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Peer-to-peer: How former addicts help guide others through recovery

Melissa Brown

September 28, 2018 |

The Montgomery Advertiser |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

With a new program of certified “recovery support specialists,” Alabama residents have a peer to help them navigate the challenges of everyday life in recovery from substance use disorder. Research has found that peer support programs help people reduce the desire to relapse as well as reduce feelings of guilt and shame.

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Lessons From Katrina: This Organization Tries to Get Hurricane Florence Survivors Home Quicker

Deonna Anderson

September 27, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Bern, North Carolina

In the aftermath of natural disasters, like Hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, SBP is an organization that works to provide long-term assistance for affected communities through a limited volunteer base, partnerships with local organizations, and a focus on the disproportionate impact that disasters have on already marginalized communities. And although the group's main purpose is to provide long-term recovery assistance, they've found it is vital to have a rapid disaster-response to prevent mistakes of the past.

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Meet the 'Brave Ones': The women saving Africa's wildlife

Rachel Nuwer

September 27, 2018 |

BBC |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Zimbabwe

Akashinga translates to "the Brave Ones," and is the name given to an all women anti-poaching unit in Zimbabwe. Although not the first anti-poaching group lead by women, it is the first armed unit. However, since it's creation, the women have been able to make over seventy arrests without firing their weapons.

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Back from the brink: the global effort to save coral from climate change

Oliver Milman

September 26, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United States, Florida

As climate change worsens, species such as coral reefs have been impacted at a detrimental rate. As the reefs begin to die off, so do the species that rely on them. In Florida, however, scientists have found success by replanting corals on fibreglass and PVC trees.

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England has more than 200,000 empty homes. How to revive them?

Mattha Busby

September 25, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Stockton-on-Tees

There are an estimated over 200,000 vacant homes across England, and Community Campus 87 is one group attempting to bring those homes back to life. By employing apprentices, some who have experienced homelessness, to learn skills such as house painting, the social enterprise is helping homes as well as homeless people bounce back. This is just one example of a handful of social enterprises that are funding the rebuilding of vacant properties with the goal of filling the old homes with more affordable and sustainable housing.

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Locals Unite to Stop Hog Farms From Polluting Their Community

Wyatt Massey

September 24, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Iowa

When large-scale hog farms began moving into rural Iowa, many local families were forced to start making decisions about their ways of life, especially concerning their own farms and health. To fight back, the community gathered together to create a covenant. Although small in scale, other communities in the state have reached out in hopes of following their so-far successful approach.

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How Traditional Food Is Helping Communities in a Changing Arctic

Sophie Yeo

September 24, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Iqaluit, Nunavut

In Arctic communities where traditional knowledge has faded and intergenerational traumas continue to impact people, food programs are stepping in to help save that culture while also feeding people. The Qajuqturvik Food Centre builds relationships with hunters, offers traditional meals, and emphasizes community to promote well-being.

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Pain device helps patients walk again after years in wheelchairs

Maggie Fox

September 24, 2018 |

NBC News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

At least five people who were paralyzed are walking, thanks to a pain stimulator and physical therapy. The stimulator, which is implanted in the body, sends electricity to the spine, and combined with therapy, can retrain the body to walk again. “The first day I took steps on my own was an emotional milestone in my recovery that I’ll never forget, as one minute I was walking with the trainer’s assistance and, while they stopped, I continued walking on my own.”

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Magazine in Greece Rejects Labels about Refugees

Nikolia Apostolou John Dyer

September 21, 2018 |

Al-Fanar Media |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Greece

In order to combat xenophobic attitudes against refugees in Europe, three friends founded Solomon; a media outlet that “gives voice to non-native populations, countering negative stereotypes about them and helping them integrate into their new communities.” Recent grants have helped the magazine expand and pay staff. “We’re not like other media that focuses on refugees’ selling their bodies or selling drugs. We go with our camera and write about integration.”

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This real estate company figured out a simple way to offer the homeless a house and a job

Adele Peters

September 21, 2018 |

FastCompany |

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Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Chris Finlay, who manages a real estate company in Washington, D.C., decided to try hiring homeless people to work in his buildings. His goal was to provide a job alongside significantly discounted housing as a benefit of the job. Seeing the concept’s success, he started a nonprofit called Shelters to Shutters to help spread the idea around the country. The organization has helped hire people in 15 cities, and 93% of those hired are still employed in these jobs.

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