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  • Young Nigerians choose to fight Boko Haram with books

    June 19, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Gathered in makeshift open-air learning spaces, teachers and students in Nigeria are resisting Boko Haram's reign of terror against education. “They don’t like education; they don’t want it,” one 19-year old student says. “So just by doing this, we are all fighting them." Working with UNICEF and other organizations, local educators are offering free education to students who have been forced to stay home for years.

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  • What We Can Learn From Ghana's Obsession With Preschool

    June 19, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Ghana, Accra

    When a group of preschool teachers in Ghana were taught about child-centered and open-ended learning as an alternative to a traditional rote memorization approach, they saw improvements in students' pre-literacy and pre-numeracy scores. The intervention served as a response to revelations of poor performance among early elementary school students. This despite the fact that 80 percent of 3 year olds in Accra, Ghana were enrolled in preschool. While some teachers have successfully rolled out the collaborative style in their classrooms, others have been met with significant cultural resistance.

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  • Want to start a preschool at home? Wonderschool can help

    June 18, 2018 |

    San Francisco Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    To address the lack of licensed child care centers, a San Francisco startup has helped to start 150 in-home care centers in the Bay area, LA, and New York. Wonderschool works closely with caregivers, providing consultation on the space and structure of the preschool and taking care of the administrative and marketing aspects of the business. "Two of the biggest costs to operate a child care program are real estate and administration,” CEO Chris Bennett says. “By using their own homes and Wonderschool’s administration software, directors are able to cut out those costs.”

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  • Rising up to open opportunities in the arts

    June 18, 2018 |

    The Bristol Cable |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Bristol

    Breaking into the creative sector can be daunting. Rising Arts Agency increases access to mentorship, including by bringing young people of color to cultural institutions after hours. The program benefits everyone. The youth get to quiz the staff about career opportunities while the staff have an opportunity to learn how to better serve young people interested in the arts.

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  • Shots Not Fired: A new Oregon law takes guns from people who may do harm

    June 17, 2018 |

    Oregon Live |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Four months after a law in Oregon took effect that allows removal of guns from people who could present a danger to themselves or others, residents used the law to seek the temporary removal of guns from about 30 people and judges granted 24 of those petitions. The strategy appears to be a promising way to stop would-be shooters. Such laws have proven effective in other states in stopping suicides and in Oregon at least four people who had their guns taken had threatened public shootings.

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  • A World Cup for the people in Russia

    June 16, 2018 |

    The Hindu |

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    Response Location: Russia, St. Petersburg

    Around 30 Russian activists created a campaign for the World Cup called “Cup for the People.” It includes guided tours, a map of responsible consumption, and exhibitions that revolve around topics like LGBTQ rights, environmetal justice, and harassment. “Big sport events are a chance to speak about human rights, about the role of minorities, about diversity – both on the soccer field and elsewhere in society. I see it as an instrument for positive social change.”

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  • Saving lives in Senegal through Hope

    June 16, 2018 |

    AzerNews |

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    Response Location: Senegal

    A digital platform, called Hope, allows medical clinics in Senegal to track the amount of blood in their blood banks in real time and reaches out to donors via SMS to encourage them to donate every few months. When a rare blood type is needed, an emergency message goes out to all users in the same geographic area, asking them if they are available for an emergency blood donation. This platform has increased the number of blood donations in Senegal and improved patients' chances of receiving life-saving transfusions.

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  • Food waste is going to take over the fashion industry

    June 15, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States

    To reduce food waste ending up in landfills, the startup Circular Systems has created a way to turn leftover food scraps like pineapple leaves and banana peels into fibers that can be used in clothing production.

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  • A Very Queer Street Art Movement Is Spreading Across the US

    June 15, 2018 |

    Hyperallergic |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A loosely connected movement of LGBTQ street artists are creating work with explicitly queer themes across the country. This work puts images of pride in public spaces as well as challenging perceptions about who creates street art.

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  • The Disaster Response Program That's Building More Than Homes

    June 12, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, El Segundo, California

    Combining veterans and disaster relief efforts has proven itself to be a successful method for bridging the gap between pre and post service life. Although not entirely made up of veterans, Team Rubicon aims to utilize the skills of service members to help cleanup areas that have been hit by disasters such as tornadoes and earthquakes.

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