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How to get rewards for your rubbish

Harriet Noble

August 13, 2018 |

BBC |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

Waste has value, says Bilikiss Abiola, founder of Wecyclers. Her team travels through the slums in Lagos on bicycles, paying families cash in exchange for their recyclable trash. The business has made the city cleaner and created at least 80 jobs.

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Nepali women's bid to use international carbon money to rejuvenate land, water and economy

Abhaya Raj Joshi

July 29, 2018 |

OnlineKhabar |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nepal, Rantapur

As big cities attract the able-bodied residents of rural areas in Nepal, a new initiative provides a chance to stay and earn an income by planting and caring for trees as part of a carbon offset program. It started as part of a program that would allow Europeans to pay off the cost of their monthly carbon emissions through tree planting in Nepal. An added benefit is preventing soil erosion, but it remains to be seen if there is an effective way to scale the program.

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Can 'Work Colleges' in Cities Become a Low-Cost, High-Value Model for the Future?

Delece Smith-Barrow

July 26, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

Dallas' Paul Quinn College is changing the dated perception of work colleges. At the first urban and historically black work college, students are graded on both academic and workforce performance. In the next few years, Paul Quinn hopes to expand its model into a national network of schools, with the goal of introducing students to corporate connections and offering an alternative to overwhelming student debt.

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Fanned with love

Mark Anthony D. Toldo

July 15, 2018 |

Philippine Daily Inquirer |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Philippines, Parañaque City

What started as a form of therapy turned into a business venture for this group of moms. The aim was to “empower mothers through art” and now they are selling their pieces for a profit.

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Wireless in Gaza: the whizz-kids making code not war

Oliver Holmes Hazem Balousha

July 05, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Palestine, Gaza City

A coding academy in Gaza in the Occupied Territories trains young people computer skills and how to think like entrepreneurs, in a quest to offer alternative futures beyond endless conflict. With support from international funders and nonprofits, the academy is on its fourth cohort and graduates are receiving business from international clients. It's a way to develop paying jobs and industry in a place where it's very difficult to do business as usual.

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A unique nature insurance policy aims to preserve Mexico's Great Mayan Reef

Shay Meinecke

June 29, 2018 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Cancún

Coral reefs can dramatically reduce the power of a wave's energy, making the impact of severe storms (such as hurricanes) less devastating. In order for this to work, however, the coral reefs have to be healthy. In Mexico, the government and The Nature Conservancy have collaborated with a reinsurance firm, reef engineers and oceanographers to figure out how to create an insurance plan that uses tourism dollars to guarantee reefs will restored should they be harmed.

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Inside the New Zealand kitchen empowering women refugees

Rina Diane Caballar

June 27, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: New Zealand, Wellington

Pomegranate Kitchen in Wellington, New Zealand employees refugee women from around the world. The kitchen, which operates collaboratively rather than in a hierarchy, encourages these chefs to grow their cooking and managerial strengths as well as overcome cultural boundaries in order to become financially independent.

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For refugees to find jobs, they need more than just language lessons

Fergus Peace

June 26, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Australia

Targeted outreach can encourage employers to hire refugees. Australia’s Refugee Talent provides one-on-one interview coaching for refugees and an online job platform for employers, helping both groups overcome cultural barriers and information gaps.

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Where Autistic Workers Thrive

Dinah Eng

June 24, 2018 |

Fortune |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States

Fortune 500 companies are learning to be flexible with hiring processes and recruitment to ensure that people on the autism spectrum are being accommodated. Workers with autism are incredibly productive -- at JPMorgan Chase, they "achieve, on average, 48% to 140% more work than their typical colleagues -- but there is a need for flexibility and understanding to cultivate their talent.

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In Italy, how one cooperative is trying to counter the Mafia's influence

Sara Manisera

June 20, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Italy, Sessa Aurunca

A cooperative in Italy has repurposed land once owned by the Mafia to produce pasta and organic vegetables, and its employees are using this land to reclaim their lives. Beyond the Dreams’ provides meaningful work for former prisoners, mental patients, and addicts, who cultivate these agricultural products. The revitalization of the ruined land and employment opportunities deliver symbolic blows to organized crime.

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