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  • An evolving role for colleges: Training former substance abusers to be part of treatment teams

    Alina Tugend

    August 02, 2022 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    The City University of New York’s College of Staten Island is among a handful but growing number of colleges that are offering peer advocate training programs to former substance abusers. These certified trainings are enabling vulnerable adults to pursue higher education, acquire skills, and use their experience to not just find employment but also support patients with recovery.

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  • Liberia: Fighting Deforestation with Waste

    Tina Mehnpaine

    August 01, 2022 |

    Liberian Observer |

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    Response Location: Liberia, Brewerville

    Green Gold Liberia makes briquettes charcoal to replace wood-based charcoal and fight deforestation. Their charcoal requires no trees to be cut down because it is made from leftover wood, sawdust, and agricultural waste like coconut shells.

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  • Corps member's advocacy on dumpsites clearing helped fight malaria in Kwara

    Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

    July 26, 2022 |

    Legit.ng |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ayegbami, Kwara

    A public health campaign effectively reduced the incidence of malaria by sensitizing the community to the health risks of dumping waste indiscriminately, providing medical outreach and treatment for malaria, and cleaned up existing waste, which was moved to designated dumpsites.

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  • Finding solutions to address the homeless crisis

    Diane Duenez

    July 26, 2022 |

    WXYZ-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    A city-sanctioned program allows people to camp on a corner in Chattanooga, despite it being illegal statewide. The safety and stability allow residents to focus on improving their economic situations in order to find stable housing.

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  • School on Wheels delivers tutoring – and hope – for homeless students

    Magda Hernandez

    July 19, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The nonprofit School on Wheels pairs students experiencing homelessness with tutors to help them catch up, and stay caught up, in school.

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  • The country trailblazing the fight against disasters

    Catherine Davison

    July 19, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Bangladesh has developed a multi-layered early warning system for disasters that includes good weather monitoring equipment, communication systems to broadcast warnings, and importantly, a network of trusted volunteers – half of which are women – who go out into communities to share information and urge people to evacuate to shelters. The opportunity has also empowered women, both as volunteers and with the ability to make the decision to evacuate during a natural disaster.

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  • 'Let's Try Something New' Meets the National Housing Squeeze

    Erika Bolstad

    July 18, 2022 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Boise, Idaho

    The Boise nonprofit, LEAP, builds affordable housing with innovative approaches, including using donated land held in trust and solar panels to keep utility costs low. The creative approach to land ownership and the use of alternative construction techniques and materials help more people afford homes in a fast-growing metro area.

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  • This San Francisco Supper Club Gives Youth a Chance to Reinvent Themselves

    Gabrielle Lawrence

    July 18, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Old Skool Café provides opportunities for youth, particularly those who were formerly incarcerated and/or in foster care, to gain life skills, job training, and receive help managing their finances, writing resumes and cover letters, build people skills, and strengthen interpersonal communication. The restaurant allows the youth to train for every position in an industry that generates 25% of the area’s jobs.

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  • Ukrainian vegan cuisine: how volunteers in Uzhhorod organize healthy food for displaced people

    Ksenia Yanus Oleksandr Masovets

    July 14, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Uzhhorod

    The volunteer-run Vegan Kitchen of Ukraine project provides vegan meals for displaced people in cities across the country and sends meal packages to soldiers. The volunteers prepare the food in their homes or during donated time at local kitchens.

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  • SPECIAL REPORT: Facing high wheat prices, Nigerian bakers turn to potato puree

    Ronald Adamolekun

    July 14, 2022 |

    Premium Times |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Bakers in Nigeria make bread with orange-fleshed sweet potatoes to help offset the growing cost of producing bread with just wheat flour.

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