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An underserved neighborhood needed a community center, not another church

Laura Rodríguez

April 18, 2023 |

Faith & Leadership |

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Response Location: United States, Blue Island, Illinois

A pastor in Blue Island, Illinois, closed his satellite campus church and turned it into a community service center. Named the Hope Center, it aims to address community needs through a garden, automotive garage, and technology services department. Each program has a director and volunteers who run workshops to teach community members new skills.

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From scarcity to abundance: The secret of the 'peace farmers' of Colombia

Sandra Weiss

April 17, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Colombia, Meta

La Cosmopolitana Foundation in Colombia offers courses that teach people to live in harmony with each other and nature. The classes focus on sustainability and helping rural communities to work together to create circular economies. Small fees make the classes largely accessible.

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Restoring Hope For The Displaced Girl In Nigeria's Borno State

Aisha Tijjani Jidda

April 16, 2023 |

HumAngle |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

After a local school was destroyed during conflict with Boko Haram, Mallam Thabit began offering night classes for girls who were left without access to education. Thabit advocated for the school to be rebuilt and helped establish a new education program.

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Here's Makoko Dream School Project; an initiative that's breaking barriers to education among children in Lagos waterfront

Usman Aliyu

April 13, 2023 |

BONews |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Makoko, Lagos State

The Makoko Dream School is a tuition-free education program serving students who live in waterfront areas. The school is funded through a Parent/Teacher Association levy and has served roughly 1,000 children so far.

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Calbright's star is rising: California's online community college is adding, keeping more students

Mikhail Zinshteyn

April 12, 2023 |

CalMatters |

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Response Location: United States, California

Calbright College is a unique, tuition-free online community college that allows students to complete coursework toward certificates at their own pace. The college’s enrollment is growing by about 8 percent each month, and about 70 percent of students who enrolled in mid-2022 were still enrolled or had completed their studies nine months later.

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Free relationship education program reconnects couples

Gianna Rodriguez Shelby Wingate

April 12, 2023 |

The Oglethorpe Echo |

Multi-Media |

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Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

The Elevate program is a free, eight-week course that helps guides couples to reconnect with each other and develop their parenting skills. The program helps between 30 and 40 couples each year, in-person and virtually. Since its start in 2021, the program has reached more than 470 couples, 96% of which have said they leave the program feeling happier with their partners.

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Nearly all LCPS families have internet now, thanks to COVID-19 efforts

Reyes Mata III

April 12, 2023 |

KRWG-PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

To swiftly address the dearth of equitable internet connectivity exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Las Cruces Public Schools collaborated with a variety of funding, research, and outreach partners to bring nearly all of its 24,000 students online in their homes.

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Portage Public Schools get proactive, invest in mental health

Natasha Robinson

April 10, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Portage, Michigan

Some districts, like Portage Public Schools, are offering school-based mental health care to improve students’ overall well-being, school performance and greatly increase access to care. The use of school-based healthcare is on the rise, as more than 22,000 students received services from a school-based mental health services provider during the 2021-2022 school year, compared to just 8,885 from 2019-2020.

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Shred Up Halabja: Glimpse of Hope Amid Plastic Bombardment

Salam Omer

April 10, 2023 |

KirkukNow |

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Response Location: Iraq, Halabja

The Shred Up Halabja Recycling Center is the first successful plastic collection and recycling system in Halabja, Iraq. The project collects plastics from schools, homes, and public places to recycle and turn into usable products. It also educates students about the importance of recycling to encourage understanding and innovation.

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Academic coaches help students finish community college

Rebecca Griesbach

April 10, 2023 |

Associated Press |

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Response Location: United States, Phenix City, Alabama

Chattahoochee Valley Community College has academic coaches who reach out to students who are struggling in their classes or are facing barriers that make it difficult to keep up with their studies. They can help students develop study plans, navigate financial aid issues, or connect with resources such as transportation.

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