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  • Creating an inclusive fitness community through adaptive training

    March 27, 2023 |

    el Don |

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    Response Location: United States, Santa Ana, California

    Santa Ana College is developing a program that provides opportunities for the physical and social growth of adaptive students. The program trains student aides on how to help those with disabilities and also provides a class for students with disabilities to train with adaptive equipment. On top of improving equal access, the program also strives to provide opportunities for networking between students and aides. Within two years, the program has grown from a four-person class to a full class of 25 students.

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  • How Osun NGO is Driving Digital Literacy Among Female Students

    March 27, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Osogbo, Osun

    The Osun Girls Can Code program provides young women with a week of hands-on training in website development, app development, and coding to help bridge the access gap to technology-related jobs in Nigeria.

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  • Tiny Bus, Big Opportunities for Immigrant Kids

    March 27, 2023 |

    EdSurge News |

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    Response Location: United States, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

    El Busesito, which means “the little bus” in English, operates four retrofitted buses that provide bilingual preschool education on wheels for Latino immigrant families in five neighborhoods. The free early childhood education has improved developmental progress and school readiness for the nearly 100 children it serves. Valley Settlement, the nonprofit that runs El Busesito, also offers family engagement programs for the communities.

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  • With a support fund, CATAI is addressing the barriers to girl child education in Adamawa

    March 23, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Adamawa

    The Centre for Advocacy, Transparency, and Accountability Initiative oversees the Educate A Girl project, which advocates for increased funding for public schooling and distributes radio dramas that discuss gender barriers to education for girls.

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  • The Menstrual Room Keeping Rwandan Girls in School

    March 21, 2023 |

    The Chronicles |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Since 2012, the government has required schools from primary to university to create a Girl’s Room, stocked with pads, pain medicine, a bed, soap and water for girls to seek refuge in during their menstrual cycles, in an effort to address the issue of period poverty. By the end of 2021, 2,046 primary schools across the country had established a room for girls, representing 55.4% of all primary schools in the country. Schools with a Girl’s Room have also reported reduced rates of absenteeism and dropouts.

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  • A US based company is helping minority groups across over to the Tech Industry

    March 21, 2023 |

    HotFm 98.3 Abuja |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    A U.S.-based nonprofit is providing access to online IT training courses at an affordable cost to allow those who are interested to learn skills in the IT field, thus helping them get jobs. The nonprofit also helps address barriers those in Nigeria face, like lack of internet access and necessary tools like laptops.

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  • Is Maryland's community schools investment paying off?

    March 21, 2023 |

    The Baltimore Banner |

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    Response Location: United States, South Baltimore, Maryland

    Maryland allocates extra funding to community schools, which are designed to provide social services and resources such as family centers, clothing closets, mentorship programs, and community partnerships. In one community high school, the addition of resources for teen parents has helped lower absences and increase college-admission rates.

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  • Homelessness Reduced by Half in Colorado Town

    March 20, 2023 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    The Springs Rescue Mission is a homeless shelter that provides care and resources from food and shelter to job and skill training. The Springs Rescue Mission, alongside similar local groups, has reduced homelessness in the area by 50% and 30% of those who go through the program’s job training leave with the skills necessary to get a job and live independently.

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  • Can the Increase in Higher Education Diversity and Inclusion Efforts Solve Health Disparities?

    March 15, 2023 |

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    Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

    Medical schools and public health programs have shifted some of their practices in an effort to attract more Black students, such as by removing GRE requirements and recruiting more Black faculty, and these schools have seen an influx of applications during the pandemic. One example is Brown University's Health Equity Scholars program, which offers tuition support, a paid research assistantship, and formalized mentorship to a diverse cohort each year.

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  • This Juárez Nonprofit Uses Sports To Deter Youth From Violence

    March 13, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Ciudad Juárez

    Wellness schools, Escuelas de Bienestar, run by a nonprofit in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, train physical education teachers to integrate topics like human rights, drug prevention, and emotional health into the play in their school programming. The learning combined with play aims to deter youth from participating in violence and help them build personal connections.

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