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  • Project Search helps adults with disabilities find jobs

    November 29, 2019 |

    The Laconia Daily Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    A training and apprenticeship program provides the skills and experience needed by people living with disabilities to find employment. Project Search is a nationwide initiative that identifies the strength and aspirations of each participant - leading to long-term and satisfying career paths. Over the past nine years, the program has successfully found long-term roles for its graduates in several cities across New Hampshire.

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  • Public Defender Turns to Texting System to Notify Clients of Santa Barbara County Court Appointments

    November 29, 2019 |

    Noozhawk |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Barbara, California

    California’s Santa Barbara Public Defender’s office is working with the company, Upstart, to use a texting notification system to remind people about their court dates. Upstart costs $20K to set up and then $2 per client, but has worked with counties across the country and seen a 75% drop in failure-to-appear violations. For California, the Heising-Simons Foundations is funding its implementation in seven different counties.

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  • In Addressing HIV, the U.S. Has a Lot to Learn From Namibia

    November 29, 2019 |

    Time Magazine |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Namibia

    There are over one million people in the United States living with HIV, reaching a crisis level in states such as Georgia; however, countries like Namibia are offering lessons for how to tackle the problem. By offering a community-centered approach that addresses underlying issues like poverty and lack of access to education, the country has seen a significant decrease in new diagnoses.

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  • How Peru's potato museum could stave off world food crisis

    November 29, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Peru, Cusco

    Climate change is impacting many crops and farmlands, but potato farmers in the Peruvian Andes are experimenting with genetic strains to diversify potatoes to help safeguard the vegetable for further climate changes. Scientists so far have found some success with one particular varietal and are now working to make it more resistant to temperature changes.

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  • An apple revival near Four Corners is restoring hundreds of historic fruits — and the local ag economy

    November 28, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    The Four Corners region in southwest Colorado has become home to nearly 500 varietals of apples, revitalizing the industry as a whole, thanks to the Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project. The practice of researching and replicating apple varietals has spread to other areas of the state and has helped in promoting the concept of farm to table for both communities and businesses such as in the cider industry.

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  • It takes a school, and a community, to save this rare Philippine hornbill

    November 28, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Sebaste, Antique

    In order to protect the endangered rufous-headed hornbill, endemic to the islands of Antique and Negros in the Philippines, an organization has teamed up with local schools to extend its conservation efforts. Each school has used varying methods like morning announcements, mural-painting, and even putting on theater plays to raise awareness, all with the hope that students develop an appreciation for the species that aids in its survival.

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  • Čeští experti pomáhají džihádistům zpět do společnosti. Spolupracují s věznicemi napříč Evropou

    November 28, 2019 |

    HlídacíPes.org |

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    Response Location: Czech Republic

    Čeští experti z ČVUT se podílí na boji proti terorismu. Vytvořili online výukovou platformu HERMES, která přispívá k deradikalizaci bývalých džihádistů a k prevenci náboru nových lidí pro teroristickou činnost. Pomocí interaktivních cvičení a dalších vzdělávacích nástrojů učí odborníky, kteří se podílejí na procesu reintegrace potenciálně závadových osob do společnosti, jak oddělit radikální džihádisty od ostatních vězňů. Platforma se také zaměřuje na prevenci šíření radikálních myšlenek a možnosti pracovního uplatnění propuštěných věznů.

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  • At This Boston School, Friendships Lift More Students to Graduation Day

    November 27, 2019 |

    WBTS-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Boston Public Schools is embracing an approach called Building Assets, Reducing Risks that has proven successful in other U.S. school districts. In BARR, teams of teachers compare notes on students to ensure they are on the right track: "BARR doesn't rely on one superstar teacher to notice a kid in trouble. From the science teacher to the school counselor, they all take a seat at the table."

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  • Collective Reincorporation: The FARC's fading dream

    November 27, 2019 |

    Struggles from Below Magazine |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Dabeiba

    In an effort to reincorporate former guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, the Colombian government created Territorial Training and Reincorporation Spaces (ETCRs) to allow partial autonomy for the guerrilla groups. Many of the ETCRs have created successful product businesses - from chicken farms to community gardens - but community members continue to leave, leaving the ETCRs looking to the government for continued support and land rights.

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  • Turning Farm Workers Into Farmers

    November 27, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Salinas, California

    Farm incubators provide aspiring farmers with training, land, and access to business networks. Across the United States, organizations like California’s Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association (ALBA) are working to support small farmers by serving as small farm incubators. Following a ten-month training course for aspiring farmers, ALBA allows the fledgling entrepreneurs to rent land at below-market rates while they expand their businesses.

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