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  • New sanitation system tested in Arctic village of Kivalina

    September 07, 2015 |

    Anchorage Daily News |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Kivalina, Alaska

    Lack of access to sanitary bathrooms in the village of Kivalina, Alaska led to the implementation of a novel, home-based water sanitation system, currently being tested for effectiveness. The hope is that it proves to be a solution for areas all over the state with lack of access to clean water systems.

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  • Zanzibar's 'Solar Mamas' flip the switch on rural homes, gender roles

    June 05, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Tanzania, Matemwe, Zanzibar

    In Zanzibar, hundreds of households too poor and remote to have access to the electrical grid are getting low cost solar power for the first time, from a group of local female engineers trained by and Indian NGO. It's the first of several "solar mamas" projects planned for parts of rural Africa, and it's turning some traditional gender roles on their head.

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  • How one rural Alabama hospital bucked the trend and will reopen its labor & delivery

    May 27, 2015 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Alabama

    Rural areas are seeing the shut down of medical services such as Labor & Delivery units, making it harder for expectant mothers to receive proper care. Dr. Waits in Bibb County is opening a Labor & delivery unit through critical funding, and using the unit for more than just obstetrics.

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  • MIT Group Used Solar Energy To Make Salty Water Drinkable In Off-Grid Areas

    May 14, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: India, Jalgaon

    MIT engineers created a cost-efficient solution to the lack of potable water in rural India. They built a solar-powered desalination model, which won the Desal Prize at the "Securing Water for Food" challenge.

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  • Myanmar's Smart Farmers & Saving Mozambique's Forests

    May 13, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon, Yangon Region

    The effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and hotter global temperatures, are already having drastic impact on many communities, especially the rural, agricultural regions of countries such as Myanmar (formerly Burma) and Mozambique. Earthrise explores how people in these communities are learning new skills, implementing new techniques, and are striving in every way possible to adapt to these environmental changes while creating hope for sustainable growth in the future.

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  • Indian authorities are out in force to enforce use of toilets

    March 31, 2015 |

    Global Post |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi, Delhi

    The Indian government is attempting to stop the way in which people openly defecate in public by providing households with toilets. The real key is education about hygiene so the people understand why proper toilets are necessary to clean drinking water and public health.

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  • Better Together

    February 05, 2015 |

    New Orleans Public Radio (WWNO) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

    Louisiana and Vietnam both need affordable solutions to rising sea levels. Leaders from Vietnam visited Louisiana to compare ideas.

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  • When Life Gives You Saltwater, Make Shrimp Ponds

    February 03, 2015 |

    New Orleans Public Radio (WWNO) |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Vietnam, Lang Tram

    When the Vietnamese government built a gate in the 1990s to block saltwater from entering a key canal, they hoped it would lead to flourishing, year-round rice crops. Without community buy-in and engagement, the government didn’t have a clear understanding of the needs of local residents. By the time the gate was built, farmers had turned their fields into saltwater ponds to farm shrimp, demonstrating the need for ground-up solutions and deep community listening.

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  • When Life Gives You Rainwater, Make Shrimp Ponds

    January 29, 2015 |

    New Orleans Public Radio (WWNO) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

    Farmers in Vietnam face rising sea levels but rejected the city's water engineering projects. They prefer gradual measures to cope with climate change so scientists have allowed the farmers to steer the conversation.

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  • In Bangladesh, 'Floating Farms' Overcome Monsoon Rains

    November 21, 2014 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    During rain seasons in Bangladesh, rivers flooded villages and their agriculture so that local economies and food supplies were in jeopardy. A Bangladeshi non-profit Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha introduced small floating farms designed to be run by women. Consequently, the organization has initiated 40 floating farms that serve 300 rural women and save local agriculture.

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