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  • In Solu Community, students harass and bully their teachers, here's how the community is handling it

    August 05, 2024 |

    Edugist |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Solu, Ogun State

    To reduce and prevent student violence against teachers and staff, the Nawairudeen Junior Grammar School community built a dormitory facility for faculty, created a security group and a formal policy for dealing with disruptive students, and began hosting workshops for parents to encourage better conflict resolution. More than 300 community members participated in the workshops and teachers report that conditions at the school are improving.

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  • Can artificial intelligence help in KY legal defense? Yes, public defenders say

    August 05, 2024 |

    Lexington Herald-Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    Artificial-intelligence-powered software, called JusticeText, helps public defenders analyze case evidence, saving them hours of time and addressing an imbalance of resources between prosecutors and public defense attorneys in Kentucky.

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  • Miami-Dade está perdiendo las tierras de agricultura, y el agroturismo fuera del límite de desarrollo urbano aspira ponerle freno

    August 05, 2024 |

    El Tiempo Latino |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    Para muchos viveres y organizaciones agrícolas en Miami-Dade, el agroturismo ha sido una solución que les permite subsistir economicamente pese a las dificultades del mercado y el cambio climático. Por otro lado, organizaciones medioambientales temen que el agroturismo pone en riesgo la calidad de la proteción de la tierra.

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  • Sundarbans Adopts 'Rooftop Farming' to Thrive Amid Cyclone Challenges

    August 05, 2024 |

    News Sense |

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    Response Location: India

    Farmers living near the coast in India are turning to rooftop farming as cyclones lead to flooding that makes agricultural fields unusable. The Association for Social and Humanitarian Action taught local women how to grow food in tubs or sacks with compost, and those farmers trained others.

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  • ‘Open and accepted': Delta Garage helps youth through motorcycles

    August 04, 2024 |

    The Everett Daily Herald (HeraldNet) |

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    Response Location: United States, Everett, Washington

    The Delta Garage helps high school students from low-income families get introduced to trade education by teaching them how to work on motorcycles. Participants meet every Sunday during the school year to learn the skills and language of mechanical trades, which they can use when applying to future employers.

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  • How Frankfurt Harnesses Local Wind Currents for Urban Cooling

    August 03, 2024 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Germany, Frankfurt

    Frankfurt is changing the way it designs its buildings to adapt to extreme heat. The city works with urban climatology researchers to ensure new housing and skyscrapers won’t impact the wind corridors that keep residents cool, and it promotes practices like installing green roofs.

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  • Urgent Care or ER? With ‘One-Stop Shop,' Hospitals Offer Both Under Same Roof

    August 02, 2024 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

    In collaboration with Intuitive Health, UF Health has opened three centers that offer both ER and urgent care 24/7, at the same facility so patients don’t have to decide themselves which care they need. Instead, doctors at the center make that decision and then the system bills the patient accordingly. This helps them avoid taking on expensive ER bills when that level of care may not have been necessary.

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  • New funding could help Indigenous communities disproportionately impacted by climate change

    August 02, 2024 |

    VNN (Verified News Network) |

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    Response Location: Nooksack Indian Tribe, United States, Washington

    The Nooksack Tribe and the Lummi Nation are working with farmers who are building new floodgates to ensure the systems benefit farmland and local salmon. Farmers are adding gates that protect salmon during flooding and give them safe passageways.

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  • “This is where I belong now”: Niger tries a new refugee model as Nigerians flee bandit attacks

    August 01, 2024 |

    Minority Africa |

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    Response Location: Niger

    “Opportunity Villages," a collaborative initiative between the Niger government and the UNHCR, help refugees from Nigeria become economically self-sufficient by living and working alongside their host communities, developing a more sustainable alternative to traditional refugee settlements. In the five years since their founding, these Villages have supported tens of thousands of refugees.

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  • Combating Maternal Mortality in the Black Community

    August 01, 2024 |

    South Side Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Harvey, Illinois

    Black Girls Break Bread addresses maternal mortality disparities among Black women by providing safe spaces, advocating for policy reform and improving local healthcare access. The group successfully advocated for Illinois House Bill 5013, expanding Medicaid patients' freedom to choose healthcare providers, reducing barriers to accessing care. Beyond maternal health care, the group also addresses other community needs like mutual aid and mental health issues among Black women.

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