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  • Hot? Hungry? Step inside these food forests.

    January 29, 2024 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Organizations in cities across the United States, including Philadelphia and Tucson, are simultaneously combatting urban heat and hunger by planting fruit trees and edible plants that provide shade and food that community members can harvest.

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  • Money clubs help displaced Nigerians create their own safety nets

    January 23, 2024 |

    The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    Women at displacement camps in Nigeria are using a traditional method of saving and loaning money called Adashe to provide each other with financial support. The women in the Adashe group pool their extra money into a collective fund and split it between group members on a monthly rotation.

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  • Pre-Pesticides, Pro-Farmer: The Rise of Agroecology

    January 23, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Philippines

    Farmers around the world are implementing agroecology practices to make their farms more resilient to climate change while promoting climate justice to strengthen farming communities. Agroecology follows 13 principles that include ecological practices, like using organic fertilizers, and political and social values, like embracing land rights.

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  • This Louisiana town moved to escape climate-linked disaster

    January 13, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Isle de Jean Charles, United States, Louisiana

    In the face of increasing land loss and flooding due to coastal erosion and climate change, the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe made the decision to relocate their community to higher ground. After winning a grant from the National Disaster Resilience Competition, the tribe worked closely with the Louisiana state government to figure out where and how the new community would be built.

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  • Free Bus Passes Are Giving Indian Women More Financial Freedom

    January 11, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Karnataka

    States across India are providing free bus passes for women so they can afford to join the workforce and have more financial independence.

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  • Vermont's Prison Education Programs Give Incarcerated People a Second Chance to Learn

    January 10, 2024 |

    Seven Days |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    People incarcerated in Vermont correctional facilities have the option to participate in education programs ranging from foundational skills classes and high school completion credits to technical courses and community college offerings, and the agency puts particular emphasis on literacy development. More than 600 people are currently enrolled and about 25 earn their diplomas each year.

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  • Piplantri, ce village d'Inde qui plante des arbres pour envoyer ses filles à l'école

    January 09, 2024 |

    Slate |

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    Response Location: India, Piplantri, Rajasthan

    Quand une fille est naît dans le village de Piplantri, les habitants plantent 111 arbres et déposent de l’argent sur un compte bancaire qui ne peut pas être touché jusqu’à ce qu’elle a ses 18 ans, lorsqu’il peut être utilisé pour ses études ou pour payer les frais de mariage, mais seulement si elle reste à l’école jusque-là. Le programme a permis de créer des emplois à l’école et dans l’entretien de la nouvelle forêt. Aucune des filles nées depuis le début de l’initiative n’a été forcée de se marier au détriment de son éducation, et le village a planté plus de 500 000 arbres.

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  • How WhatsApp provides financial lifelines to Nigerian women

    January 09, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    Groups of women in Nigeria are forming rotating savings programs on WhatsApp because formal banking is often inaccessible. Essentially operating like an informal credit union, each member of the group gives an equal amount to a chosen admin, and a payout is given to a different member every month based on need.

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  • Peace-building lessons from the heart of Nigeria

    December 30, 2023 |

    FairPlanet |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Jebbu Miango, Plateau

    The community-founded Claire Aid Foundation raised money on social media to rebuild houses that were destroyed in Jebbu Miango after a violent attack on the town left families displaced and unable to afford to return.

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  • MIT via community college? Transfer students find a new path to a degree.

    December 06, 2023 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    The Transfer Scholars Network partners with community colleges and elite universities to help high-achieving students complete their four-year degree at a top school. Alongside mentorship throughout the application process, students who are accepted to partner institutions receive a financial aid package and ongoing support.

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