of crime information, to expedite the process.

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  • Qué es el plasma convaleciente que Costa Rica ya aplica para pacientes críticos de covid-19

    May 27, 2020 |

    La Nación (Costa Rica) |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    El artículo explica cómo funciona la plasmaféresis para el tratamiento de pacientes con COVID-19, desde un punto de vista científico e inmunológico, y por qué podría ayudar a la recuperación de pacientes críticos. Este tratamiento ya ha ayudado a pacientes en Austria, Reino Unido y Chile.

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  • Some Countries Have Brought New Cases Down To Nearly Zero. How Did They Do It?

    May 27, 2020 |

    KPBS Public Media |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    Taking swift action, quickly banning all incoming visitors, remaining apolitical, articulating a coherent and straightforward plan to follow, and connecting with citizens by being approachable and appealing to their sense of duty to protect their fellow country-people are the strategies taken by those countries that have better prevented or most quickly contained the spread of Covid-19. Some countries still see frustration among the public, but for the most part these are the components that have led to a positive response from everyday citizens.

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  • Direct-selling helps Indian farmers swerve food waste under lockdown

    May 27, 2020 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

    As the spread of COVID-19 forced residents of Bengaluru into lockdown, farmers had to get creative to sell their goods and turned to social media channels to directly connect to consumers. For example, the Farm to Fork Bangalore Facebook page allowed a grape grower to sell about 400 kilograms of his crops that otherwise would have gone to waste. While direct-selling can be challenging for those who are not in urban centers, many farmers are rethinking their business models.

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  • Cinéma chez soi : le pari des salles indépendantes lyonnaises au temps de l'épidémie

    May 27, 2020 |

    Médiacités |

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    Response Location: France, Lyon

    Durant le confinement, des salles de cinéma indépendantes ont fait le pari d'organiser des projections virtuelles à domicile.

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