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Solutions for Peace

Harriet Noble Elizabeth Davies

April 21, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Israel, Jerusalem

As the Palestinian-Israeli conflict continues, peace and hope breaks out in unexpected places. People are bridging religious and cultural divides at a backgammon parlor, a school, a fashion company, and during peace talk simulations.

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Can entrepreneurship empower Zanzibar's young women?

Ann Babe

April 06, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Zanzibar

In Zanzibar, young women are overwhelmingly becoming entrepreneurs in order to combat the high rates of unemployment. “Women's increasing interest in self-employment is more pronounced than men’s: 20.8 compared to 12.7 percent.”

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Legal Pot Is Notoriously White. Oakland Is Changing That.

Max Blau

March 27, 2018 |

Politico |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

A nonprofit incubator in Oakland trains people of color to stake their claim in the booming California legal marijuana industry. Participants in the Hood Incubator learn the business skills and industry knowledge to thrive as they open dispensaries and try their hand at selling legal weed.

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Drink Your Coffee Black-Owned

Ajowa Nzinga Ifateyo

March 27, 2018 |

In These Times |

Text |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

Cafe ULU is the first business started by the Us Lifting Us Economic Development Cooperative, a co-op funded by membership fees. The coffee shop is hoping to serve as a community gathering space for the local African American community, demonstrating the power the black community can have when it bands together economically. The co-op is hoping to open businesses across the country.

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Motorbike-sharing app helps tackle Nepal's transport woes

Deepak Adhikari

March 24, 2018 |

Nikkei Asia |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

Motorbike sharing apps provide an alternative to traffic congestion and crowded public transportation in Nepal. The tech startup, Tootle, connects users to motorbike drivers with its ride-sharing app. Motorbikes offer a cheaper alternative to taxis and a less-crowded alternative to public transportation—a feature particularly lauded by female users. The startup has also received a grant from the United Nations Capital Development Fund to expand the services it offers.

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Woman-led puppet theater brings health education to Burmese villages

Didem Tali

March 21, 2018 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Myanmar, Mandalay

In the rural villages surrounding Mandalay in Myanmar, marionette puppet masters pull the strings to teach children about topics ranging from health and hygiene to human trafficking. In addition to offering memorable lessons to students, the shows offer entrepreneurial women a chance to enter a profession once reserved for males.

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Munich teaches women how to run a startup while having a family

Odette Chalaby

March 19, 2018 |

Apolitical |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Germany, Munich

Starting a business is a daunting task for anyone, but women often face the additional barrier of caring for a family at the same time as launching a company. Guide is a Munich-based consulting service that has provided education, resources, and training to over 5000 female founders to help their companies succeed.

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Can we fix it? The repair cafes waging war on throwaway culture

Kate Lyons

March 15, 2018 |

The Guardian |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Scotland, Edinburgh

Instead of throwing broken items away, what if those items could be repaired? The Edinburgh Remakery and the Reading Repair Cafe are attempting just that. Different remake shops have different approaches: some rely on volunteers and provide repair services for free, others charge a fee to make the company more sustainable. What they all have in common is a passion for remaking what is old into what is new again and helping the planet at the same time.

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One hive at a time, backyard beekeepers try saving Detroit, the world

Frank Witsil

March 14, 2018 |

Detroit Free Press |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

With the bee population decreasing from 6 million hives to about 2.5 million hives since the 1940s, there has been an increase in discussion around the necessity of bees to the ecosystem. To help play their part in sustaining this vulnerable population, community members in Detroit formed a non-profit that cultivates urban beehives while partnering with small businesses to promote the use of the bees' honey.

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From pump factory to Pump House Ministries

Courtney McNaull

March 13, 2018 |

Richland Source |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ashland, Ohio

After a manufacturing plant closed and ownership shifted hands, the F.E.Meyers building was transformed into Pump House Ministries, a non-profit that expanded internationally. In its heyday, it served free meals, built transitional housing, distributed shoes abroad, and supported micro-lending and water purification in Africa. Beyond the initial donation of property, most of these efforts were supported by revenue generation through its social enterprise arm: by its catering business, craft shows, and book sales. (This is the first article in a four part series.)

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