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Could Fredericktown's latchkey program serve as a model for other Knox County school districts?

Grant Pepper

August 30, 2022 |

Knox Pages |

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Response Location: United States, Fredericktown, Ohio

A latchkey program staffed by licensed professionals provides before- and after-school programs for elementary students if their parents cannot make the scheduled times to drop them off or pick them up from school.

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LGBTQ-friendly building in Philly has become a model for affordable senior housing. For residents it's ‘a dream come true.'

Kevin Riordan

August 26, 2022 |

The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The John C. Anderson Apartments is a LGBTQ+ friendly, senior facility in Philadephia, Pennsylvania, that gives residents an affordable place to feel safe and be with their peers.

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How fintechs, nonprofits engage students during incessant ASUU strikes

Olanshile Ogunrinu

August 24, 2022 |

AFAS Press |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ibadan, Oyo State

TeqProject provides free training for Nigerian students interested in developing skills for the growing tech industry.

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A Bear's Necessities

Louisa Gilbert Jemma Titheridge

August 23, 2022 |

Hakai Magazine |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Canada, Vancouver Island, British Columbia

A biologist studies bear dens in the forests of British Columbia, Canada, to create artificial alternatives as forestry practices make suitable dens rarer.

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"I wanted to quit a million times, but how will they be without me?": how the Dnipro shelter saves animals from the front line

Natalia Kulidi

August 22, 2022 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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Response Location: Ukraine, Dnipro

The We Are for the Right to Life animal shelter in Dnipro, Ukraine, cares for animal refugees by treating their injuries and health issues and giving them a place to stay until they can be rehomed.

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Sowing dignity: Vertical Harvest grows produce – and community

Jodi Hausen

August 22, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Jackson, Wyoming

Vertical Harvest is a farm that employs people with disabilities and uses customized employment plans for each person to tailor their work to their strengths and aspirations. The farm was created to address the difficulty people with disabilities can have finding meaningful employment.

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Surge Africa's nature-based solutions boosting Nigerian farmers' resilience to climate change

Adam Alqali Stephen Enoch

August 22, 2022 |

Pulse Nigeria |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

Surge Africa is a nonprofit helping Nigerian farmers learn about and implement agroforestry and agroecology practices to more sustainably manage their land and improve their yields despite the negative impacts of climate change.

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NYC's summer work program for youth called a success, with 100K jobs filled

Reema Amin

August 17, 2022 |

Chalkbeat New York |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

New York City’s Summer Youth Employment Program helps 14-to-24-year-olds find paid jobs through summer contracts with community organizations, and the city picks up the cost of their paychecks.

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With an Affinity to Care

Zinta Aistars

August 12, 2022 |

Watershed Voice |

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Response Location: United States, Centreville, Michigan

In an effort to reduce incarceration, homelessness, and hospitalization, Affinity House provides people with mental illness a free place to form social connections and work their way towards employment one step at a time with the clubhouse staff.

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Greece's Islands Are Zero-Waste Laboratories

Sebastien Malo

August 11, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Greece, Tilos

Tilos, Greece, works with a network of companies to collect and sort the island residents' waste to be composted, recycled, or reused instead of using a landfill.

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