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FEATURE-Cash, no strings attached: New U.S. programs for pandemic poor


FEATURE-Cash, no strings attached: New U.S. programs for pandemic poor
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Controversial plans are seen as effective and equitable
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Pandemic has fueled policymakers interest
By Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Handouts lead to laziness and breed dependency, according to the critics. Advocates counter that cash can lift the left-behind out of poverty. What better time to test it out than a pandemic?
A high-stakes experiment is underway in a deprived corner of the U.S. capital, with backers eager to see what happens when poor Americans are given cash payments for a limited time, no strings attached. ....

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FEATURE-Armed with phones and seeds, jobless Kenyans tackle ...


Locals hired to patrol forests and replant trees
Forest covers 7% of Kenya, which is aiming for 10% by 2022
By Kagondu Njagi
KWALE, Kenya, April 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - S tanding under a thick green canopy in coastal Kenya s Shim Hills, Mohamed Mwaramuno squints at his fellow forest ranger s smartphone.
With about a dozen rangers, he has been using an app that through satellite feeds maps signs of forest fires, illegal logging and people encroaching on water sources, to stem worsening deforestation in Kwale County during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The app has made work easier for us, said Mwaramuno. Instead of patrolling the dangerous terrain we just receive these feeds and then we can directly go to the sites that have been disturbed. ....

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Armed with phones and seeds, jobless Kenyans tackle illegal logging


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KWALE, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Standing under a thick green canopy in coastal Kenya’s Shim Hills, Mohamed Mwaramuno squints at his fellow forest ranger’s smartphone.
With about a dozen rangers, he has been using an app that through satellite feeds maps signs of forest fires, illegal logging and people encroaching on water sources, to stem worsening deforestation in Kwale County during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The app has made work easier for us,” said Mwaramuno. “Instead of patrolling the dangerous terrain we just receive these feeds and then we can directly go to the sites that have been disturbed.” ....

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