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  • How to help reduce elder poverty? Keep Chicago seniors employed

    April 12, 2024 |

    Chicago Sun-Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) provides support to seniors seeking employment, especially those who speak limited English, have a disability, were incarcerated, or are homeless, as they may need extra help. SCSEP has offered over one million low-income seniors part-time work placement and training. Since forming, about half of the one million participants have gone on to find full-time, unsubsidized employment.

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  • Capital Region localities continue efforts to resettle migrants

    April 10, 2024 |

    WAMC Northeast Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Albany, New York

    The Refugee and Immigration Support Services of Emmaus (RISSE) helps migrants who have attained legal work status find jobs after the state eased requirements for asylum seekers looking for work, particularly in the state government. RISSE offers English language classes, immigration assistance and a case management program. In the past year alone, the total number of RISSE participants doubled.

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  • How women are breaking poverty circle using tricycle in Ilorin

    April 10, 2024 |

    Sundiata Post |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara

    In an effort to break the cycle of poverty and combat gender stereotypes and stigma, several women are entering the commercial transportation industry by driving tricycles around the city to offer rides to locals. By working, these women are earning more money for their families, helping to ensure there’s food on the table and that they can afford to send their children to school.

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  • Ugandan Women Team Up To Change 'Men-Only' Real Estate And Construction Industry

    March 19, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Mutindo Women aims to increase representation in the construction and real estate industries by connecting women to networking and job opportunities. Mutindo Women has built over 15 houses across the country since forming in 2019, and has even collaborated on projects with men in the field.

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  • The Perks of Virtual Coworking With Strangers

    March 15, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States

    Remote workers are joining virtual coworking sessions with strangers where they share their goals and work quietly for a set period, a practice known as “body doubling,” as a way to fight procrastination and increase productivity.

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  • Emprendimientos migrantes claves para el desarrollo local

    February 26, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Argentina, Gualeguaychú

    En Gualeguaychú existen varios emprendimientos gastronómicos que están ayudando a solucionar el desempleo y aportando al desarrollo sostenible local.

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  • Mt. Everest is plagued by garbage. These Nepali women are transforming it into crafts

    February 25, 2024 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Tharu community, Nepal, Kathmandu

    A coalition of local businesses in Kathmandu, Nepal, is sorting non-recyclable waste collected from mountaineering activities in the Himalayan mountains. Once it is sorted, skilled Indigenous craftswomen make it into new products, like placemats and jewelry boxes, to earn a living.

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  • Solar States

    February 08, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Philadelphia-based company Solar States offers a paid training opportunity for city residents to learn to install solar panels and earn the necessary credentials to help them start careers in the industry. The company’s newest program, Find Your Ladder, is a training opportunity for people who have been through the criminal justice system.

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  • In Oregon, a youth program prepares vulnerable landowners for wildfires

    February 07, 2024 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

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    Response Location: United States, Dexter, Oregon

    Oregon’s Community Wildfire Protection Corps pays young adults to remove overgrown brush to make fire-safe buffers around the homes of people who are older, disabled, or without financial means. At the same time, the youth who participate receive training for careers in wildland firefighting.

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  • Breaking barriers, building businesses: Inside the Kano program empowering marginalized youth

    January 29, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    The GIRL-H program provides skill training and business assistance to youth from marginalized communities. Participants receive education and training in an area of their choosing and once they complete the training, they receive start-up capital to help them start their own businesses. The program has helped over 6,000 youth learn a new skill and start an entrepreneurial venture.

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