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  • The Joys of Motherhood: Young midwives enabling safe deliveries in Northern Nigeria

    December 11, 2018 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    A new three year program is educating, training, and deploying midwives to six northern Nigerian states. This influx of midwives has helped to ensure safe deliveries as well as provide women with perinatal and antenatal care.

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  • Dallas Hits on Successful School Turnaround Model With ACE, but It Comes at a Steep Price. Could a Wider Expansion Across Texas Now Be Its Best Bet to Survive?

    December 11, 2018 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Several Dallas-based ACE (Accelerating Campus Excellence) schools focus on social-emotional learning and restorative justice education. High performing teachers participate in professional learning communities and receive support from extra counselors and strategic administrators. At ACE schools like Blanton Elementary and Titche Elementary, previously among the lowest performing in the city, students are now outperforming their affluent peers on standardized tests.

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  • Exploring Solutions: ‘Wildfire as a Fact of Life'

    December 11, 2018 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Redding, California

    Rural communities need a multi-pronged strategy to improve resilience to wildfires. A method that combines forest treatment projects, education of homeowners, and community-level strategizing at the neighborhood level is the best approach to reducing risk, according to Headwaters Economics, a nonprofit organization. Other organizations, like the Watershed Center and the Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network, are working to spread awareness and implementation of such resilience-oriented wildfire management strategies.

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  • For this Family, Safe Parking L.A. Was a Lifeline During the Crisis of a Lifetime

    December 10, 2018 |

    Streetsblog LA |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    The Safe Parking Program in Los Angeles is providing people living out of their vehicles with secure lots. For those facing housing instability, this temporary measure helps people save their energy and resources so that they can maintain employment and find permanent housing.

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  • A Denver construction company's tech saved it lots of time and money. Then it shared with competitors — for free

    December 10, 2018 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    PCL Construction is known in the construction industry for being innovative. Most recently, they have begun a push to integrate technology to modernize their company and the industry. By working with software engineers and app developers, the company has drastically improved efficiency. Not content to let the rest of the industry remain inefficient, PCL also decided to openly share its software.

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  • Why more states are giving juvenile offenders a second chance

    December 10, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States

    Many states are rolling back the punitive measures against youth who committed crimes that began in the 1980s and 1990s. After the Supreme Court ruled that mandatory life sentences for juveniles are unconstitutional, states are shifting their attention from incarceration to community based care and prison alternatives. Missouri, which has led the country in “community based alternatives” for youth, has one of the lowest recidivism rates in the country.

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  • ‘Light for everyone': Indigenous youth mount a solar-powered resistance

    December 10, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Cuetzalán, Puebla

    Tosepan Titataniske, an indigenous cooperative in Mexico's Sierra Norte mountains, emphasizes local control at the heart of solar programs. Over the last four decades, the organization has incorporated 410 community-level cooperatives that serve some 60,000 members, training people to install solar and establishing agricultural cooperatives. With organization, indigenous communities have been able to fight inequitable development projects and make significant gains.

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  • In Remote Villages, Surprising New Measures Save Children With Malaria

    December 10, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Zambia

    Malaria disproportionally impacts young children and toddlers, oftentimes leaving parents in remote villages with little time to act before their child is at risk of dying. A pilot program coupled with other various efforts in Zambia aim to lessen this likelihood by utilizing stopgap medications as well as rapid diagnostic tests, and bicycle ambulances.

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  • Philly Goes to School; Lessons in Inclusive, Universal Pre-K

    December 10, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia looks to Oklahoma and New York City to close the achievement gap for kids from low-income areas. Both Oklahoma and NYC have implemented universal Pre-Kindergarten programs and have increased kindergarten readiness levels for children attending pre-school -- including children from disadvantaged communities that otherwise would not be able to attend.

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  • The Seed Queen of Palestine

    December 10, 2018 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Palestine, West Bank

    A Palestinian woman is working to revive ancient heirloom seeds that yield crops used in traditional Palestinian cuisine by providing the seeds to local farmers and educating them on how they can be used.

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