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How to build a zero-waste economy

Joseph Winters

June 21, 2023 |

Grist |

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Response Location: United States

Entrepreneurs are encouraging reuse models like return-from-home systems to transition towards a circular economy without single-use plastics. In this model, consumers pay a deposit to use takeout boxes, cups, and other containers. They get their deposit back when the containers are picked up from their home by a courier.

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Medeecal: An e-health platform closes the medical desert in West Africa

Yero S. Bah

June 19, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Sierra Leone

The Medeecal app increases healthcare access by providing a range of telehealth services including health education, free medical consultations, preventative care, referrals and follow-up care. As of March 2023, the app has over 1,000 registered patients and provides about eight consultations a day.

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Immersive Language School Renews Generational Dreams of Cherokee Culture

Lynn Liu, Pingping Yin

June 10, 2023 |

Native News Online |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Cherokee Nation, United States, Cherokee, North Dakota

New Kituwah Academy Elementary provides immersive language education for members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, helping to keep the band’s language and culture alive. Students speak exclusively in Cherokee until third grade and then use both English and Cherokee throughout the school day to build proficiency in both languages.

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Could access to child care be the key to helping parents clear arrest warrants?

Barbara Rodriguez

June 08, 2023 |

The 19th |

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Response Location: United States, Pontiac, Michigan

Lawyers, clerks, and judges are voluntarily hosting warrant clinics around the United States to help people address active warrants for their arrest — typically small traffic violations and misdemeanors. The clinics offer childcare, too, which is a common barrier for parents looking to address warrants.

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Oregon community colleges see success in revamp of remedial education

Sami Edge

June 07, 2023 |

Oregon Live |

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Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

Nine Oregon community colleges offer “corequisite” courses that allow students to get help and review past material alongside required math courses rather than being routed into a remedial option that can slow progress toward their degree. So far, 68 percent of corequisite students have passed their college math coursework, as compared to 65 percent of students who took math classes without the corequisite add-on.

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Save the Boys Initiative: Tackling Sexual Abuse and Providing Support for Boys

Saadatu Albashir, Muzha Kucha

June 06, 2023 |

Radio Nigeria |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

The Save the Boys Initiative provides counseling, group and family therapy, programming around mentorship and leadership, and other forms of assistance for boys who have experienced sexual abuse.

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Danish School Builds Network For Refugee, Migrant Women In Technology

Lilly Kersh

June 04, 2023 |

Grady Newsource |

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Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

The ReDI School of Digital Integration offers free technology classes to women with migrant and refugee backgrounds, as well as career resources such as mentorships, company visits, talent matching, and internship opportunities. More than 500 students have participated in the school's Denmark-based programs.

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What Happens When Christians and Muslims Translate Scripture Side by Side

Rachel Pfeiffer

June 02, 2023 |

Christianity Today |

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Response Location: Chad

A Bible translation ministry, unfoldingWord, worked with the Church Growth Project of Chad to translate the Bible into 10 minority languages. The organizations held workshops to train those who speak the language that were interested in getting paid to translate the work, the majority of whom were Muslim, and worked in teams to do so.

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A tweak to help potatoes withstand late blight disease

Judd-Leonard Okafor

June 01, 2023 |

Daily Trust |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Researchers bioengineered potatoes to resist late blight, a disease that ruins harvests, so farmers in Nigeria can have reliable yields and incomes. The new potatoes were cultivated by combining the potatoes farmers like to grow with wild potatoes that naturally resist mold.

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Turning the Tide on Gun Violence

Evan Cobb

May 31, 2023 |

Belt Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Community-based intervention programs such as Cure Violence in Grand Rapids, Mich. focus on strengthening collaboration among different organizations and leveraging outreach workers with existing relationships in the community. Cure Violence's south service area saw an 11.5% decrease in violent crimes after the program was implemented.

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