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  • From Cocaine To Cacao: One Man's Mission To Save Colombia's Farmers Through Chocolate

    December 19, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Quibdó, Chocó Department

    One man's chocolate company in Bogotá is aiming to change the lives of farmers in the Chocó department of Colombia. Concerned about the rise in the country's coca production (used to make cocaine), the company helps farmers transition from the coca to cacao production by teaching them the necessary skills to succeed.

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  • ‘Light for everyone': Indigenous youth mount a solar-powered resistance

    December 10, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Cuetzalán, Puebla

    Tosepan Titataniske, an indigenous cooperative in Mexico's Sierra Norte mountains, emphasizes local control at the heart of solar programs. Over the last four decades, the organization has incorporated 410 community-level cooperatives that serve some 60,000 members, training people to install solar and establishing agricultural cooperatives. With organization, indigenous communities have been able to fight inequitable development projects and make significant gains.

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  • For One Rural Community, Fighting Addiction Started With Recruiting The Right Doctor

    December 09, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Madison

    Rural communities need more than medication to deal with the opioid crisis; in one rural region of northern Wisconsin, a specialist doctor is able to prescribe Suboxone, but the programs he advocates for take a more comprehensive approach to addiction services. The initiative includes group sessions and one-on-one support to help rural residents get the care they need.

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  • For Ugandan villagers, tradition and tourism help keep the peace with gorillas

    December 05, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

    In Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, where 54 percent of the world's mountain gorillas reside, NGOs and locals are combining efforts to stem human-gorilla conflict. By funneling tourism dollars into community development projects, conflict resolution, and disease control, conservation goals and development goals are starting to align.

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  • Teacher leaders improve learning, attract teachers to underserved districts

    November 29, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Edgecombe, North Carolina

    A school district in North Carolina is at the cutting edge of a new teaching model - to multiply the impact of the most effective teachers and draw them to underserved districts, schools are paying these teachers more to coach their colleagues in addition to continuing to teach their own classrooms. So far, 50,000 students across the country are learning under the "teacher-leader" model.

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  • Is clean energy funding from the UN's Green Climate Fund and other sources going where it's needed most?

    November 29, 2018 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Zambia

    The UN's Green Climate Fund is a mechanism through which money for climate adaptation and mitigation is distributed globally. But funding for renewable energy goes overwhelmingly to wealthier nations. Without more funding, it's unlikely that poorer, less developed countries can meet their 2015 Paris Climate Accord goals.

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  • Fertilize by drone, till by text: Making tech work for Africa's farmers

    November 16, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Ghana

    High tech innovations are making agriculture more productive while creating skilled jobs. In Ghana, tech startups like Acquah Aviation and TROTRO Tractor offer technology-sharing services to farmers. With urbanization leading to a loss in farm-labor supply across sub-Saharan Africa, the drones and tractors help to boost productivity through mechanization, while supportive infrastructure for these services offers opportunities for high skill employment.

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  • Agroforestry saves soil and boosts livelihoods in Tajikistan

    November 13, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Tajikistan, Faizobod

    To restore degraded lands in Tajikistan, farmers are turning to agroforestry, a traditional cropping method that more closely mimics natural systems. An estimated 45 gigatons of carbon is sequestered by agroforestry systems globally. Add that to the benefits of reforestation, erosion control, and the return of wildlife habitat.

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  • They started as an experiment in rural areas. Now, mobile preschools are rolling into metro Denver.

    November 12, 2018 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Gus the Bus, Magic Bus, El Busesito, and other traveling classrooms are working to fill the persistent preschool gap in Colorado's childcare deserts. Most days the mobile preschools park near apartment complexes or mobile home parks and offer instruction to neighborhood children. In the coming years, providers hope to be able to use the same quality ratings as stationary schools and expand from rural areas into Denver and other urban centers throughout the state.

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  • These ChatBots Help Zimbabweans Find Fuel During a Shortage

    November 07, 2018 |

    New York Magazine |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe

    Hashtags and chat apps can notify users when items of vital necessity become available during times of severe shortage. Despite the Zimbabwean government’s pushback against social media, Zimbabweans are turning to platforms like Twitter and WhatsApp to share information about gas availability amid a severe nationwide shortage. Automated chat bots and hashtags used on Facebook and Twitter deliver real-time information to people across the country about fuel deliveries and queue lengths, helping to circumvent group size restriction in chat apps.

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