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  • 'Miracle meals': How a group tries to restore dignity of older Nigerians

    The Age Nigeria Foundation helps end the loneliness, abuse, and hunger of the elderly in Lagos State. The organization runs socialization centers, takes up legal cases to defend members, and provides them with food.

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  • Can the Increase in Higher Education Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Solve Health Disparities?

    Medical schools and public health programs have shifted some of their practices in an effort to attract more Black students, such as by removing GRE requirements and recruiting more Black faculty, and these schools have seen an influx of applications during the pandemic. One example is Brown University's Health Equity Scholars program, which offers tuition support, a paid research assistantship, and formalized mentorship to a diverse cohort each year.

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  • This Juárez Nonprofit Uses Sports To Deter Youth From Violence

    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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  • Boarding School Alumni Push for a New Kind of Abuse Investigation

    In an effort to uncover decades of abuse allegations at the Christian Academy of Japan, investigators began working with academy alumni who helped push the investigation forward. Over the course of several years, alumni met regularly, clocking thousands of hours of work on the case, meeting with investigators and survivors. When the final report was released in 2021, 72 cases of alleged abuse — including sexual, physical, emotional and child-on-child abuse — were uncovered over a 44 year period.

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  • Making teachers feel valued might be the solution to keeping them

    In Monte Vista, Colorado, an elementary and a high school are improving teacher retention by building an environment that makes them feel heard, appreciated, and supported. The administrators take time to build relationships with teachers and students, check in with teachers on a regular basis, allow teachers to have a say in decision-making, and create teacher revitalization rooms.

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  • Washington's first homeless shelter-based Girl Scout troop is back in business

    Mary’s Place family homeless shelter waives fees for young residents interested in participating in its girl scout troop. The troop is the first of its kind to be based in a homeless shelter in the state of Washington.

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  • In the Extinction Capital of the World, A Native School Is Restoring Indigenous Forests

    Led by Native Hawai’ians, Kamehameha Schools owns thousands of acres of land dedicated to stewardship and conservation. The school partners with Native Hawaiian organizations and conducts eco-cultural education programs for students and members of the community to foster connections between them and the environment.

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  • Major companies pledged funding for Texas water projects. What are results so far?

    A nonprofit created the Texas Water Action Collaborative to connect water quality conservation projects in need of financial support with companies that have related sustainability goals and will supply funding.

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  • Biden's free college proposal is dead. High schoolers are tapping a solution.

    Dual enrollment programs run by community colleges across the United States allow high school students to take college classes that count towards their diploma and future degrees. The programs are often free for students and are increasing community college attendance rates, which dropped during the pandemic.

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  • Women Farmers in India Are Shifting to Natural Farming

    Female farmers in India are leading the transition to natural farming. They improve soil and plant health by using indigenous seeds and not using chemicals or pesticides. The practice increases yields and decreases costs.

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