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  • Bringing Together Young And Old To Ease The Isolation Of Rural Life

    August 07, 2019 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, McGregor, Minnesota

    Due to urban migration from rural areas, communities in less populated regions around the country are experiencing increased loneliness and lack of social connection; a health organization in Minnesota is building personal relationships to between youth and elders to combat that loneliness. Through intergenerational trust building and social activities, rural residents in 18 Minnesota towns combat isolation, depression and anxiety.

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  • When Teens Threaten Violence, A Community Responds With Compassion

    February 13, 2019 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    When a teenager at a high school in Salem, Oregon began expressing threatening sentiments online, the community stepped in to help rather than punish the student. Through assessing the threat and then partnering him with a school counselor, the community was able to successfully create a model for removing kids from potentially violent trajectories.

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  • Replacing Vacant Lots With Green Spaces Can Ease Depression In Urban Communities

    July 20, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    By using a "greening intervention," in which abandoned lots in low-income neighborhoods were turned into parks, researchers were able to determine that having a park in close proximity improved community member's mental health and wellbeing.

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  • A Simple Emergency Room Intervention Can Help Cut Future Suicide Risk

    July 11, 2018 |

    NPR |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    When a person is brought to the emergency room after a suicide attempt, they are at risk for attempting suicide again for the next three months. These patients often slip through the cracks after being discharged from the hospital, and never receive the follow-up care they need. A program called Safety Planning Intervention trains doctors, nurses, and social workers to make a safety plan with high risk patients before they leave the hospital, to help reduce their risk of a second attempt.

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  • How Schools in Brazil Are Teaching Kids to Eat Their Vegetables

    February 12, 2016 |

    Pulitzer Center |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo City

    Childhood obesity is on the rise in Brazil and kids tend to reject vegetables. But thousands of school gardens around the country are changing children's eating habits by helping to build a connection to fresh food.

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  • Brazil's School Lunch Program Is Putting Food on the Table for the Country's Small Farmers

    February 10, 2016 |

    Pulitzer Center |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Promissão, São Paulo

    In Brazil, middlemen buy produce from small farmers at negligible prices to sell to the public school system for higher profits. A law requiring cities to buy 30 percent of their school meal budget from family farmers has helped the farmers and improved the quality of meals.

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  • Brazil's school lunch program is putting food on the table for the country's small farmers

    February 10, 2016 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil, Promissão

    Brazil's small farmers can now directly supply the country's school meals programs. It's been a big boost for local farmers, and it's helping the schools too.

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  • Feature: Giving blind people sight illuminates the brain's secrets

    October 22, 2015 |

    Science Magazine |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Defying expectations, cataract surgery in Indian children is endowing them with vision—and shedding light on how the brain learns to see.

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  • #WhyLoiter reclaims public — and inner — space for Indian women

    September 17, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    WhyLoiter is a growing movement that encourages women in India to spend time out in the street to challenge societal restrictions on women in public.

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  • Mumbai slum dwellers say 'I have to help' stop violence against women

    September 15, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Mumbai, Maharashtra

    In the Mumbai slum of Dharavi, an NGO called Society for Nutrition, Education & Health Action (SNEHA) is working to make life safer by teaching men the importance of not being violent towards women. Through an app called Eyewatch, community members are able to document acts of domestic violence, which helps SNEHA team members locate victims and their abusers.

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