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  • Chanja Datti – the Nigerian plastic waste pioneer

    Ekpali Saint

    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

    Rachel Pfeiffer

    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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  • A tweak to help potatoes withstand late blight disease

    Judd-Leonard Okafor

    June 01, 2023 |

    Daily Trust |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Researchers bioengineered potatoes to resist late blight, a disease that ruins harvests, so farmers in Nigeria can have reliable yields and incomes. The new potatoes were cultivated by combining the potatoes farmers like to grow with wild potatoes that naturally resist mold.

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  • 'Earn while you learn:' Co-op programs gain appeal amid rising cost of living

    Brett Bundale

    June 01, 2023 |

    The Canadian Press |

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    Response Location: Canada, Waterloo, Ontario

    Co-op programs such as those at the University of Waterloo allow students to get paid for hands-on experience in their chosen field while also completing academic coursework. Last year, the university facilitated roughly 25,000 work terms across six academic faculties.

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  • Making churches more welcoming for members with dementia: ‘We don't want them to think they're forgotten'

    Celeste Hamilton Dennis

    June 01, 2023 |

    MindSite News |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Georgia

    The nurse-led nonprofit program Alta helps Black faith communities in Georgia run dementia-friendly congregations. The programming includes things like adapting services to be shorter with more music, educating community members about dementia, and $1,000 for things like resources and events.

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  • Vision of Hope: Free Surgeries Illuminate Lives of Underserved Children in Lagos

    Risikat Ramoni

    June 01, 2023 |

    HealthNews.ng |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Restore Foundation for Child Sight provides free eye care, including eye exams, medications, glasses and surgeries to children in underserved communities. The Foundation hosts outreach events to connect with children in need of care and has helped over 5,000 children so far, distributing 455 pairs of glasses, 1,200 eye drops and about 35 free eye surgeries.

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  • Writing to belong

    Geetanjali Krishna

    June 01, 2023 |

    Asia Democracy Chronicles |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar

    To help preserve important cultural knowledge in the face of genocide, Rohingya Project digitized and designed a font for the Hanifi Rohingya alphabet, which was developed in the 1980s. The script has now been released as a Unicode and is taught to displaced Rohingya around the world in refugee camps, classrooms, Zoom meetings, and WhatsApp groups.

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  • Turning the Tide on Gun Violence

    Evan Cobb

    May 31, 2023 |

    Belt Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Community-based intervention programs such as Cure Violence in Grand Rapids, Mich. focus on strengthening collaboration among different organizations and leveraging outreach workers with existing relationships in the community. Cure Violence's south service area saw an 11.5% decrease in violent crimes after the program was implemented.

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  • Una vivienda para cuidar la salud de personas sin hogar

    María Miret

    May 31, 2023 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain

    Las Viviendas para la recuperación de la salud de Hogar Sí son un proyecto pionero en Europa que ofrece una solución a las personas afectadas por el sinhogarismo mayores de 18 años que tienen problemas de salud o necesitan cuidados paliativos, por un diagnóstico médico o alta hospitalaria.

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  • The TriTown Connector in Great Barrington, Stockbridge and Egremont offers on-demand ride service for everyone

    Aina de Lapparent Alvarez

    May 30, 2023 |

    The Berkshire Eagle |

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    Response Location: United States, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

    The TriTown Connector is a microtransit service providing rides between three rural communities in western Massachusetts, with reduced fares for senior residents. Rides are scheduled in advance by phone and via an app, and the service has completed roughly 350 trips in its first month of operation.

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