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Turning kids into entrepreneurs

Reha Kansara

December 03, 2019 |

BBC |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Uganda

In Uganda, which has high youth unemployment rates, schools are starting to incorporate entrepreneurship lessons into traditional curricula to prepare students for life and an unstable job market after school.

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How to reduce suicides on the psychiatric ward

Soumya Karlamangla

December 01, 2019 |

Los Angeles Times |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Implementing checklists to prevent suicide risks can reduce the number of deaths by suicide in psychiatric facilities. Since 2007, Veteran’s Affairs medical facilities across the country have successfully reduced the number of suicides in their facilities by taking measured steps to reduce risks. The checklist includes removing dangerous items from rooms and ensuring that patients are monitored by nursing staff. Increasing the data available has also led to new recommendations and standards.

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At This Boston School, Friendships Lift More Students to Graduation Day

Ally Donnelly Jim Haddadin

November 27, 2019 |

WBTS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Boston Public Schools is embracing an approach called Building Assets, Reducing Risks that has proven successful in other U.S. school districts. In BARR, teams of teachers compare notes on students to ensure they are on the right track: "BARR doesn't rely on one superstar teacher to notice a kid in trouble. From the science teacher to the school counselor, they all take a seat at the table."

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The recycling program helping migrants cut down contamination in Melbourne's outer west

Margaret Paul

November 24, 2019 |

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Australia, Melbourne

Cities in Australia were facing a recycling problem, but realized it was related to a large migrant population and a language barrier with the word "recycling." To help address this problem Melbourne implemented the 'Waste Watcher' program, which provides hands-on education through recycling bin audits.

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Ruff justice: Meet the dogs helping put child rapists behind bars

Dhashen Moodley Danny Booysen

November 19, 2019 |

Bhekisisa |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

A practice in Johannesburg is making the courtroom and trial process less scary for sexually abused children by letting them play the role of court officials alongside therapy dogs in a pretend court. The Teddy Bear Foundation, responsible for this role play activity, wants children to be less scared but also prepared for their day in court when it comes.

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Farm-to-school programs revitalize health in nutritionally underserved communities

Anikka Abbott

November 18, 2019 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Mesa, Arizona

Over 40,000 U.S. schools take part in a program called Farm to School, which teaches students healthy eating habits through lessons in school gardens.

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Indigenous-wildlife ranger collaboration conserves rare Australian rainforests

Nick Rodway

November 18, 2019 |

Mongabay |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Australia, Western Australia

Revegetation and fire management practices are helping to preserve Australia’s biodiversity. In Western Australia, collaborative efforts between Environs Kimberley, an environmental NGO, and local rangers from the First Nation communities of the Dampier Peninsula are working to document, conserve, and manage the region’s monsoon vine thickets (MVT). As part of the Kimberley Nature Project (KNP), local rangers employ traditional methods like seasonal burns to allow for revegetation and to reduce the threat of larger bushfires.

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America's sexual education system is broken. Can this chatbot be the solution?

Delia Paunescu

November 17, 2019 |

Vox |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Planned Parenthood and other organizations are developing new ways to deliver sex education to students. While creators recognize their tools aren't comprehensive solutions, they see chatbots, videos, and other sources as supplements to the current school curricula.

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High-tech mapping, apps fight deadly dengue outbreak in Honduras

Anastasia Moloney

November 14, 2019 |

Thomson Reuters Foundation |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Honduras

Mobile phone apps allow NGOs to track public health threats. In Honduras, the medical charity, Medicine Sans Frontiers (MSF) uses GIS technology and mobile phone apps to assist in their efforts against dengue fever outbreaks. Apps allow residents to report outbreaks, which helps the charity apply its efforts where they are most needed. MSF also uses apps to learn about conditions in the communities it serves.

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Safer at sea: The unexpected benefit of traceability for small-scale fishers

Laura Villadiego

November 12, 2019 |

Mongabay |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Philippines, General Santos City

Efforts to reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing also make fishermen safer at sea. Vessel Monitoring Mechanisms (VMM) and electronic catch documentation (eCDT) track the origin of fish headed to market, part of an international effort to ensure sustainable and equitable practices. Data transmission also makes fishermen safer, relaying their locations from hundreds of miles out at sea. In the Philippines, a partnership between Futuristic Aviation and Maritime Enterprise (FAME) and USAID Oceans and Fisheries Partnership helps cover subscription fees for FAME radio transmitter service.

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