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  • How saving uneaten food can change lives and help the climate

    August 11, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Fresh Hub was created by twin high school sisters to address food insecurity and the environmental impact of food waste. Volunteers collect unsold food from grocery stores and bakeries and give it to residents living in “food deserts.” They use a smartphone app and automated messages to alert residents when food is available, which is distributed at community centers. Partnering with Second Servings, a nonprofit already doing similar work, allowed them access to vans, equipment, and important insight. Since 2017, they have led 23 events, kept 15,200 pounds of food out of landfills, and served 1,900 people.

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  • Listen to me: pioneering hearing care in Chad

    July 27, 2021 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Chad

    Funded by the Hear the World Foundation, Écoute-moi! provides audiological care in Chad. Working closely with children at a school for hearing loss, the group conducts audiograms to assess hearing loss levels, fits the children with hearing aids, and supports them afterwards with things like speech therapy. In order to create a sustainable model of care, the nonprofit has also trained four local audiological care technicians, the first in the country to provide services. Speech therapy is an important part of the follow-up support to help children speak after not hearing for years.

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  • The 'Hospitals For Humanity' Where Nigerian Children With Heart Disease Get Free Surgeries

    July 27, 2021 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Hospitals for Humanity provides medical treatment, screening, and surgeries for Nigerian children living with congenital heart disease. The nonprofit relies on foreign doctors but uses the opportunity to allow local doctors to shadow and learn from them. In cases where children can’t be helped at home, they are flown out to hospitals abroad where their cases can best be treated.

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  • People need jobs. Nonprofits need volunteers. Socialwyze's solution is hourly wages for good work.

    July 20, 2021 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Nonprofits in need of volunteers now have a roster of potential help through Socialwyze. The for-profit company connects people experiencing unemployment with organizations that need help. Daily living wages are paid for by funders of Socialwyze.

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  • Tag team approach to healthcare reaches older adults in Bangladeshi community during COVID-19 pandemic

    July 14, 2021 |

    Tostada Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Sakhi for South Asian Women in New York has significantly increased their outreach during the coronavirus pandemic, connecting clients to services and resources. The group conducted 1,500 wellness calls and needs assessments in local South Asian communities and increased their caseload and cash assistance to clients. The group, who publishes their content in nine languages, also helps clients who do not have documentation pay for groceries and medications through their Sakhi Solidarity Fund. For clients who need help with family law and immigration issues, Sakhi can connect them to pro bono legal partners.

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  • When two is a lonely number: Group aims to connect spousal caregivers, ease isolation

    July 09, 2021 |

    WXXI |

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    Response Location: United States

    Well Spouse Association helps spouses manage the mental and physical challenges of caregiving. The nonprofit offers support groups, respite weekends that give caregivers time to take care of themselves and other responsibilities, and other resources. The relationships members build with each other help combat feelings of loneliness and isolation. With just 20 chapters nationwide, many members travel long distances to access the support and services, though moving meetings online due to the coronavirus pandemic had the effect of expanding membership and several members have also started local chapters.

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  • Helpline Fills Gaps in Local Housing Assistance

    June 29, 2021 |

    KDNK Community Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

    Bridging Resources is a helpline launched by a group of nonprofits that connects residents to existing services. Bilingual operators field calls and connect callers to agencies that can provide food, rental assistance, childcare, and legal advice among other services. The operators actually call the agencies with residents on the line to ensure the connection is made. Seventy-eight callers received assistance in the helpline’s first ten weeks, split almost evenly between English and Spanish speakers, which reinforced the importance of providing bilingual assistance.

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  • Queer and Roma in Romania

    June 24, 2021 |

    Are We Europe |

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    Response Location: Romania, Bucharest

    MozaiQ provides support for the LGBTQ community and fosters stronger ties among queer Romanians. The group creates safe spaces and offers programming, from football championships to job fairs and professional skills building classes. It also helps with urgent needs, like finding emergency shelter, and fosters long-term relationships in the community, offering pro bono training to companies on the importance of inclusivity in the workplace. The group has particularly empowered queer Romas, whose intersectional identities compound issues of discrimination, increase their confidence to fight for their rights.

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  • When the Local Paper Shrank, These Journalists Started an Alternative

    June 20, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Bedford, New Hampshire

    As traditional local media outlets shrink or disappear, non-profit digital news outlets are popping up to fill the void. The New Bedford Light is one example, formed by journalism veterans and following the playbook of the Institute for Nonprofit News, the outlet provides in-depth investigative journalism. From holding government officials accountable to profiling the local human impact of COVID, the content provides deep dives into issues that matter to the local community. Content is free to readers and instead of advertising, it relies on donations, grants, and sponsorships from local businesses.

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  • Recovered Covid Patients Send Their Leftover Meds to Those in Need

    June 08, 2021 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    Volunteers with India’s Meds For More initiative (MFM) collect leftover unused medications from recovered Covid-19 patients by canvassing their apartment buildings, offices, student clubs, schools, and other locations. Once collected, MFM distributes them to NGOs licensed to work in the health sector, who transport the medicines to marginalized communities in urban and rural areas. Medical professionals sort and pack the medicines and give them to local hospitals and health care centers, who distribute them to patients. The success of the program has inspired similar initiatives in several other cities.

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