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  • Awasi Residents Invest in Rain Water Harvesting to curb Water Shortage

    October 26, 2018 |

    Talk Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Awasi

    Investing in tanks to collect rainwater can help remote communities increase their resilience to shortages and improve the lives of residents. In Kisumu County, Kenya, villagers who struggle with water shortages have turned to collecting rainwater. Although the county is preparing to drill new boreholes to serve local schools and hundreds of residents, acute water shortages are made more bearable by storing rainwater.

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  • Fixing Montreal's Raccoon Problem

    October 26, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

    Feeding the raccoons in Montreal’s Mount Royal Park was a tourist activity promoted by websites and supported by park vendors selling cat food. When the result was overpopulation of raccoons unafraid of people, steps were taken to protect the raccoons including banning vendors and educating tourists about their impact.

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  • Mexicans shower the caravan with kindness — and tarps, tortillas and medicine

    October 26, 2018 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Pijijiapan, Chiapas

    A small Mexican town called Pijijiapan is embracing the recent migrant crisis with open arms. When they heard that a caravan of migrants was passing through soon, the entire community pitched in to welcome them with fresh food, medicine, clothes, toys, and kindness. Residents say that they are motivated by the Catholic idea of charity and that they understand the circumstances that many migrants are fleeing.

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  • Trailer parks face rising rents. This one's residents found a way out.

    October 26, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Hudson, Massachusetts

    ROC USA, a New Hampshire nonprofit, has helped almost 15,000 mobile homes become part of cooperative ownership setups across the country. The need for this is clear. Many mobile home residents do not own the land on which their homes reside, meaning they are at the whim of owners or outside investors. By coming together as a neighborhood and pitching in for collective ownership of a mobile home park, residents take control of their fate and their finances.

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  • Pakistan Tries a New Way to Pay for a Dam: Crowdsourcing

    October 25, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Pakistan

    Under financial strain, Pakistan is asking its citizens and Pakistanis abroad to donate money to build two dams. Only $48 million of the estimated cost of $14 billion has been raised so far, yet the country’s new prime minister Imran Khan is optimistic. “We can build dams in five years if the donations continue,” he said.

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  • Many immigrants have years of work experience. ‘Upskilling' programs are helping them use that knowledge.

    October 25, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: United States, Swan Island, Oregon

    Inclusive training programs help immigrants fill the demand for middle-skill workers. Programs, such as a maritime welding course in Oregon, allow immigrants to learn new skills, gain certifications, and access career coaching and job search support.

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  • A Baseball Bat Dies, and Chopsticks Are Born

    October 25, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

    When baseball bats break, as they often do during games, they don't always find another purpose. As part of a recycling and conservation effort in Japan, though, these bats are repurposed into chopsticks that don't just serve a practical purpose, but also raise awareness about the kind of wood used to make the bats.

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  • How Sex Workers Made San Francisco Safer for Everyone

    October 25, 2018 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    In San Francisco, a law that offers amnesty to sex workers who report violent crimes to police is designed to save lives and reduce crime overall in the city. It comes as the city’s police department faces a massive police sex scandal over officers abusing an underaged sex worker, something advocates say is all too common and leaves crimes women might report uninvestigated. Advocates applaud the new law, say it doesn’t go far enough and they worry new federal laws could undermine it.

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  • 11 questions that could save a woman's life

    October 25, 2018 |

    Appleton Post-Crescent |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    The murder of a woman in Wisconsin highlights a lethality assessment tool for law enforcement to use that’s designed to help domestic victims and authorities understand how much danger victims might be in and help police connect them with services. It’s proven effective at helping those facing domestic violence take steps to reduce the chances they might be murdered by their partners. But getting it implemented, especially in rural areas where there may not be many resources for victims, has proven challenging with less than half of Wisconsin’s counties using it.

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  • Kids in the Classroom Can Help Single Moms Rise from Poverty

    October 25, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    One quarter of undergraduates attending American higher education institutions are parents; however, the number of campuses with childcare facilities has continued to decrease. Individual professors are incorporating new policies into their syllabi that allow kids to sit in on class when other arrangements fall through and mothers to leave class to breastfeed. "Letting kids in class is a welcoming gesture that can set the stage for or accompany the more systemic and substantive supports that student parents need for success," says the Institute of Women's Policy Research's executive director.

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