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A La Reliure du Limousin, les aides gouvernementales sont indispensables au succès de l'apprentissage

Catherine Abou El Khair

March 26, 2025 |

Le Monde |

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Response Location: France, Malemort

Chez La Reliure du Limousin, entreprise de reliure et de restauration de documents anciens, les financements publics soutiennent un programme d’apprentissage qui allie formation technique et cours théoriques. L’entreprise accueille 10 apprentis par an et a jusqu’à présent embauché une douzaine pour des postes permanents.

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The Fifth Vital Sign: Atlanta Doctors Are Talking Climate Change With Patients

Alex Music

March 25, 2025 |

The Xylom |

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Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Doctors are leveraging trust built over time with patients to combat misinformation around climate change. The Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and its affiliates, including Georgia Clinicians for Climate Action, train healthcare providers on climate communication through fellowships, advocacy work, and educational materials to better equip them for these conversations.

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In Massachusetts and elsewhere, youngsters find healing through art

Tolu Talabi

March 24, 2025 |

Capital News Service Maryland |

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Response Location: United States, Lynn, Massachusetts

Raw Art Works is a nonprofit youth development organization that provides art therapy services to 290 youth each week. Studies show art therapy can reduce psychiatric readmission rates for patients, and those who participated in the program say it has been life-changing, teaching them coping skills that supported them into adulthood.

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This school is empowering Almajiris in Katsina with skills to stop them from begging

Abdulaziz Bagwai

March 24, 2025 |

The Solutions Paper |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Katsina

Save Humanity is a mobile vocational school that serves Almijiris, or those on a pilgrimage for Islamic knowledge, as well as other students without adequate access to education. The organization provides tutors that visit area schools twice a week to lead training in mobile phone repairs, leather working, and satellite dish installation so that Almijiris can earn a living, with 134 participants trained in 2024.

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'Gen Silent' and the bumpy road to improve LGBTQ elder care in Massachusetts

Kay Lazar

March 23, 2025 |

The Boston Globe |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

A Massachusetts law requires state-licensed elder services providers to train their staff on caring for LGBTQ+ people. However, because discrimination complaints are not systematically tracked and facilities are not penalized for noncompliance, it’s unclear whether the legislation has had an impact on the culture within facilities or care for LGBTQ+ elders.

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Community colleges are providing new opportunities for learning on the job in logging and oystering

Kate Rix

March 19, 2025 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Shingletown, California

Shasta College partners with timber companies to help train apprentices for the industry, providing pre-apprenticeship coursework and helping to facilitate state and federal funding that offsets the cost of on-the-job training. So far, about 50 people have completed the pre-apprenticeship program, while 15 have completed the full apprenticeship.

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In Rural Alaska, A Powerful Documentary Flips the Script for Child Care Funding

Anne Vilen

March 19, 2025 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: United States, Kotzebue, Alaska

Frustrated by the lack of childcare funding and access, one woman created a documentary showcasing the issue. It received widespread attention throughout the state, leading to a state representative sponsoring a $7 million bill to increase childcare funding and provider wages and to expand access to subsidies for middle-income families. It also led the governor to create the Alaska Child Care Task Force to oversee state licensing regulations to make the process of becoming a licensed childcare provider and opening a facility more accessible.

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A Malibu Model for Residents on the Fire Frontlines

Colleen Hagerty

March 18, 2025 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Community Brigade program is a partnership with the LA County Fire Department that works to bolster community wildfire preparation and response by training volunteers on how to fight against and recover from wildfires, most recently proving to be extremely effective against the Palisades fires and during recovery efforts.

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LALIF Sparking a New Dawn of Hope For Neglected Deaf Blind

Blessing Oladunjoye

March 18, 2025 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Lionheart Ability Leaders International Foundation (LALIF) uses a comprehensive training program to empower parents, teachers and those living with vision and hearing impairment. Their programming teaches educators how to understand tactile sign language, and also empowers parents on how best to support their children living with disabilities.

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How Nigeria's Biggest Party Made HIV Testing Cool

Ogar Monday

March 17, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Calabar, Cross River

The Wise Up Campaign works to increase HIV testing rates and reduce transmission of the disease through educational efforts and connecting with young people, a particularly high-risk group, to spread awareness and connect them with necessary resources. Since forming, the campaign has reached over 500,000 young people with HIV counseling and testing, as well as condom distribution, and has even trained several young volunteers to continue spreading the message to their peers.

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