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  • Greece: Dental care for refugees

    September 05, 2022 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Documentary |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Greece, Chios

    A father/daughter dentist duo provides dental services to refugees in need of care by setting up a pop-up clinic at a refugee camp on the Greek island of Chios. The pop-up clinic provides much-needed dental care to the refugees who haven’t had the ability to care for their teeth during their journey to Europe and dentists from around the world will take turns staffing the clinic on a volunteer basis.

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  • How a St. Louis church is teaching teens to fly. ‘It really changed everything for me.'

    September 04, 2022 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chesterfield, Missouri

    The six-week, all-expense-paid, Red Tail Cadet Program teaches high school students to fly and prepares them to pursue a pilot’s license or study aviation in college. The flight school gives students an opportunity they might otherwise be unable to afford with hopes of diversifying the industry.

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  • The hospital train helping Ukraine's sick and wounded

    September 04, 2022 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Ukraine

    In Ukraine, Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders, operates a specialized train service to transport patients from hospitals in battle-torn areas of the country to facilities in safer regions. The train, which is outfitted with beds, generators for medical equipment, and an intensive care unit, has evacuated more than 1,000 people in critical need of treatment so far, including those with war-related injuries as well as chronic health concerns.

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  • District buy-in crucial to making Fredericktown latchkey program work

    September 03, 2022 |

    Richland Source |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Fredericktown, Ohio

    A latchkey program made possible by a variety of community support provides a place for elementary students to be cared for before and after school if their parents cannot drop them off or pick them up at the designated times.

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  • Abuja startup training children robotics, coding for free  

    September 02, 2022 |

    International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The free summer boot camp organized by the Dumena Foundation teaches young students how to build and design circuits and also educates them in tech fields like robotics, engineering, and programming. Since launching in 2019, the organization has trained over 3,000 students across 22 schools in the region in order to bridge the gap in tech education and get students on track for careers in the field.

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  • How Telementoring Programme Aided Sudan's Fight against COVID-19

    September 02, 2022 |

    Science Africa |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Sudan

    To make healthcare more accessible and relieve overwhelmed medical centers, Sudanese American doctors used telementoring to train over 400 medical students across Sudan in the necessary skills to serve their local communities.

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  • Movable kraals to restore degraded land, boost crop production

    September 02, 2022 |

    The Herald |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Chinyika, Gutu

    Farmers in Chinyika, Zimbabwe, participate in movable kraals by adding their cattle into a community herd and allowing them to graze different areas on a rotation. The animals’ hooves loosen the soil and their waste fertilizes it to combat soil degradation and poor water retention.

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  • It's past time to celebrate migrant-led labor organizing

    September 02, 2022 |

    Prism |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    The Coalition of Immokalee Workers developed a framework called the worker-driven social responsibility paradigm, which is designed to help protect migrant employees who often don't have the right to unionize but are vulnerable to workplace manipulation and abuse due to their immigration status. The paradigm targets the supply chain, using legal agreements to require that migrant workers have a direct say in designing and enforcing workplace protections, and the model has been implemented in initiatives such as the Fair Food Program and the Milk With Dignity Program.

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  • How a city eliminated pedestrian deaths

    September 01, 2022 |

    WXYZ-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Hoboken, New Jersey

    A few critical changes have led to an elimination of pedestrian deaths for the past five years. When studies showed that most deaths in Hoboken occurred in intersections and involved either walkers or bikers, the city took action to look for solutions. Bike racks and planters were added to street corners so walkers didn’t have to peer around cars. Red lights for both sides have also been extended so walkers can safely cross.

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  • Czech School Pioneers Peer-to-Peer Instruction

    September 01, 2022 |

    Transitions Online |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Czech Republic, Roudnice nad Labem

    To enhance learning, Smart Primary School has integrated peer-mentoring in its curriculum through the Buddy program. Each student in the first grade is paired with a fifth grader who tutors and guides the younger one with lessons and activities for the next four years. The program has not just helped them improve their language, communication, and mathematics skills, but also helped enhance the school atmosphere through the trust and bonding students build in the process.

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