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  • Digital Platform Uses Peer Pressure To Motivate Young Adults To Vote In Election

    October 21, 2018 |

    Bay City News Foundation |

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    Response Location: United States

    VoteCrew is a digital messaging platform that brings together friends and acquaintances into online teams who pledge to vote and then are held accountable by their peers. The platform was created to increase voter turnout in people 35 and under by using peer pressure. The platform has 2,256 members in 308 teams across the country on about 30 college campuses. Preliminary results show its members voted at a higher rate than the demographic group more broadly, although it is too early to accurately evaluate its impact.

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  • Mothers lead children HIV transmission fight in Kisii and Homa Bay

    October 21, 2018 |

    Business Daily |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    A mentorship program in Kenya has proven effective at slashing rates of HIV transmission to infants and reducing stigma surrounding the illness. Mentor mothers offer support and education to HIV-positive pregnant women to ensure they stay on anti-retro viral drugs to avoid passing the virus to their unborn children and they work with them through the first 18 months of a child's life. Similar programs in other African countries have reached an estimated 1.4 million HIV-positive women.

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  • Getting Rid of Those Old Style Hospital Gowns

    October 21, 2018 |

    Radio Health Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Chattanooga, Tennessee

    Hospital gowns historically aren't designed for the patient, but rather for the conveniency of the medical staff; however, several hospitals throughout the United States have decided to change this after negative patient feedback. Designs are still being developed, but so far designers are focusing on making sure the gowns are respectful and modest.

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  • The Informal Bank That Empowers Kenya's Poorest Women

    October 19, 2018 |

    News Deeply |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Bubisa

    In villages in Bubisa, Kenya, women have come together to form informal community banks so that they may have greater financial access and power. These groups of women together save money, and then lend and borrow money with one another, giving themselves the chance to own property and send their kids to school – without having to rely on their husbands.

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  • With genome sequencing, some sick infants are getting a shot at healthy lives

    October 19, 2018 |

    STAT |

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    Response Location: United States

    Project Baby Bear is a grant-funded pilot program that uses genome sequencing to to diagnose sick infants. The doctors hope to save lives and save the system money on unnecessary treatments. Since very few sick infants show symptoms that correlate to their genetic diagnosis, these tests are instrumental in positive health outcomes.

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  • San Francisco startup wants to help Bellevue teachers buy their homes

    October 19, 2018 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Bellevue, Washington

    Landed will pay for half a teacher's down payment on a home in exchange for a quarter of profits when the house is sold down the line. The San Francisco-based startup has recently arrived in Bellevue, where the median home price is hovering around $1 million.

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  • "We can all be placemakers": The programs training Detroiters in development

    October 19, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    When Chase L. Cantrell realized the overwhelming majority of development financing in a Detroit real estate project was going to white, wealthy developers, he opted to create a program that would train developers who better reflect the demographics of the city. Building Community Value aims ”to create a more equitable development ecosystem in the city of Detroit” by training people of all ages in real estate development. This is one of several successful programs popping up in Detroit that aim to spread wealth and increase equitable development efforts across more Detroit neighborhoods.

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  • Unfinished business? Vancouver mayor departs with 'Greenest City' goal uncertain

    October 19, 2018 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    In 2008, Vancouver’s mayoral candidate Gregor Robertson said he would transform the city to be the world’s greenest by 2020. One decade later, steps toward decreasing greenhouse gas emissions have been made, but the 2020 prospect seems much farther ahead. While the city has run into obstacles, the Canadian city is moving forward to achieve its next goal: for buildings to produce more energy than they use.

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  • A Rural Colorado Coal County Was Struggling. Then A Tech Company Brought New Jobs

    October 19, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: United States, Hotchkiss, Colorado

    After “the shock” that laid off many coal miners in Delta County, Colorado, the area is experiencing a resurgence. Population is growing, finally, and a fiber optic internet company has stimulated the economy with new jobs. The company, Lightworks Fiber, has been on hiring spree, with 40 positions they are still looking to fill. It’s still a big transition from the coal economy - but not necessarily a bad one.

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  • 'I'm more valued than before': women in Tajikistan get a new lease of life – in pictures

    October 19, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Tajikistan, Penjikent

    In Tajikistan, a project created by international NGOs with local partners, and funded by the United Kingdom, provides counseling and skills training for families to reduce violence against women. The two regions that participated saw significant declines in those rates of violence, as well as drops in depression levels and suicide and men also reported that they were less violent. Additionally, women's earnings and savings increased because the program helped them start small money-making ventures.

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