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  • Sundarbans Adopts 'Rooftop Farming' to Thrive Amid Cyclone Challenges

    August 05, 2024 |

    News Sense |

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    Response Location: India

    Farmers living near the coast in India are turning to rooftop farming as cyclones lead to flooding that makes agricultural fields unusable. The Association for Social and Humanitarian Action taught local women how to grow food in tubs or sacks with compost, and those farmers trained others.

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  • The indigenous community protecting Himalayan sacred cattle in India

    July 27, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Arunachal Pradesh

    The Indigenous Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, India, builds “living fences” by attaching barbed wire to the trunks of orchid trees to protect the mithun they are rearing, a sacred species of cattle listed as vulnerable by the International Union For Conservation of Nature. Many of the mithuns died from conflict with humans and animal attacks when they were left to free-range graze.

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  • Crowdfunding amid blackout saves Kwara residents from losses

    July 06, 2024 |

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Surulere-Alabi, Kwara

    When the transformer that supplied an entire community’s power collapsed, and the government and power companies weren’t acting to solve the problem, local residents joined forces to crowdfund for a new transformer, helping to ensure the lights stay on and community members can continue to work and carry out their daily activities.

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  • The little-known but successful model for protecting human and labor rights

    July 05, 2024 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Immokalee, Florida

    The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) formed the first worker-driven social responsibility program in 1993, and since then they’ve advocated across industries for corporate social responsibility and preventing worker exploitation. The CIW also created the Fair Food Program which has helped add more than $45 million to farm workers’ paychecks.

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  • Safety Training Gives Ugandan Women Chance At Motorcycle Taxi Jobs

    June 27, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Women Rising for Africa is training women to become boda boda taxi drivers, teaching them the necessary skills to enter the male-dominated industry and gain financial independence. The organization enrolls the women in defensive riding, road safety, self-defence, financial literacy and first-aid classes to equip them when entering the business. Since 2022, the group has trained 90 women riders.

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  • The best plan to help refugees might also be the simplest

    June 23, 2024 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

    The nonprofit GiveDirectly provides refugees with cash to help them sustain themselves, focusing on those living in cities, as they’re less likely to receive the same assistance as humanitarian camps do. Nearly 1,200 people were given $925 to spend however they wanted — some opening bank accounts, others starting businesses — and reported they were able to nearly double their monthly income and after six months, 88% of recipients were earning more money than ever before.

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  • An experiment doled out money to homeless people in Denver, no strings attached. Here's what happened.  

    June 19, 2024 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The Denver Basic Income Project provided people experiencing homelessness with no-strings-attached monthly stipends that they could spend however they’d like. At the end of the pilot, twice as many participants were in stable housing, more of them were working full time, and the nights that participants spent in shelters decreased by half.

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  • Denver Basic Income Project shares results after one year of cash payments to homeless Denverites

    June 18, 2024 |

    The Denver Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The Denver Basic Income Project has provided more than $9.4 million in no-strings-attached payments to over 800 people experiencing homelessness. The nonprofit gives participants monthly stipends that they can spend however they see fit. As a result, more participants are finding housing, building financial stability, and finding stable employment.

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  • Haitian families displaced by gang violence sustain effects with more than just solidarity 

    June 17, 2024 |

    Haitian Times |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

    More than 300 families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, came together in a closed public school to support each other with practical assistance. From sharing daily tasks to security and safety to splitting resources and food, they built a self-governing system through mutual aid and healthy social relationships.

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  • A small rural town needed more Spanish-language child care. Here's what it took.

    June 15, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Lexington, Nebraska

    In partnership with other local organizations and advocacy groups, Communities for Kids trains providers to offer Spanish-language childcare, as the state lacks sufficient access to culturally responsive, bilingual care. The training is free and has already licensed several individuals who now run their own Spanish-speaking childcare centers.

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