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  • ‘Mutual aid' is a radical ideal. Some live its communal spirit.

    January 30, 2023 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Community-run mutual-aid groups in Boston are helping neighbors connect and support each other. Volunteers organize and run programs like food pantries, relief fund collections, and connections with lawyers and advocates.

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  • Bishops visit migrant shelter in Mexico as US government seeks to limit record-high crossings

    January 13, 2023 |

    Episcopal News Service |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Nogales

    In Nogales, Mexico, La Casa de Misericordia y de Todas Las Naciones provides food, shelter, and education to migrants while they work through the process of applying for asylum in the United States.

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  • How One Chicago Organization Is Helping Migrants Being Bussed In From the Border

    December 19, 2022 |

    NBCLX |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Erie Neighborhood House welcomes migrants being bussed from Texas to Chicago with resources like food and clothing, medical care, legal support, and case management. The organization has helped more than 3,000 migrants since August 2022.

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  • Flooding in Nigeria: victims help other victims survive difficult times

    December 19, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Omoku, River State

    The Crowd Funders initiative gathered funding to help feed and shelter families affected by flooding in Nigeria.

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  • Fostering Hope for children in the foster care system

    November 16, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: Georgia, Jefferson

    Fostering Hope is a community closet that provides new and gently used clothing to children in the foster care system. The organization has helped nearly 2,500 kids get a new wardrobe.

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  • Ten Years Ago, Occupy Sandy Didn't Just Help New Yorkers, It Redefined Disaster Response

    October 28, 2022 |

    The City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    The mutual-aid group Occupy Sandy helped New York City residents affected by Superstorm Sandy. Using and expanding the network of people created by Occupy Wall Street, 60,000 volunteers distributed supplies, created a map of relief locations, and organized helping hands wherever necessary.

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  • "That goodness can't be measured": how Pallium for Ukraine initiative helps seriously ill Ukrainian children

    September 22, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    The Pallium for Ukraine initiative organizes evacuations through Polland for seriously ill children and their families in Ukraine. Along the way, and after the journey, the organization provides them with safe places to stay, medicines, and anything else they need.

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  • Child poverty in the US was stagnant — and then something changed

    September 14, 2022 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States

    The economic impact payments and expanded child tax credits given to American households during the COVID-19 Pandemic helped reduce rates of child poverty and food insecurity.

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  • The hospital train helping Ukraine's sick and wounded

    September 04, 2022 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    In Ukraine, Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders, operates a specialized train service to transport patients from hospitals in battle-torn areas of the country to facilities in safer regions. The train, which is outfitted with beds, generators for medical equipment, and an intensive care unit, has evacuated more than 1,000 people in critical need of treatment so far, including those with war-related injuries as well as chronic health concerns.

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  • As war drags on, Ukraine's postal service perseveres

    August 30, 2022 |

    Al Jazeera |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    The Ukrainian postal service has found an alternative to traditional mail delivery which has been disrupted due to war. The use of the railway system to deliver mail allows the agency to deal with issues such as impassable roads and soaring fuel prices. With banks closed, residents across the country rely on mail delivery to receive financial assistance in order to buy basic necessities such as food and medicine.

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