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  • Why A Principal Created His Own Currency

    December 14, 2012 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    School MS 53 in Queens experienced extremely poor student attendance, a high rate of student suspensions, and an increase of staff and teacher resignations—all causing the city’s department of education to give the school and “F”. New principal Shawn Rux incentivizes students by creating “Rux Bux,” a currency system that can help students win prizes the more often they attend school. The school went from an “F” to a “C” and daily attendance has increased to around 90%.

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  • What the world can learn from Singapore's safe and squeaky-clean high-rise housing projects

    November 22, 2012 |

    Quartz |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

    Unlike many other countries who have found public housing facilities to be highly prone to crime and toxic loan practices, Singapore uses a mix of resident home ownership, policing, and mixed-income developments to create thriving, clean housing options that may provide a model for other countries.

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  • What a Little Land Can Do

    November 21, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Kolkata, West Bengal

    In many parts of the world, not owning one's own land is more directly correlated to poverty than other factors such as illiteracy, but land reform is controversial, difficult, and expensive. A new program called Landesa is having success in India through a non-confiscatory model that gives families tennis-court size plots.

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  • Turning Rural Indians Into Water Entrepreneurs

    November 01, 2012 |

    FastCompany |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India

    In rural communities throughout India, having access to clean water does not always come easy. Sarvajal, originally a non-profit experiment, believes that water insecurity is a solvable issue, however. By helping those living in the rural communities take ownership through entrepreneurship, common sense, and the patience to reinvent old systems with more efficient technology, the group has achieved the ability to distribute small reverse-osmosis filtration plants and Water ATMs throughout the northwestern Indian states.

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  • Innovative funding model allows urban poor to determine their own future

    October 08, 2012 |

    The Guardian |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    Though well-meaning, many poverty alleviation and development efforts treat the receivers of aid as subjects rather than capable people. Urban Poor Fund International, the first global fund to give poor people direct control over urban development spending, is having more than just a local impact.

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  • A Digital Tool to Unlock Learning

    September 19, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    PowerMyLearning, a program that any student, parent, or teacher can use for free, helps students take ownership of their own learning. When most attention is being placed on teacher effectiveness, this program redirects those efforts toward students.

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  • The Recycling Reflex

    July 25, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Nationally, only about a third of municipal solid waste is recycled. An initiative to use simpler, standardized signs and labels is helping communities reap greater benefits from recycling.

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  • Amidst Drought and Famine, Niger Leads West Africa in Addressing Crisis

    July 12, 2012 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Niger, Madarounfa, Maradi

    Officials in Niger are addressing chronic severe droughts causing food shortages and leading to a widespread threat of starvation. They provide aid to malnourished children and resources for a crop planting technique called 're-greening,' which aims to reforest agricultural regions, restore soil quality and, in turn, increase food supply.

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  • Nepal sees end in sight for trachoma

    June 23, 2012 |

    The Lancet |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    In Nepal, specialty eye hospitals are training staff to travel to remote areas of the country to provide eye care to rural communities. This initiative is aimed to prevent and treat trachoma, a degenerative eye disease, with the goal of ultimately eradicating blindness caused by trachoma.

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  • Microhydro Drives Change in Rural Nepal

    June 20, 2012 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nepal, Rangkhani

    Microhydro power plants are finding their place amongst some of the smallest villages in Nepal, bringing both electricity and industry opportunities to the regions. Although they aren't capable of generating near the amount of power as a typical hydro plant, they also have far less impact on the environment and encourage community involvement.

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