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  • An Elementary School Tries a 'Radical' Idea: Staying Open 12 Hours a Day

    April 09, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    To help address falling enrollment and families’ lack of child care, Brooklyn Charter School extended the school day to twelve hours, providing before- and after-school activities and meals. So far, 80 students have signed up for the expanded hours and the school’s enrollment has rebounded from pandemic lows.

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  • South Africa's SAB Foundation: Why 90% of its investees are still in business five years later

    April 04, 2024 |

    Pioneers Post |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

    The SAB Foundation is an independent trust set up by South African Breweries (SAB) as part of the government’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment scheme. It helps businesses — particularly underserved entrepreneurs like women and people with disabilities — grow and thrive. Since 2010, the Foundation has backed more than 6,400 social impact businesses in their early stages.

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  • Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Guns

    April 04, 2024 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Inspired by successful public health messaging campaigns of the past, the U.S.-based nonprofit Project Unloaded is using a bottom-up approach to promote gun violence prevention among young people. The nonprofit is working with highschoolers to develop social media messaging campaigns debunking the common misconception that owning a gun makes you safer.

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  • Colorado nonprofit recruits older adults to fill critical positions in early childhood education

    April 02, 2024 |

    KOAA-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

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    Response Location: United States, Golden, Colorado

    The Early Childhood Service Corps recruits retired adults to fill vacancies in preschools and daycares, allowing retirees to work part time while also helping to address staffing shortages in the industry. So far, the program has trained 110 older adults as part-time substitute teachers, and a few have gone on to take full-time positions.

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  • PHA: Tech Community Building Product-Oriented Africans

    March 29, 2024 |

    African Change Stories |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

    Product Hub Africa (PHA) empowers people interested in tech by providing education, support, professional network connections, mentorship and community to help people blossom in the tech industry. PHA has partnerships with local secondary schools where they mentor youth directly. Outside of their school partnerships, PHA has 5,000 members with plans to continue expanding.

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  • Coding The Future: Ugandan Women Take Refresher Classes To Lead Digital Revolution

    March 27, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Code Queens is a 10-week hands-on coding course designed to get young women interested in STEM careers. To graduate, students must participate in a hackathon that asks them to solve a real-world business challenge through coding.

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  • In Lakota Nation, people are asking: Who does a language belong to?

    March 27, 2024 |

    NPR |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Lakota Nation, United States

    Nonprofits, schools, and individuals are working to revitalize the Lakota language by making it more accessible in a variety of ways, including classes, dictionaries, podcasts, and passing on knowledge from elders.

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  • Despite Russian attacks, Ukrainians are determined to send their children to school

    March 27, 2024 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Ukraine, Kharkiv

    To ensure children can safely attend school during the war, schools are building classrooms in underground metro stations. Over 2,000 students currently attend school in one of the five metro station classrooms built so far.

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  • Birmingham violence prevention initiative is 'putting people in positions to win'

    March 27, 2024 |

    AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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    Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

    The Surge Project and EmpowerED Birmingham uplift local youth by providing mentorships, tutoring, healthcare resources, workforce development programs and educational opportunities in various fields. In the program's 2023 pilot partnership with the National Training Institute for Healthcare technicians, 32 of the 40 participants graduated with a phlebotomy or EKG certification, and 19 of them were local high school students.

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  • Make School Food Great Again

    March 26, 2024 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Red Rabbit provides nutritious, culturally diverse lunches to students at two local schools. The program promotes cross-cultural exchange among students by exposing them to different dishes from various cultures while ensuring they’re getting healthy meals that hit all the major food groups, as most students get the majority of their meals at school.

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