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Thread and Thrive

Hannah Morgan

November 12, 2024 |

Chicoco Radio Viral Times |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria

Formed in 2019, the Tailor’s Life Coach training initiative has helped over 200 people, particularly women, learn tailoring skills to pursue their passion for fashion design and open tailoring businesses of their own. The skills training from the initiative is free; participants only need to purchase the materials they use.

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Non-profit organizations reach out to help Western NC

Jonathan Golian

November 09, 2024 |

QNotes Carolinas |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, several community-led organizations are joining forces to help those in need by gathering and distributing supply donations and helping those affected apply for FEMA assistance, unemployment and other relief support.

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The dogs who bring the fallen home

Lois M. Collins

November 09, 2024 |

Deseret News |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Volunteer cadaver dogs are specially trained to find the bodies of missing persons to give grieving families answers and the chance to bring them home.

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Michigan's election results can't get much faster

Hayley Harding

November 08, 2024 |

Votebeat Michigan |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Sterling Heights, Michigan

During the 2024 election, Michigan clerks were allowed to pre-process absentee ballots for the first time, meaning they could open the ballot envelopes, verify signatures, and feed ballots into the tabulators before the polls closed on election day. More than 200 cities opted to pre-process their absentee ballots, and in one city, Sterling Heights, election workers were able to handle more than 20,000 ballots by midday on election day.

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Girls in Rural Uganda Turn to an Organic Solution to Navigate Period Pain

Chidera Eze

November 06, 2024 |

The Solutions Paper |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Mpigi

She Deserves Uganda provides menstrual hygiene education to young girls and an organic aromatherapy solution to pain from period cramps they call The Cramp Relief Droppers, as a safer and more affordable alternative to traditional over-the-counter painkillers. The group has provided menstrual health education to over 10,000 girls across 50 schools and has distributed over 1,540 units of The Cramp Relief Droppers.

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An organisation deploys strategic storytelling to transform lives in rural Nigeria

Praise Usoro

November 05, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Calabar, Cross River

The Bonnicare Foundation garners support and funding for people in need of education, healthcare and economic empowerment through visual storytelling on social media. This approach helps humanize the challenges people are facing, encouraging those with the means to donate. With the funding they’ve received through social media donations, the Bonnicare Foundation has helped pay the school fees for more than 1,000 primary and secondary school students in rural areas.

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This app developer is giving displaced young Nigerians an educational lifeline

Nathaniel Bivan

November 05, 2024 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

Flowdiary is an e-learning platform that offers various digital skill courses in the Hausa language for free or at a very low cost. Flowdiary has more than 8,000 students enrolled across the country, training them in web development, graphic design and other digital skills that help them further their education and secure internships that help them advance their career opportunities.

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Why Utah Is Bucking One of the West's Oldest Water Rules

Nina Elkadi

November 05, 2024 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Utah

Utah is ditching the “use it or lose it” water rights doctrine to encourage farmers to conserve water amid severe water shortages. Instead, it’s encouraging farmers to use less water while allowing them to keep their rights to it. The government is awarding funding for efficiency upgrades and creating a system for farmess to lease out the saved water.

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In the North Carolina mountains, the VA is making house calls to veterans still isolated from Helene

Jay Price

November 04, 2024 |

WUNC |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Asheville, North Carolina

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the regional Veterans Affairs system around the Charles George VA Medical Center is sending out teams to provide services and supplies to more than 2,600 high-risk veterans living in isolated areas.

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FG's funding initiative is transforming healthcare access in Niger State

Hamzat Abaga

November 01, 2024 |

CrispNG |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Niger

The Basic Healthcare Provision Fund (BHCPF) provided by the federal government is increasing healthcare access for vulnerable populations by renovating dilapidated hospitals and improving access to reliable medical services and resources like medications and potable water.

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