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One City Is Paying Restaurants to Make Meals for Homeless Shelters

Emma Coleman

April 02, 2020 |

Route Fifty |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Social distancing has negatively affected homeless shelters, because the volunteers who prepare the meals aren't considered essential employees. The city of Cambridge pledged to pay local restaurants to provide bagged or boxed meals for lunch and dinner at shelters for as long as social distancing guidelines remain in place. This also helps restaurants who are struggling without customers. The operation started in March of 2020 and has since distributed 1,800 meals to eight homeless shelters and meal programs. Other cities like Detroit and Portland are following their lead.

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Brazil's Favelas Aren't Waiting to Be Saved From the Coronavirus

Isabela Dias

April 02, 2020 |

Slate |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro

Community organizers are stepping in to help disseminate vital public health information to underserved communities. In Brazil, social organizers like the those behind Our Mothers’ Lives, an organization advocating for paid leave for domestic workers during the COVID-19 crisis, and local journalists, who debunk myths via podcasts like Manda Notícias (Send the News), have taken an important role in conveying public health messages to Brazil’s favela communities. These communicators utilize social media, as well as audio messaging campaigns, handouts, and reporting to inform the communities they serve.

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Memphis teachers turn to TV to air lessons with classrooms closed due to coronavirus

Laura Faith Kebede

April 01, 2020 |

Chalkbeat |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

To reach kids who must stay at home as a result of the coronavirus and may not have access to reliable internet, teachers in Tennessee's Shelby County schools are recording easily accessible TV lessons. Though teachers can no longer get the same level of feedback from students or adjust to their on-the-spot questions, the lessons are to some degree interactive and aim to reinforce lessons students learned before schools went remote.

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Oregon Launches Neighborhood Support For Foster Families Stuck At Home

Allison Frost Courtney Sherwood

April 01, 2020 |

Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Oregon

Foster families in Oregon are facing unique challenges during the stay at home order of COVID-19, so a new program called My Neighbor aims to alleviate some of their burdens by utilizing their local networks. The Department of Human Services partnered with nonprofit Every Child to create a program that connects Oregonians willing to help out in any way they can to foster families who are looking for support for things like getting groceries or cleaning supplies. They have already received requests from 260 families and foster children and filled 189 of them.

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Naples : “Ceux qui peuvent donnent et ceux qui ne peuvent plus se servent”

Alban Mikoczy V. Parent

April 01, 2020 |

Franceinfo |

Video |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: Italy, Naples

Les habitants de Naples ont, dans un élan de solidarité, lancé une initiative en pleine crise du Covid-19 pour que ceux qui "ont assez" viennent en aide à "ceux qui manquent" de nourriture. Une initiative qui a essaimé dans tout le pays.

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Taiwan's aggressive efforts are paying off in fight against COVID-19

Nick Schifrin

April 01, 2020 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV Programs |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Taiwan

Due to its proximity to China, experts forcasted that Taiwan would experience a high number of coronavirus cases, but aggressive intervention strategies have kept the overall caseload much lower than expected. New regulations, especially focused on people traveling through the airport – such as enrolling travelers in a national coronavirus database, taking their temperature in the airport, and mandating a two-week quarantine – granted the government the capability of being able to track the spread of potential incoming cases.

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Honoring loved lost ones through Zoom during COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing orders

Steve Chiotakis

April 01, 2020 |

KCRW |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

As social distancing is preventing community members to pay proper respects to those who passed, people are inventing new ways to connect with one another and celebrate both life and death. This piece features examples of such. One example is a family marking the passing of a matriarch by sending a mass email asking people to raise a glass in her memory. Another is a public online Seder hosted over Zoom.

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Video-Chat für Menschen mit Depressionen

Maximilian Brose

April 01, 2020 |

Deutschlandfunk |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany

Mit der Corona-Pandemie fallen Therapieplätze für Menschen mit Depressionen weg. Als Alternative soll das Angebot and Videosprechstunden und Online-Selbsthilfeprogrammen ausgebaut werden. In zwei Wochen gab es über 1000 Neuanmeldungen – pro Tag. Die Datenlage zur Effektivität ist aber bisher noch gering.

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A Simple Mask

Tomáš Brolík Petr Horký Jiří Nádoba

April 01, 2020 |

Respekt |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Czech Republic

In the Czech Republic, a seamstress named Michaela Moudra encouraged people across the country to meet their nation's acute need for face masks to reduce COVID-19 transmission. From her Facebook group Czechia Sews Face Masks, which now has tens of thousands of members, Moudra inspired hundreds to start sewing masks.

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These Teens Are Helping Self-Isolating Seniors Stay Connected

Bridget Shirvell

April 01, 2020 |

Teen Vogue |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

To help senior citizens through the coronavirus pandemic, teens and young adults are teaching the older people in their communities how to utilize technology. From "using FaceTime, finding reputable news on Facebook, and ordering groceries online," the skills these young volunteers are teaching help bridge the gap between social distancing and isolation.

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