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Farmers in rural Zimbabwe use a mobile financial management service application tool to monitor their business profits

Lungelo Ndhlovu

February 02, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Zimbabwe

Biztrack is a mobile financial management application that helps farmers keep track of their business information and finances with ease. It records information on deals, sales, and general performance and has since been downloaded by more than 47 area farmers. The app also allows farmers to store the data in a safe, easily accessible place, as opposed to traditional bookkeeping.

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The community weathermen of Kisumu County

Duncan Lukoye David Owino

February 02, 2023 |

DIRAJ |

Documentary |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

To combat a lack of early warning weather systems in Western Kenya, the government-led Downscaling Climate Information program brings together technical officers to interpret the forecast and provide recommendations every season. That information is distributed to community volunteers who share the forecast with locals in as many ways as possible.

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Job perspectives in prison

Christian Block Lex Kleren

February 01, 2023 |

Lëtzebuerger Journal |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Luxembourg

The non-profit défi-job offers incarcerated people with permission to leave the semi-open prison for their working hours employment contracts to create new, more fulfilling job opportunities, as well as necessary skills training. The group also accompanies people during their job search to help them find permanent forms of employment. Data has shown that at the end of the contract, 90% of employees have found work in the first or second labor market.

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Avivo Village shines as solution for unsheltered homelessness in Minneapolis

Grace Birnstengel

February 01, 2023 |

MPR News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Avivo Village provides shelter for those experiencing homelessness and assists them in securing their own permanent housing. Avivo Village is specifically for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness and offers a safer option than staying in encampments. As of December, Avivo Village helped 119 secure housing and every time a person moves out, the Village moves in someone else from an encampment.

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Adapting Corn for Tortillas—and New Markets—in the Pacific Northwest

Nhatt Nichols

February 01, 2023 |

Civil Eats |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Chimacum, Washington

The Organic Seed Alliance is running corn seed trials to find a variety that can grow in the Pacific Northwest’s short growing season to improve local farmers’ climate crisis resiliency.

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Justice for Free: How Nigerian Lawyers Are Using Tech to Address Societal Injustice

Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

February 01, 2023 |

Legit.ng |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

Headfort, a nonprofit in Nigeria, is helping residents serving jail time while awaiting trial who cannot afford lawyers by representing them in court for free. The organization tries to be as accessible as possible by searching for people in need, being active on social media, and communicating through a smartphone app for legal advice.

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Meet the doctor who is trying to change the perception of vasectomies

Chloe Nordquist

February 01, 2023 |

KGTV-TV |

Multi-Media |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Iowa

The SimpleVas Vasectomy Clinic is a mobile clinic that travels around to provide easy access to vasectomies by simplifying the entire process. The mobile clinic travels nearly 600 miles around the state every month and has even traveled out to New York City to spread awareness. Through raising awareness of the procedure, the doctor in charge of the clinic now performs about 600 to 700 vasectomies a year.

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Got milk? Indian camel herders cash in with solar-powered coolers

Moushumi Basu

January 31, 2023 |

Context |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Jaisalmer

In partnership with local communities, a non-government organization’s solar-powered instant milk chillers are refrigerating locals' camel milk to keep it from spoiling in the extreme temperatures of India’s Thar Desert. The refrigeration systems store up to 1,500 liters of milk and are helping to increase household incomes.

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Bronx Residents Got Rid of Their Gas Stoves. Their Air Quality Improved.

Samantha Maldonado

January 31, 2023 |

The City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

A pilot program in New York City improved public housing residents’ air quality by swapping their gas stoves with electric induction stoves.

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Rehabilitation of Yatta Canal Helping increase access to water downstream

Damaris Kyallo

January 31, 2023 |

90.3 County FM |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Kukarabatiwa kwa mtaro wa maji wa Yatta na serikali ambao uko na ukubwa wa kilomita 50 umeongeza uwezo wa upatikanaji wa maji kwa wakazi wa Yatta kaunti ya Machakos.Maji hutoka mto Thika kaunti jirani ya Kiambu,kisha kutiririka kupitia mtaro huo hadi kaunti ya Machakos. Mtaro huo umekarabatiwa kwa kujengewa kuta kandokando kwa kutumia saruji ili kuzuia kuziba kwa mtaro huo.

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