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Community-Led School Brings Education and Hope to Rural Uganda

Bulmun Dakwal

October 21, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Uganda, Kasasa

Tat Sat Kasasa Secondary School (TaSKA) is making education more accessible, affordable and inclusive for youth in rural communities, particularly young girls. As of March, TaSKA serves 120 students, 64 of which are girls. Along with education, the school also provides meals, medical care, extracurriculars and access to financial services to create a holistic educational experience.

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How music therapy is quietly — and sometimes loudly — fighting the teen mental health crisis

Julie Riddle

October 21, 2024 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Music therapy is helping teens identify, verbalize and cope with their emotions, and is emerging as a solution to bridge the gap in the national shortage of adolescent mental health professionals. Michigan State University alone has credentialed more than 9,000 music therapists since the degree program emerged in 1944. Studies show that when used in conjunction with medical treatement and traditional talk therapy, music therapy can improve health outcomes and reduce levels of depression and anxiety.

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The Futures of Right Whales and Lobstermen Are Entangled. Could High-Tech Gear Help Save Them Both?

Kiley Price

October 20, 2024 |

Inside Climate News |

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Response Location: United States, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Lobster is a crucial economic resource in New England, but entanglements with the fishing line from lobster traps are a major cause of death for endangered North Atlantic right whales. Scientists and lobstermen are testing ropeless, on-demand gear that minimizes the risk for whales and allows fishing to continue in areas that would otherwise be closed for months as the whales pass through.

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Under an L.A. Freeway, a Psychiatric Rescue Mission

Ellen Barry

October 20, 2024 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles County’s Homeless Outreach & Mobile Engagement (HOME) program uses street psychiatry to get psychiatric medication to people experiencing homelessness in an effort to get them a step closer to housing. The HOME team has 223 full-time staff members and served 1,919 people last year, 22% of whom ended the year housed.

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Fatal overdoses often happen when users are alone. Hotlines, sensors can save lives.

Elana Gordon, David Ovalle

October 19, 2024 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: United States

Technology like chatbots, motion detectors and hotlines are helping prevent overdose deaths, which typically happen when people use alone. The Never Use Alone hotline which was started in 2019 by volunteers with experience using drugs or who have lost someone to an overdose. Since starting, they have received more than 45,000 calls and have called emergency responders about 200 times.

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Hurricane Helene underscores need for more solar-battery microgrids

Jeff St. John

October 18, 2024 |

Canary Media |

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Response Location: United States, Hot Springs, North Carolina

A small community in the mountains of North Carolina, Hot Springs, relied on a solar-powered microgrid with battery storage when the substation that supplied its power washed away in the flooding after Hurricane Helene. Microgrids like that could be a critical part of building extreme weather resilience elsewhere, too.

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Drones are playing a critical role in Milton and Helene recovery

Mack DeGeurin

October 18, 2024 |

Popular Science |

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Response Location: United States, North Carolina

A variety of organizations are using drones to find missing persons and airdrop supplies in response to Hurricanes Milton and Helene. A Walmart in North Carolina, for example, sends necessary prescriptions and resources to a nearby senior center with a drone from its commercial drone delivery program.

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Burke County elementary schools welcome two child care programs devastated by Helene

Liz Bell

October 17, 2024 |

EducationNC |

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Response Location: United States, Burke County, North Carolina

In the wake of Hurricane Helene, Burke County Public Schools offered up classroom space to two child care centers whose facilities were extensively damaged in the storm. The partnership helped ensure care for about 170 children, keeping teachers employed and allowing parents to go back to work.

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Minnesota cities tap utility fees to help fund local clean energy and climate action

Frank Jossi

October 17, 2024 |

Energy News Network |

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Response Location: United States, Minnesota

Cities in Minnesota are using utility franchise fees to fund sustainability projects. The fees, which are usually passed on to customers via a small monthly charge, are collected from utility companies in return for allowing their infrastructure in public rights-of-way.

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Cities Look to AI to Flag Residents' Trash and Recycling Mistakes

Linda Poon

October 17, 2024 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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Response Location: United States, East Lansing, Michigan

Michigan cities are using AI to identify non-recyclable items in household recycling bins and then send the geotagged photo on a postcard to the homeowner with recycling tips. Over a 24-week period in East Lansing, more than 5,000 postcards were mailed and recycling stream contamination decreased by more than a fifth.

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