Audience engagement

Impact on NGO subject of border story

1/2021
An NGO featured in this solutions journalism story by the Associated Press said the article (here: https://apnews.com/article/mexico-coronavirus-pandemic-immigration-central-america-texas-a2c7098af697b81eb79811e6798a5f7c) prompted an increase in donations to its operation in Matamoros, Mexico. It also helped expedite approval from Temple University to track health surveys and the COVID antibody status of refugees in Tapachula, Mexico, near the border with Guatemala, where the NGO is opening another facility. The story also caught the attention of the Hospital Roosevelt trauma department in Guatemala City, which is now in negotiations with the NGO, Global Response Management, to develop training and technology innovations. “What a difference one story can make!” said Andrea Leiner, GRM's director of strategic plans.