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A second chance at education for teen mums in Cross River

Ogar Monday

November 22, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Sankwala, Cross River

The Campus Babe Initiative helps girls in Nigeria who are not attending school because of teen pregnancy get back in school. The initiative provides financial support, school materials, and information. It also holds informational workshops to help prevent teen pregnancies.

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The Tragic Testimony of the Daughters of Magdalene

René Ostberg

November 22, 2022 |

Sojourners |

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Response Location: Ireland

The Justice for Magdalenes Research organization is working to spread awareness and gain justice for the survivors of Magdalene laundries in Ireland throughout the 1900s. Women and girls were sent to laundries, kept there against their will, forced to work without pay, and severely mistreated.

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Insurgency is pulling children away from school, but an NGO is giving them a chance at education

Promise Eze

November 22, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

The FastTrack program aims to help students in camps for internally displaced people improve their literacy and numeracy skills. The program clusters pupils by level rather than age, provides dual-language instruction in both English and Hausa, and uses technology to improve language access, and roughly 2,500 children across six camps have participated in the initiative so far.

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To Boost Turnout, Some Cities Just Synced Up Their Local Elections With National Cycles

Alex Burness

November 22, 2022 |

Bolts |

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Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

To boost turnout in local elections that often see low participation, cities such as Berkeley, Calif. and Ann Arbor, Mich. have shifted their election cycles to match up with higher-profile presidential contests. Researchers found that moving municipal elections to sync up with presidential elections boosts turnout by an average of 29 percent, and at least 11 communities approved similar measures this year to make the switch to even-year elections.

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Tucson House staff, partners help young residents prepare for school

Caitlin Schmidt

November 21, 2022 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

Tucson C.A.R.E.S., through the public housing community Tucson House, provides resources and services like pop-up pet vaccine clinics, food assistance, eviction prevention and connections to physical and mental health care, to residents in need. Tucson C.A.R.E.S. referred about 700 residents to various service providers in its first year.

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Literacy tutoring programs show promise in Oakland

Ashley McBride

November 21, 2022 |

The Oaklandside |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Children Rising is providing high-dosage reading and math tutoring to elementary students at schools in Oakland, California, to make up for lost learning during the pandemic. This type of tutoring includes one-on-one instruction multiple times a week during the school day.

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A Call for Help Answered

Michaela Haas

November 21, 2022 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

The A Call for Change helpline is a hotline for abusers seeking help with stopping their violent behavior. The calls are confidential and anonymous and provide support and resources while also holding callers accountable for their actions.

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Climbing rocks and revenue in the not-so-flat Midwest

Cameryn Cass

November 21, 2022 |

Great Lakes Echo |

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Response Location: United States, Michigan

Michigan rock climbers are taking on an additional role as environmental stewards. Many of the state’s popular climbing locations are not conserved or cleaned by anyone else, so the climbers pick up litter and take action to prevent erosion.

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Solar Powered Freezers: A Low Cost but High Impact Strategy Making Critical Vaccines Accessible in Southeast Kenya

Joyce Chimbi

November 21, 2022 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Kenya, Makindu

The solar-powered freezer donated by Green Life Energy allows vaccines to be stored at the appropriate temperature, providing more access to necessary immunizations, specifically for those in rural communities. Nurses say the freezer box has the capacity to hold up to 500 doses of different vaccines, including polio, measles, tuberculosis, and the COVID-19 vaccine.

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La Lucha Sigue: Lessons From Latin America's Abortion Victories

Tina Vasquez

November 21, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: Mexico

Attorneys and activists in Colombia, Mexico, and Argentina used a multipronged approach to legalize abortion that included grassroots organizing, strategically initiating lawsuits, and changing cultural narratives. The last part was key to the movements’ successes because changing the laws without changing the cultural understanding of abortion as a normal part of healthcare can lead to laws not being implemented or being overturned, like what happened in the United States in 2022.

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