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

Rhitu Chatterjee

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

Rhitu Chatterjee Rebecca Davis

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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A Simple Emergency Room Intervention Can Help Cut Future Suicide Risk

Rhitu Chatterjee

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

Rhitu Chatterjee

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

Rhitu Chatterjee

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

Rhitu Chatterjee

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

Rhitu Chatterjee

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

Rhitu Chatterjee

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

Marco Werman Rhitu Chatterjee

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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School-Lunch Program Provides Unexpected Benefits for Rural Indian Women

Rhitu Chatterjee

July 13, 2015 |

Pulitzer Center |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Dujana, Haryana

In India, the government is improving opportunities for women by requiring schools to hire poor and underprivileged women as cooks for the national free lunch program.

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