US to accept certain non-Mexican migrants in Mexico as refugees
Washington DC, US Reuters The Biden administration will allow some migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who are already in Mexico to apply to enter the United States as refugees, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday. The move will add to a range of new legal pathways opened up by […]
The Long Read: Biden’s new asylum policy strands some migrants at Mexico border
LAURA GOTTESDIENER, TED HESSON, MICA ROSENBERG, KRISTINA COOKE and DAINA BETH SOLOMON, of Reuters, report…
Wow!: Book app connects Ukrainian fathers with refugee children
STEPHANIE VAN DEN BERG, of Reuters, reports on an app to help Ukrainian fathers connect with their children outside the country…
Wow!: In Egypt, lending apps boost cash-strapped women business owners
MENNA A FAROUK, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how a traditional money-lending system known as a ‘gameya’ has been revived with a 21st-century twist as an app…
Michael Bublé, Kris Jenner part of $US40 million investment in Christian meditation app Glorify
RNS On Thursday, Glorify, an app meant to help Christians strengthen their daily connection to God, announced it will be receiving $US40 million of Series A funding to support its growth. The funding is led by a16z, a venture capital firm, with participation from SoftBank Latin America Fund and K5 Global, an investment firm. There are […]
Through an app, a group of Latin American nuns in the US tracks mental illness across the US
RNS It took some getting used to, but sister Maria Minerva Morales is now a faithful user of a cell phone app where she documents her interactions with people she ministers to. Through the app, Morales – who is part of the Catholic congregation Missionaries of Charity of Mary Immaculate – documents the name, gender […]
Charity uses mobile phone data to identify aid recipients in Togo
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation A US-based non-profit that is using algorithms to identify people living in extreme poverty by analysing their mobile phone habits has made direct cash payments to 30,000 people as part of a pioneering project in Togo. GiveDirectly worked with the government of the West African nation and experts at the University […]
A new social network, Untangle, supports people in bereavement
Thomson Reuters Foundation Most startups are struggling to survive let alone thrive in the pandemic – yet 2020 couldn’t have gone better for Untangle, a new player in the age-old death business. Launched in January as COVID-19 began circling the globe, Untangle was born from the grief of two women on a mission to help […]
How green is your green investment? This app could tell you
Thomson Reuters Foundation With the world racing to curb global warming, there has been a growing focus on green investments to help ensure money goes to support a sustainable future. But making an eco-friendly investment can be complex, both because of a lack of clear comparisons between products and because of ‘greenwashing’ by companies that […]
Wow!: How a new game app aims to help address bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan
UMBERTO BACCHI, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…