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  • Cash Cards For Syrian Refugees

    November 20, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Lebanon, Beqaa Valley

    In a creative twist, Syrian refugees are being given cash cards to spend as they wish rather than being given food boxes or in-kind donations. Agencies and refugees themselves say that it gives them dignity and choice, which are important in the survival process. It was also much more efficient and cheaper to distribute money than buying food. This podcast cites a study done to prove its efficacy, talks to a couple refugee families, and notes that results could vary from country to country.

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  • Cash and Tech Replace Bags of Rice in Urban Humanitarian Aid

    November 04, 2016 |

    Diplomatic Courier |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Jordan, Amman

    Refugees often find cold cash far more helpful than bags of rice or other products foundations provide. Iris scanners can make identity verification much easier for refugees to access money that is distributed to them at banks.

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  • A helping hand for migrant students

    October 09, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Center, Colorado

    The Migrant Education Program, which offers educational and social services to migrant worker families in Colorado’s San Luis Valley, is growing in popularity among the valley’s migrant worker population, and has recently begun to focus on getting migrant students geared up for college .

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  • For Refugees in Lebanon, Cash Instead of Camps.

    September 13, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Lebanon

    In Lebanon, services for refugees are often misguided and ineffective. To address this issue, the country created a cash-debit card allowance for refugees, providing a more appropriate resource than the typical aid program.

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  • The surprisingly simple economic case for giving refugees cash, not stuff

    August 07, 2016 |

    Quartz |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Jordan, Amman

    In the Middle East, refugee camps are expensive to run-- particularly because shipping food aid is expensive, and the refugees feel victimized in an environment where they have no agency or purchasing power. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has moved refugees in Jordan out of camps and has given cash instead of in-kind aid, and new possibilities emerge with mobile money by the aid of new technology. The results have shown that refugees feel more empowered and the costs associated with their aid are reduced.

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  • Refugees Encounter a Foreign Word: Welcome

    June 30, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Toronto

    Fueled by xenophobia, many countries around the world are refusing refugees at the border. But Canadian hockey moms, poker buddies, and neighbors are personally resettling Syrians, one family at a time.

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  • Small-town America is arguing over whether to welcome Syria's refugees or fear them

    May 24, 2016 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

    A grassroots organization called Soft Landing Missoula (SLM) is a community effort to bring refugees to Montana. It was started by two women who met on opposite sides of a protest, but, through consistent and respectful conversation, have learned to respect each other's views and form a meaningful friendship. SLM puts that principle into practice by sitting down with the mayor, city council members and the county commission to work with the International Rescue League to start a process that helps migrants settle into Montana. They consider conversation to be the most important tool in overcoming bias.

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  • In Toronto, a Neighborhood in Despair Transforms Into a Model of Inclusion

    February 28, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Regent Park

    An ambitious plan for the 69-acre Regent Park neighborhood is disrupting entrenched notions of class, race and religion, at a time when concerns over income inequality and immigration are growing.

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  • Norway Offers Migrants a Lesson in How to Treat Women

    December 19, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Norway, Sandnes, Rogaland

    A pioneering program in Norway seeks to combat sexual violence by helping new immigrants adapt to a society whose sexual norms they may find confusing.

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  • Helping refugees with one part of American life — the pharmacy

    November 04, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    At an Ohio supermarket, refugees get a surprising crash course on everything about pharmacies from the system of refills and dosages to how to open those child-proof bottles. With other offerings such as a class field trip so that the skills can be practiced, the goal of the course is to increase confidence and reduce barriers to obtaining care.

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