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  • Program works to end homelessness among Colorado Springs veterans

    March 30, 2015 |

    Colorado Springs Gazette |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    Homes for All Veterans, a program within the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Human Services, recently began training volunteers to walk the city's streets in search of homeless veterans, with the goal of effectively eliminate veteran homelessness by the end of the year. If successful, advocates say the push to end veteran homelessness could be the first step in addressing the city's larger, chronically homeless population.

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  • Bringing a Charter School Approach to college

    March 28, 2015 |

    The Boston Globe |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

    There are many reasons why a student might leave university without graduating. Match Beyond helps students who dropped out of college finally receive their degree through personal counselors who make sure that the students are fulfilling all the necessary things in order to graduate.

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  • Denmark's vision for solving the world's water woes

    March 25, 2015 |

    Eco-Business |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    Though once the rivers were afoul with pollution and the carcasses of poisoned fish and the water from taps was too hazardous to drink, Denmark now boasts some of the world's cleanest drinking water and some of it's most comprehensive programs for good water management. The Danish government is looking to help other nations replicate their success, leveraging technology and collaboration to better manage water treatment and conservation for all.

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  • Welcome to the world of rhino conservation

    March 18, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia

    There are only five northern white rhinos left in existence - all in captivity and unable to breed. Researchers work to identify the most valuable solution to rhino poaching in order to prevent the animal from going extinct.

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  • A Bowl Full of Hope

    March 13, 2015 |

    GOOD Magazine |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Turkey, Istanbul

    With the recent large influx of refugees, crumbling infrastructure, crowded streets, and struggling social services, bing disabled or homeless in Istanbul means facing serious challenges to carving out a dignified life. But one group is helping bring these communities together and create empowerment through cycling. Engelsiz Çorba partners disabled volunteers with cyclists to deliver food to the homeless and encourage them to share their stories.

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  • How this clinic has changed a nation's view of family planning

    March 09, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Philippines, Manila, Metro Manila

    Women in the Philippines have been coming to this small clinic in a Manila slum for years to get affordable birth control, something frowned upon in this largely conservative Catholic country.

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  • Visiting Nurses, Helping Mothers on the Margins

    March 08, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    Infant mortality rates in the US are higher than in Europe, especially for children living in poverty where they are more likely to suffer from abuse or neglect. The ACA funded Nurse-Family Partnership helps poor, first-time mothers learn to be parents and reduce avoidable infant deaths.

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  • Make School a Democracy

    February 28, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Colombia, Armenia

    In Colombia, students in classrooms make decisions democratically. The result has been higher rates of student involvement and achievement.

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  • How Former Prisoners are Set up to Fail, Especially if They're Women

    February 25, 2015 |

    Cosmopolitan |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    A Department of Justice study reported that about 75 percent of those released in 2005 were rearrested, and women prisoners often have a harder time re-entering society after release. A New Way of Life (ANWOL) is a Los Angeles transitional living facility that has helped more than 750 women stay out of prison by offering housing, case management, mental health and substance treatment, and job training.

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  • Behind LA's dramatic decline in gang violence

    February 24, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    In the past, Los Angeles was a dangerous city fraught with gang wars. Lately, though, LA has become a safer city due to six changes enforced by the police cracking down on public violence and gangs.

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