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  • Public transit was free for many Coloradans in August. When fares returned, many riders stayed, data shows.

    December 01, 2022 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    Colorado’s grant-funded Zero Fare for Better Air program allowed riders to use public transit for free in August. When the fares returned at the end of the month many transit agencies still noticed an increase in users compared to before the free access.

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  • Mitigating internal displacement, one skilled woman at a time

    December 01, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Skilled Women Initiative provides training around mindset, technical skills, entrepreneurship, and marketing to women living in Nigerian camps for people who have been internally displaced due to Boko Haram. The program trains roughly 500 women each year and past participants say they are now able to better afford expenses such as sending their children to schools.

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  • Helsinki Built a Library That Brings a Whole City Together

    December 01, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Finland, Helsinki

    Helsinki’s Oodi Library received 3.1 million visits during the first year of operation. This success is contributed to the extensive planning process that included consultations with the residents and including what they wanted in the design of the public space.

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  • Can This Chicken Company Solve America's Food Waste Problem?

    November 30, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Do Good Foods makes chicken feed from supermarket surplus foods to keep food from ending up in landfills emitting methane.

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  • Caring for kids with spina bifida can be difficult, but Nigerian parents are learning new ways of doing it

    November 30, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Festus Fajemilo Foundation teaches parents how to care for children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and helps fund treatment and surgery costs for families who can’t afford it. The foundation connects with parents through social media, radio, TV, and public lectures like its annual “Go-Folic” campaign which encourages women on the importance of folic acid and has reached 10,000 people so far.

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  • Media woman behind first accountability reporting initiative in Nigeria

    November 30, 2022 |

    African Women in Media (AWiM) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Udeme project trains student journalists to track government constituency projects and write investigative reports holding officials accountable when planned projects are stalled or poorly executed. The participants, called U-monitors, also meet with local community members to inform them about the budget process and help them track constituency projects themselves.

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  • Free Fridges in The Bronx, Created as COVID Stopgap, Still Meeting Chronic Food Needs

    November 30, 2022 |

    The City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Community fridges, like The Friendly Fridge, popped up during the pandemic as a way to get food to people in need, as the pandemic highlighted nationwide food insecurity issues. The fridges survive on donations from community members, other organizations and local restaurants and grocery stores. It’s estimated that about 250 people will grab something from The Friendly Fridge each day.

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  • Moving Entire Towns to Escape Climate Change

    November 30, 2022 |

    NBCLX |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    A buyout program in Charlotte, North Carolina, pays residents to move out of areas with high flood risk. The program is a form of managed retreat, a practice in which people choose to move away from climate-related threats.

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  • Why these health workers are spending their lives in South Africa's poorest villages

    November 30, 2022 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Hlabisa, KwaZulu-Natal

    The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation funds health education for students from poor, rural backgrounds. Upon graduation, these students are then more likely to practice medicine in the rural communities they call home, thus increasing access to care in those areas where it’s often scarce.

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  • Public sensitization of khat farmers in Mbeere South helping to keep children in schools

    November 30, 2022 |

    90.3 County FM |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Uhamasisho wa wakaaji wa Mbeere Kusini dhidi ya kuwachisha wanafunzi shule ili wasaidie katika kilimo na biashara ya miraa inazaa matunda. Kupitia mikutano za hadhara ambazo zinaandaliwa mara mbili kwa mwezi na idara ya utawala katika vijiji kupitia machifu na manaibu wao, wananchi wamekuwa wakielimishwa na kuhimizwa kuhusu umuhimu wa elimu kwa watoto na madhara ya kuwahusisha katika shughuli za miraa.

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