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  • In Kwara, documentary films bring healing to people with addiction

    March 21, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

    The Mental Health Rebuilding and Restoring Initiative helps those struggling with drug addiction by showing them documentaries of others who have also struggled with addiction and how they managed to overcome it. The documentaries have since helped 50 people to stop using drugs. The Initiative also follows up with, monitors and encourages participants throughout their recovery journey.

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  • Tackling Rural America's 'Hidden' Housing Crisis

    March 15, 2023 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Roseburg, Oregon

    Organizations like the Gary Leif Navigation Center are providing housing services and support to those in need. The Gary Leif Navigation Center opened in the summer of 2022 and is a low-barrier shelter that provides 10 pods for individuals to sleep and store their belongings in. Due to increased need, plans are currently underway to expand the Center, adding an additional 30 beds.

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  • Making transitional housing Halal in Texas

    March 14, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Transitional housing centers like Huma-Faith and Halal House provide accommodations for formerly incarcerated people, specifically Muslim men. These houses are safe spaces that provide necessary resources like a shower and a warm bed, as well as work opportunities, group talk sessions, and regular drug and alcohol screening to help people put their best selves forward. These houses are also Muslim-centric, meaning people can rebuild their lives while freely practicing their religion.

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  • This Juárez Nonprofit Uses Sports To Deter Youth From Violence

    March 13, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Ciudad Juárez

    Wellness schools, Escuelas de Bienestar, run by a nonprofit in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, train physical education teachers to integrate topics like human rights, drug prevention, and emotional health into the play in their school programming. The learning combined with play aims to deter youth from participating in violence and help them build personal connections.

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  • How One Nigerian Woman is Waging a War against Period Poverty

    March 10, 2023 |

    International Policy Digest |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Achievers Foundation distributes free sanitary pads to those experiencing period poverty. The Foundation also hosts lectures on sexual and menstrual health and works to fight the stigma surrounding periods in some communities.

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  • Detroit group reduces waste and improves education by merging art and science

    March 07, 2023 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Detroit nonprofit Arts and Scraps reuses donated materials like yarn and fabric to teach kids to create art and take care of the environment with free programs.

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  • They Set Out to Save Rainforests — and Could Help Prevent the Next Outbreak

    March 07, 2023 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: Madagascar

    Health In Harmony uses a one health approach to improve both human health and the health of the environment in Madagascar at the same time. Their programs provide locals with jobs to keep them from turning to illegal logging for income, improve their access to health care, and help farmers increase their yields.

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  • Indigenous youths keep ancient forestry traditions alive in the Philippines

    March 06, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Misamis Oriental

    A forest management tradition practiced by the Indigenous Higaonon in the Philippines called panlaoy helps to protect the local ecosystems from threats. In this practice tribal elders teach young volunteers to immerse in, observe, assess, and document the condition of the ecosystem.

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  • A chilling effect: How farms can help pollinators survive the stress of climate change

    March 05, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    By going a step further than pollinator strips and hedgerows to create complex landscape structures, farmers create refugia with cooler microclimates that help pollinators and other animals acclimate and survive increasing temperatures.

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  • Building a Better Workplace

    March 03, 2023 |

    QNotes Carolinas |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    The Nashville print-shop Music City Creative builds a welcoming working environment for the LGBTQ community through fair wages, using LGBTQ job boards, and including staff input when making company decisions.

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