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The Great Wall of Surajpura

Roli Srivastava

March 29, 2024 |

The Migration Story |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Surajpura

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) is a job program that employs locals to work on climate resilience projects like building water security infrastructure to support local farms and communities. In the past year, with the help of the work from MGNREGA, local farms have come back to life, wells have been replenished and migratory birds have begun returning to the area.

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He's Got a Plan for Cities That Flood: Stop Fighting the Water

Richard Schiffman

March 28, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: China

Cities in China are moving away from using traditional water managment approaches, like drainage pipes and flood walls. Instead, they are becoming “sponge cities” by installiing green infrastructure designed to absob excess water, like green roofs and ponds.

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Young Ugandans With Special Needs Lead The Making of Inclusive Communities

Rhonet Atwiine

March 27, 2024 |

Solutions Now Africa |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Namasuba

The Unique Abilities Foundation Africa empowers people with disabilities by hosting beauty pageants. Participants are connected to a fellowship opportunity focused on cultural identity, addressing stigma, boosting self-confidence, and developing leadership skills. They then take what they learn back to their communities to continue destigmatizing the way people with disabilities are viewed.

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Despite Russian attacks, Ukrainians are determined to send their children to school

Nick Connolly

March 27, 2024 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Ukraine, Kharkiv

To ensure children can safely attend school during the war, schools are building classrooms in underground metro stations. Over 2,000 students currently attend school in one of the five metro station classrooms built so far.

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Booted From the Army, He Spiraled. Now He Works to Solve the Veteran Homelessness Crisis

Anne Marshall-Chalmers

March 25, 2024 |

The War Horse |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Various efforts to reduce veteran homelessness have worked together over the years to cut the number of unhoused veterans almost in half since 2019. One such effort is the VA Housing First model, which prioritizes finding permanent, supportive housing without conditions like sobriety. In 2023 alone, the VA placed more than 46,500 veterans into permanent housing.

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In Denver, e-bike vouchers run out as fast as Taylor Swift tickets

Gabriela Aoun Angueira

March 22, 2024 |

Grist |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The city of Denver, Colorado, is encouraging its residents to reduce their transportation emissions with an incredibly popular e-bike rebate program. Several times a year, the city offers a set amount of income-based vouchers on a first-come, first-served basis that cover up to $1,400 of an e-bike purchase.

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How UNC Charlotte's student support organizations help international students with off-campus housing challenges

Sunnya Hadavi, AJ Siegel

March 19, 2024 |

Niner Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

The Triveni Indian Student Association helps international students secure housing off-campus by bridging the gap and representing the students with landlords in-person, before the international students arrive for school year. During the fall semester, the Triveni Indian Student Association helped about 600 new international students, and about 100 new students during the spring semester.

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India: Back to the future

Julia Lauter

March 19, 2024 |

brand eins |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: India, Bangalore

The city of Bangalore is combining traditional well-building practices with modern wastewater treatment technology to address the local water crisis. By getting the community involved, they’ve bolstered forgotten wells, integrated advanced filtration systems and made significant progress towards a more sustainable future. One community alone has revitalized 200,000 manholes over the course of eight years.

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What If Finding Affordable Housing Worked More Like Matchmaking?

Michaela Haas

March 18, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Brilliant Corners helps vulnerable, low-income individuals secure housing by working with other local organizations, including the Flexible Housing Subsidy Poll, which helps match people with suitable housing options. Brilliant Corners has helped about 13,000 people get into permanent housing and can cover over $10 million in rent subsidies every month.

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How Does Paris Stay Paris? By Pouring Billions Into Public Housing

Thomas Fuller

March 17, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: France, Paris

Despite soaring housing costs, the city government in Paris aims to achieve mixité sociale. That essentially means it's preventing economic segregation to ensure residents from a broad cross-section of society reside in the city and own businesses there. It’s doing so by nabbing real estate to create public housing and providing real estate subsidiaries for small businesses.

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