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  • Saving business and upgrading the city: how entrepreneurs get relocation help in Ivano-Frankivsk

    October 03, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Ivano-Frankivsk

    The Save Business Now initiative in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, is helping businesses to relocate from dangerous areas of the country. Businesses fill out an online application about their needs so the organization can help them through the process of looking for a new location and connect them with experts and other businesses for support.

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

    September 22, 2022 |

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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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  • Konyuhiv hostesses: how female volunteers in the Lviv region made 13,000 canned meat and two tons of dumplings for our defenders

    August 29, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    Konyukhiv Gazdyni volunteers prepare cans of meat and other foods for Ukrainian soldiers. The women can prepare an average of 300 cans of meat in a day.

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  • "I wanted to quit a million times, but how will they be without me?": how the Dnipro shelter saves animals from the front line

    August 22, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Dnipro

    The We Are for the Right to Life animal shelter in Dnipro, Ukraine, cares for animal refugees by treating their injuries and health issues and giving them a place to stay until they can be rehomed.

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  • Repair Ukraine: How volunteers "clean up after russia" in Chernihiv region

    August 05, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Lukashivka

    Volunteers from the Repair Together project travel to liberated towns in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine to clear rubble, so the residents can rebuild their homes.

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  • Ukrainian vegan cuisine: how volunteers in Uzhhorod organize healthy food for displaced people

    July 14, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Uzhhorod

    The volunteer-run Vegan Kitchen of Ukraine project provides vegan meals for displaced people in cities across the country and sends meal packages to soldiers. The volunteers prepare the food in their homes or during donated time at local kitchens.

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  • Ten years after Fukushima: could new fuels make nuclear power safer?

    February 23, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Urbana, Illinois

    After the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, scientists are looking for ways to ensure the future of nuclear power is safer. One possibility is improving the protective barrier that surrounds the fuel pellets. They coated the fuel road with chromium and in tests, the new coatings performed well. However, modeling suggests that the chromium-coating might not provide enough time to stabilize a power plant during a meltdown. Still, these materials have started to appear in commercial nuclear reactors and could help reduce fuel waste and save money.

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  • Beirut explosion: Lebanese open their homes to strangers displaced by blast

    August 05, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

    Within hours of a massive explosion that left 300,000 people homeless, residents in and around Beirut opened their doors to house those impacted by the destruction. Thawramap, which normally identifies locations of peaceful protests, posted a map online showing where housing was available in private homes, hotels, and shelters. Six hours after the explosion 42 locations were available on the map to accommodate thousands, with more offers on social media using the hashtag #ourhomesareopen. Despite intense political polarization that often divides people in Lebanon, residents are displaying great solidarity.

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  • Meet the Women Who Detonate Land Mines in Colombia's Former War Zones

    April 24, 2020 |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Caquetá

    In Colombia, the organization Humanity & Inclusion has hired women in local areas like Caquetá to help demine formerly war-torn lands. In areas with violent histories, trust is crucial, thus the hiring of local residents who can gain community trust and access more information about where landmines might be. But with the risk of instability, the future of this work has yet to be determined.

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  • Coronavirus: Groups reopen 805 Undocufund to help undocumented immigrants during pandemic

    March 31, 2020 |

    Ventura County Star |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The collaborators behind a relief fund that is normally used for natural disasters is pivoting its purpose to be redistributed to undocumented immigrants who have been financially impacted by the coronavirus. Although the application is not yet live and will not solve systemic problems such as barriers to receiving unemployment insurance, the program has in the past proven helpful to thousands of families by providing short-term financial stability.

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