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The WhatsApp boot camp that empowers people to earn

Fatimah Bashir

June 16, 2023 |

The Solutions Paper |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Osogbo

The Afolabi Abdulakeem Faisol (AAF) Academy connects with prospective students via WhatsApp and teaches them graphic design and video editing skills as a way to earn money. Since 2021, the Academy has held seven educational boot camps, teaching thousands of people across several countries.

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College felt impossible to this student in foster care. Then NYC offered to pay.

Reema Amin

June 15, 2023 |

Chalkbeat New York |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

To help make college more accessible, New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services provides students in the foster care system with room and board, a $60 daily stipend, and up to $15,000 for tuition.

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How Black Americans Are Reclaiming Outdoors Spaces — and Their Health

A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez

June 15, 2023 |

Everyday Health |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Groups like Black People Who Hike, Good Co. Bike Club and Black Women Who are emerging across the country to challenge the stigma and racial discrimination people of color face in outdoor, recreational spaces. Studies show that interacting with nature can have significant health benefits. These groups strive to increase diversity access to these outdoor spaces as a way for people of color to find joy and healing outdoors.

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Women in Nasarawa community utilize government's stipend to provide portable water

Saadatu Albashir Emmanuel Kutara Tony Okerafor

June 15, 2023 |

Radio Nigeria |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria, Nasarawa

The Conditional Cash Transfer program provides a monthly stipend to low-income individuals. The program was implemented in six local government areas and benefits over 48,000 people. Thanks to the funds from the program, several local women were able to pool their stipends together to repair their area’s only borehole to ensure locals have access to clean water.

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On the Brink of Homelessness, San Diego Woman Wins the Medi-Cal Lottery

Angela Hart

June 13, 2023 |

KFF Health News |

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Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

California’s Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, is piloting a program that covers rental move-in costs for low-income people in need, specifically those experiencing or at risk of homelessness. The goal is to keep people out of expensive institutions, like emergency rooms, by providing services like housing assistance and healthy food. So far, 20 locals have received Medi-Cal’s housing move-in assistance.

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In Minneapolis, three-fourths of kids with elevated levels of lead are children of color. These workers are trying to do something about that.

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

June 13, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Minneapolis City Health Department Health Homes team does community outreach in the neighborhoods with the highest elevated lead levels. Team members visit homes to inform parents about the dangers of lead, direct them to helpful resources, and test kids’ lead levels to help prevent long-term effects. If a house is deemed at risk of lead exposure, the team will inspect it and provide recommendations on how to eliminate the risk.

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First cohort completes new nsyilxcən degree at UBCO: ‘our language is very strong'

Aaron Hemens

June 13, 2023 |

IndigiNews |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

The first eight graduates of a new program run by the University of British Columbia Okanagan, the En’owkin Centre, and the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology received their bachelor's of nsyilxcən language fluency degrees. The program is one of the ways the syilx Nation is revitalizing their language, which is critically endangered. Students spend their first two years learning from fluent speakers in the community and the second two years working on a capstone project that includes an internship.

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Program knits together community for isolated seniors

Alexis Allison

June 12, 2023 |

Fort Worth Report |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

Reduce Social Isolation and Lift Outcomes for Seniors (SILOS) is a free program for adults age 50 and up that aims to decrease loneliness and help them stay connected. SILOS pairs participants with a community health worker who checks in regularly and shares lists of nearby events and activities for the participant to take advantage of, all in an effort to foster community and address the public health crisis of loneliness.

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Making It Easier For Kids To Get Help For Addiction, And Prevent Overdoses

Lesley McClurg Sarah Y Kim Laura Mitchell Juana Summers

June 12, 2023 |

NPR |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Arlington, Virginia

Students at Arlington Public Schools are being trained to carry and administer Narcan to help reduce the rising number of opioid overdose deaths, specifically among young people. Programs like this and access to treatment like Suboxone help make it easier for youth to find recovery and prevent drug overdoses.

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How a Salina school program helps connect students with mental health services

Kendrick Calfee

June 11, 2023 |

The Salina Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Salina, Kansas

The Mental Health Intervention Team at Salina Public Schools makes mental health care more accessible by using grant money to hire school liaisons to assist and provide mental health services to students at school. Within the 2022-2023 academic year alone, 635 students were served and 76% of them improved their school attendance, while 65% saw improvement in their academic performance.

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