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Entrepreneurship Fund Boosting Livelihoods of Rwandan Youths

Umutoni Beatha

November 07, 2022 |

The Bridge Magazine |

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Response Location: Rwanda

The Toolkit program run by the Business Development Fund in Rwanda is helping young entrepreneurs fund their startups. Once a candidate applies for and receives funding by pitching their business idea, they receive a grant for half the cost and a loan for the other half. Loan repayment begins with no interest after a three-month grace period.

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How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming

Anatoly Kurmanaev

November 07, 2022 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Belize

The Nature Conservancy made a deal with Belize to lend the country over $350 million to pay off its international debts. In return, Belize agreed to use some of the money it would have spent repaying those debts each year to protect its endangered marine resources like coral reefs.

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Are prizes the best solution for climate change?

Neal Razzell Graihagh Jackson

October 16, 2022 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

Innovation prizes funded by people like Elon Musk and Prince William spark innovation and investment to solve the world's biggest problems.

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Hurricane Ian Destroyed Their Homes. Algorithms Sent Them Money

Chris Stokel-Walker

October 10, 2022 |

Wired |

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Response Location: United States, Florida

A partnership between GiveDirectly and Google.org used artificial intelligence to identify Florida neighborhoods most in need of disaster relief after Hurricane Ian. It then sent them a smart phone notification to accept $700 cash assistance with no strings attached.

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New data shows success of Durham's guaranteed income program

Sarah Krueger

October 06, 2022 |

WRAL-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

Step Up Durham’s Guaranteed Basic Income Program gives 109 people who were formerly incarcerated $600 a month, no questions asked. The purpose of the monthly payments is to help people who may need extra assistance to meet their basic needs.

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For More Than 20 Guaranteed Income Projects, the Data Is In

Sarah Holder

September 28, 2022 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: United States

Guaranteed basic income programs, which gained prevalence during the pandemic, have helped people make ends need and purchase necessities during times of need. The hope is to break down stigmas around welfare, dispel misconceptions, and ultimately produce data that compels national policy change.

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For India's COVID orphans, fix the money worries as well as the trauma

Aliya Bashir

September 27, 2022 |

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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Response Location: India, Uttar Pradesh

The Cash + Trauma-informed Psychosocial Support program provides mental health resources and financial support to children who lost their parents due to COVID-19. The program has trained more than 130 social workers to improve access to counseling services and spread awareness of the resources available to those in need. Since forming, more than 13,000 children have been helped through the program.

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Europe's Green-Building Retrofit Leader Is One of Its Smallest Countries

Kriston Capps

September 21, 2022 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: Lithuania

In Lithuania, building owners looking to retrofit to improve energy use, reduce heating costs, and lower carbon emissions, can make use of a lending approach that pairs grants and loans. The grants are intended to offset the expense of the loan and can act as a first-loss guarantee for investors.

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Money Growing on Trees

Melanie Lenart

September 20, 2022 |

Native Science Report |

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Response Location: Keweenaw Bay Bands of Lake Superior Chippewa, United States, Michigan

The National Indian Carbon Coalition is helping tribes across the United States use the voluntary carbon market to earn revenue from their sustainable forest management and the carbon dioxide it traps. The coalition helps tribes with the preparation and contract work to set up carbon sales and gets paid back once the revenue comes in.

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How "Adashe" is transforming lives of IDPs in FCT

Hamza Alkali

September 18, 2022 |

Radio Nigeria |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory

Using grant funding from the Stand With a Girl Initiative, a group of women in a camp for Nigerians who have been internally displaced created Adashe, a collective savings program that helps families in times of need. Participants contribute regular payments toward the fund, which rotates to benefit each of the participants with lump-sum payments that can be paid back without fees or interest.

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