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  • Beyond the picket fence: How one city is creating more affordable housing

    February 03, 2020 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    In Minneapolis, a long-term affordable housing plan takes a comprehensive approach by addressing climate change, zoning, and equity as inherent in the modern housing crisis. By reducing single-family housing, cutting building costs with green technology, and asking neighbors to be a part of the decision-making process, the city is chiseling away at its affordable housing crisis.

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  • Des médecins salariés pour lutter contre les déserts médicaux

    February 03, 2020 |

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    Response Location: France

    Pour pallier le manque de personnel médical sur leurs territoires, de nombreuses communes ont choisi d’ouvrir des centres de santé municipaux, et d’y salarier des médecins. En Saône et Loire,par exemple, 40 médecins ont été recrutés et 20 000 habitants ont pu retrouver un médecin traitant dans l’une des 45 antennes du centre départemental de santé.

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  • 'I'll put those monsters behind bars': India's law school for rape survivors

    February 03, 2020 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Kolkata

    A nonprofit in India is training victims of sexual assault and trafficking to work as lawyers and seek justice for themselves or others. The program offers both counseling and rehabilitation services and formal legal education.

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  • When the bus is the schoolhouse

    February 03, 2020 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Manchester, Kentucky

    A number of barriers prevent young children in Appalachia from enrolling in formal preschool classes. In response, a fleet of buses is traveling to remote communities to teach students academic and social skills.

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  • How one Toronto church is beating the odds

    February 03, 2020 |

    TVO |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    Facing closure and financial ruin, the Toronto Roncesvalles United Church found a new source of income: their own physical space. The church began renting or donating rooms for flea markets, yoga classes, shiatsu, children's theater, and more. The church says that they are "redefining how [they] do God," and that their mission is about serving the people in the community rather than remaining exclusively secular. As a result, the church topped $200,000 for the first time in its history in 2019.

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  • The Old Asylum Is Gone: Today A Mental Health System Serves All

    February 03, 2020 |

    Health Affairs |

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    Response Location: Italy, Trieste

    In Trieste, Italy, accessing mental health care resources is made easier by an approach that allows for people to seek assistance without the fear of being punished. In most cases throughout the region, mental health centers act as first responders and treatment facilities are open-door with very few instances of coercive treatment initiated. While individuals report that this model of care is successful, another element of success includes the employment rate of patients.

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  • The divers rescuing a drowning island

    February 02, 2020 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India, Vaan Island

    Vaan Island, off the coast of Indian in the Gulf of Mannar, is rapidly sinking. But scientists are working to prevent that erosion by replanting seagrass, which is an important plant in a marine ecosystem. Despite fishermen pulling up the seagrass with their nets, so far, nine acres of seagrass have been rehabilitated in the area.

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  • A Vannes, une aire de jeux inclusive pour tous les enfants

    February 02, 2020 |

    Le Monde |

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    Response Location: France, Vannes

    Le parc de Tohannic, dans le Morbihan, a adapté balançoires, toboggans et autres « tape-cul » aux enfants porteurs d’un handicap. Une manière ludique de rompre avec l’isolement et de jouer comme et avec les autres.

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  • Lebanon's refugees use technology to fight food insecurity

    February 02, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: Lebanon, Beirut

    Training refugees in digital skills provides them with a path toward self sufficiency. A pilot program developed with the UN World Food Program and the American University in Beirut offers computer literacy and English courses to Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. The approach aims to reduce reliance on food relief and empower individuals to find employment with new skills.

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  • WFP uses new tech to fight refugee food shortages in Jordan

    February 01, 2020 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: Jordan

    Jordan is dealing with an influx of Syrian refugees that are putting a strain on already scarce resources like water. In response, the United Nations World Food Program has started to grow barley and other foods hydroponically in a process that uses 90% less water than traditional methods. Beyond the innovations in the lab, new technology is also allowing refugees to shop freely in local supermarkets and use their irises—checked with eye scans—to pay for their groceries from their given funds. This eliminates the threat of theft and is improving food access across Jordan.

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