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  • Moved by Experience: PWD-led Initiative is Building Safe Space for Persons with Disabilities in Borno 

    June 28, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri

    Via educational workshops, the provision of mobility devices, and entrepreneurial support, a Polio-survivor-led initiative in Nigeria is reducing stigmas about disabilities and helping eradicate polio diseases. Since 2017, the crowd-funded group has assisted more than 200 people with disabilities and reduced the number of folks who have to ask for alms on the streets.

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  • In the land of honey and nuts: Indigenous solutions to save Brazil's Cerrado

    June 27, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Brazil, Mato Grosso

    The Resilient Cerrado Project funds Indigenous-community-led economic projects in Brazil’s Cerrado region. Projects like the Terena people’s beehive installation and beekeeper training help to protect the region’s biodiversity, cultural diversity, and improve community members’ welfare.

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  • Klean Kensington pays teens to clean and green their own blocks

    June 07, 2023 |

    Kensington Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Klean Kensington pays teenagers $15 an hour to clean lots in the Philadephia neighborhood and prevents them from turning to dealing drugs to make money.

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  • What Happens to Locals' Jobs When an Abandoned Coal Mine Becomes a Tourist Spot?

    June 04, 2023 |

    The Wire |

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    Response Location: India, Bishrampur, Chhattisgarh

    An abandoned, flooded mine in Bishrampur, India, is now an eco-tourism site where visitors can take a boat ride to a floating restaurant and locals breed fish. The new facilities offer employment for some of the residents who were left out of work when the mine closed.

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  • Chanja Datti – the Nigerian plastic waste pioneer

    June 02, 2023 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Chanja Datti, a social enterprise in Nigeria, turns recyclables into commercially viable products to sell for manufacturing, like pellets and bales. The company collects waste from various organizations and pays locals who collect trash and turn it in.

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  • What Happens When Christians and Muslims Translate Scripture Side by Side

    June 02, 2023 |

    Christianity Today |

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    Response Location: Chad

    A Bible translation ministry, unfoldingWord, worked with the Church Growth Project of Chad to translate the Bible into 10 minority languages. The organizations held workshops to train those who speak the language that were interested in getting paid to translate the work, the majority of whom were Muslim, and worked in teams to do so.

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  • Ambikapur's women-led waste management system also generates revenue for the city

    May 30, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: India, Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh

    Ambikapur, India, created a decentralized waste management system that allowed it to become a zero-landfill community while creating local jobs and earning revenue. Waste is collected from households, sorted into recyclable categories and compost, and then purchased by companies that will use it to create new goods.

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  • For some students, certificate programs offer a speedy path to a job

    May 25, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Delaware

    Community colleges such as Delaware Technical Community College and Lorain County Community College offer short-term certificate programs that are more accessible to adult learners and students with families. In 2022, the Delaware college awarded roughly 4,500 certificates and credentials.

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  • "Only 20 out of 50 people managed to get a job": what is wrong with work for deaf Ukrainians, and what are the solutions

    May 05, 2023 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    Response Location: Ukraine

    The Ukrainian Society of the Deaf offers employment opportunities and workplace support for people with hearing impairments, which has become especially important for people displaced by the war. The society's help extends throughout the job-hunting process, from helping people retrieve documents necessary for job applications to attending interviews with them to interpret and communicate with potential employers.

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  • Up-Close Ecotourism Is Nurturing Gray Whales in Mexico

    May 01, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Baja Sur

    A fishing cooperative at the San Ignacio Lagoon protects gray whales that use the lagoon as a nursery by not fishing at that time of the year. Instead, their income comes from ecotourism which brings people close to the whales during that season.

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