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How Women Radio Centre is Fanning the Flames of Female Investigative Journalists in Nigeria

Blessing Oladunjoye

January 08, 2024 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

The Women Radio Centre (WRC) works to empower the next generation of female investigative journalists, training them on reporting tactics to prevent gender disparities and promote reporting on women’s rights, as women are often underrepresented in investigative journalism. WRC also aims to equip young, female journalists with adequate training and connect them with job, networking and story opportunities. In WRC’s second year, 40 journalists have been trained and completed the program.

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California Program Trains Undocumented Residents to Become Therapists and Serve Those in the Shadows

Celeste Hamilton Dennis

December 28, 2023 |

MindSite News |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

Immigrants Rising’s Mental Health Career Program helps undocumented state residents get into college and start careers as therapists and doctors. The Program’s goal is to increase the number of available undocumented therapists by making education easily accessible, thus creating more professionals who can better relate to other members of their community and provide more effective care.

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Development for Good: Crowdfunding Community Development

Courtney Duchene

November 27, 2023 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Investment groups and developers Voyage Investments and Shift Capital are working to raise funds to transform abandoned buildings into useful spaces that benefit the community, like a new high school or studio space for local entrepreneurs. These projects have brought upwards of 500 jobs to locals and help keep the community involved in the city’s development by allowing them to make small investments in upcoming projects.

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Female Rangers ‘Don't Go All Alpha Like the Men' to Protect a Forest

Muktita Suhartono

November 27, 2023 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Indonesia, Damaran Baru

A team of rangers primarily made up of women is protecting 620 acres of forest around their village in Damaran Baru, Indonesia. The rangers' main priority is having conversations with squatters to prevent them from clearing the trees to use the soil, but they also provide important ecological information to researchers and act as environmental stewards.

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Kashmir: Female coppersmiths excel at male-dominated trade

Mohammad Abu Bakar

November 22, 2023 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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Response Location: India, Kashmir

Despite it being a historically male-dominated field, women in Kashmir are learning copper smithing to become both socially and financially independent. Women who have mastered the skill then teach it to others, allowing more and more women to not only learn a valuable skill, but to secure income to support themselves.

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B.C. group offers model for national climate corps

Stefan Labbé

November 20, 2023 |

Times Colonist |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

An independent group in British Columbia is engaging young people with climate change adaptation and mitigation through its Youth Climate Corps programming. The programs work on projects specific to community needs, like green infrastructure installation, and prepare the participants for related careers.

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Trash is a lifeline for 'los cartoneros,' Argentina's army of recyclers

Philippe Bernes-Lasserre, Nina Negrón

October 20, 2023 |

Buenos Aires Times |

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Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

People across Argentina are earning an income during a severe economic crisis by joining recycling cooperatives. Members collect recyclables off the street and are paid by the co-ops by material and weight.

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The slow recovery of millennial-old salt marshes in Spain

Helena Rodríguez

October 19, 2023 |

Ereb |

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Response Location: Spain, Bay of Cádiz

In Spain's Bay of Cádiz, locals have spent years collaborating with universities, scientists, and government entities to restore their bay's traditional salt marshes. The results? A revived economic sector, a community adapted to rising sea levels, and protected migratory birds.

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Cómo se ha consolidado el modelo de reciclaje inclusivo de Buenos Aires

Florencia Tuchin

October 16, 2023 |

Revista Haz |

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Response Location: Argentina, Buenos Aires

Despues de años de colaboración entre funcionarios y comunidades, la Ciudad de Buenos Aires logró consolidar un modelo de reciclaje inclusivo, con un sistema de doce cooperativas que engloban a más de 6.500 personas, que gestionan diariamente 7.200 toneladas de residuos.

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For People in Prison, Career Training Begins in a Virtual World

Ryan M. Moser

October 09, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

Transfr is a tech company that provides free virtual reality job training and education to help facilitate employment opportunities. Transfr specifically focuses on providing these opportunities for disadvantaged people in places like domestic violence shelters, mental health clinics, juvenile detention centers and state correctional institutions where access to skill-building and further education is often hard to access. So far Transfr has 30 partnerships across 18 states.

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