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  • As illegal dumping continues in Macon, why aren't people using free resources?

    April 18, 2024 |

    The Macon Newsroom |

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    Response Location: United States, Macon, Georgia

    The Macon-Bibb Solid Waste Department launched three convenience centers throughout the county where residents can dispose of excess hazardous waste like tires, furniture, paint and batteries for free. Although the county still struggles with residents leaving waste at illegal dumping locations, the Department says about 2,000 people use the convenience centers each week.

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  • A South African Soup Kitchen Is Bringing Relief to Caregivers

    April 18, 2024 |

    Global Health Now |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Alexandria

    A community kitchen in Alexandra, South Africa, uses donations from local businesses, individuals, and a food bank to make meals for children who are not getting enough nutrition from government assistance. Local women volunteer to cook the meals and are able to eat and take home leftovers after all the children are fed.

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  • From Blight to Not: A Success Story

    April 18, 2024 |

    The Macon Newsroom |

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    Response Location: United States, Macon, Georgia

    Macon-Bibb County’s Code Enforcement team is working to lessen blighted properties in the community by alerting property owners of issues that need fixing, such as overgrown grass, broken windows and even abandoned properties, with about a 70-75% success rate.

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  • 'We need more shade': US's hottest city turns to trees to cool those most in need

    April 17, 2024 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    In Phoenix, Arizona, a citywide tree-planting initiative is slowly increasing canopy cover to reduce the urban heat island effect in neighborhoods that need it the most. Residents pick between several varieties of desert-adapted trees, which are planted on their property by professional arborists, and take care of them with a provided kit.

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  • The invisible safety net for immigrants

    April 16, 2024 |

    The Christian Century |

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    Response Location: United States, McAllen, Texas

    Latino churches like Iglesia Misionera Cristo Vive are acting as social service hubs for parishioners and members of the community, providing food, shelter, English language classes, trauma recovery and immigration advocacy.

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  • Watanda: This local scheme helped struggling Nigerian Muslims end Ramadan fasting with feasts

    April 16, 2024 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Watanda is a bulk-shopping system that helps ensure low-income families have access to meat during the Eid-al-Fitr celebration following Ramadan. In Watanda groups, members contribute money to a collective fund to purchase cattle that is then split between all the contributors. Amidst the rising cost of cattle, Watanda groups help ensure families have food on the table and can still participate in celebrations.

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  • In Rural Western Uganda, A Tree-Planting Initiative Shows Signs of Life

    April 15, 2024 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    Ecosia, a nonprofit search engine that uses its profits to support tree-planting initiatives, is working with the Jane Goodall Institute Austria to grow 200,000 trees in Uganda. The organizations work with communities to design the projects around their needs and then support locals through the process of growing trees.

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  • What Happens After a Highway Dies

    April 13, 2024 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, New York

    After the highway’s removal in 2014, Rochester’s Inner Loop was transformed into Adventure Place, as part of the new Neighborhood of Play, which reimagined the urban landscape, featuring retail spaces, bike lanes and affordable housing options. Since the highway was filled in, more than $200 million in new investment has been generated. Moreover, several other cities, including New Orleans and Baltimore, are beginning to follow in their footsteps.

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  • Program seeks to get Maldivian women into the swim of things

    April 12, 2024 |

    Nikkei Asia |

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    Response Location: Maldives, Rasdhoo

    Ocean Women is a training program by women, for women that teaches swimming and snorkeling and empowers them to become instructors to teach others. Five women have participated in the program and completed the Scuba Schools International exam to earn their swimming and snorkeling instructor certificates and have taught 19 children and five adults in the community how to swim.

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  • Sala de consumo | Consumption Room

    April 09, 2024 |

    Radio Ambulante |

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    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Mexico, Mexicali, Baja California

    La Sala is a community center that provides harm reduction services to those in need. People can come in to exchange used needles for clean ones and other supplies to make drug use safer. The Center also provides naloxone and testing for HIV and other diseases, all for free. The Center reopened in mid-2019 and has had about 1,900 visits since then.

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