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How Kaduna Women Finance Their Healthcare Through Recycled Wastes

Ibrahim U

May 29, 2022 |

Daily Patriot |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

SOSOCARE Healthcare Insurance provides low-income women with health insurance in exchange for recyclable wastes, which they convert to hedge funds to pay for the insurance expansion. The insurance offers different levels of coverage, with the basic one guaranteeing coverage of basic illness treatments for diseases such as malaria and typhoid, including in-patient hospital recoveries, for the women and their families.

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Tribal Pharmacy Dispenses Free Meds and Fills Gaps for Native Americans in the City

Katherine Huggins Julia Mueller

May 24, 2022 |

Kaiser Health News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Mashkiki Waakaa’igan Pharmacy provides Native American patients with their prescriptions for no out-of-pocket expenses and provides culturally-conscious care.

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Easy E-Bike Rider

Henry Houston

April 21, 2022 |

Eugene Weekly |

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Response Location: United States, Corvallis, Oregon

The Corvallis-Benton County Economic Development Office provides $1,200 rebates for people to buy electric bikes at four local stores. E-bikes cut down on greenhouse gas emissions and are a more affordable option than cars. To qualify, household income must be less than 80 percent of area median income and the household must be a customer of Pacific Power, who helped fund the rebates. E-bike sales have increased with over 30 vouchers handed out, which also serves as a stimulus to the local bike shop economy.

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How end-to-end mentorship, local scholarships helped young Nigerians get fully-funded scholarships abroad

Ifedayo Ogunyemi

April 09, 2022 |

Nigerian Tribune |

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Response Location: Nigeria

The i-Scholar Initiative grants scholarships to students pursuing graduate school for standardized tests and application fees and provides them with a mentor for support throughout the process of applying to colleges.

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What the student loan payment pause has meant to Black women

Danielle Douglas-Gabriel

April 03, 2022 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

The two-year pause on federal student loan payments in the United States during the pandemic allowed Black women, who share a disproportionate amount of the country’s student debt, to redirect the money they would typically use for repayment toward other needs.

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Belarusian Diaspora Helps Victims of Repression

Maryia Hryts

February 28, 2022 |

Transitions Online |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Belarus

INeedHelpBy connects Belarusians living abroad with families currently experiencing government persecution and loss of income in the country. Donors have given over $1 million in emergency food aid directly to over 2,000 families in need. Donors pledge to buy at least two weeks of groceries and communicate directly with families to understand their needs. The organization verifies everyone’s identity, that they aren’t government infiltrators and that political repression led to loss of income for recipients. Connecting donors and recipients directly has also led to community building and emotional support.

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Restaurant Resiliency Program's Rocky Start Tests East Harlem Restaurants

Aina de Lapparent Alvarez

February 10, 2022 |

NY City Lens |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

The Restaurant Resiliency Program, which was adapted as a government initiative during COVID, tied up restaurants with charities with the aim of ensuring that vulnerable communities had access to meals while the restaurants were able to keep their business running in those uncertain times. However, when the funding abruptly ended on February 3 without reaching all the beneficiary restaurants, it showed how the much-needed program required better implementation and thought.

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Why Getting Vaccinated at Church Might Be the Future

Peter Yeung

December 21, 2021 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Harris County, Texas

To increase vaccination rates, especially among Latino and African American communities, Harris County developed its Partner Incentive Program, which reimburses churches, mosques, and community centers for holding vaccination events. The county offers $50 for every person that gets a first vaccine dose, up to $5,000, and gives a $100 voucher to each individual for their first shot. More than 3,000 vaccinations have taken place at these events, where trusted community leaders are involved.

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Five years after Ghost Ship: How local organizations are fighting artist displacement

Ruth Dusseault Kristie Song

December 16, 2021 |

Oakland North |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Local art organizations seek to provide safe and affordable space for Oakland’s artists to live and work. The Community Arts Stabilization Trust uses creative financing to purchase a building and stabilize the rent, usually below market value. Buildings are then rented only to arts and culturally focused organizations for use. O2 Artisans Aggregate is a small-business incubator with warehouses and shipping containers that are used as fabrication studios, test kitchens, and maker spaces.

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Training Mothers On Nutrition Is Saving Lives Of Children

George Kalisa

November 23, 2021 |

Rwanda Dispatch |

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Response Location: Rwanda, Kayonza District

To address community malnutrition, 22 mothers began a savings and credit cooperative, which has since grown to 59 members. An elected committee looks for the most nutritionally vulnerable members, who are eligible for a small interest-free loan to improve the nutrition of their families. The women pay a membership fee and when loans are repaid, the cooperative gets a small percentage of the profits, which can be paid in installments until the whole amount is repaid. The group’s savings has also helped them buy animals that provide nutritious food products and organic fertilizers for their crops.

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