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Jobs for Life

Laura Ghenea

May 07, 2025 |

Transitions |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Republic of Moldova

Floare de Cires addresses the employment barriers people with disabilities face by training them in culinary and hospitality skills that help them integrate into the workforce and build a sense of independence.

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SoCal officials unleash sterile mosquitoes in bid to curb disease — with promising results

Lila Seidman

May 06, 2025 |

Los Angeles Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Local agencies tasked with controlling disease-spreading organisms are releasing sterile male mosquitoes to help reduce the pest’s population and prevent the spread of dengue. This strategy has decreased the mosquito population by about 82% in parts of Southern California, marking the first time in eight years that the population has declined instead of increased.

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How this Limpopo NGO prepared itself for Trump funding cuts

Zano Kunene

April 29, 2025 |

Bhekisisa |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: South Africa, Limpopo

After sudden U.S. government funding cuts jeopardized South Africa's HIV programs, Limpopo's Hlokomela Clinic quickly reorganized around existing resources, training community health workers to identify and encourage farm workers to visit still-operational clinic sites for HIV testing. By leveraging volunteers, they partially offset the impact of losing their dedicated HIV testing outreach team and program funding.

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DOGE abruptly cut a program for teens with disabilities. This student is 'devastated'

Cory Turner

April 14, 2025 |

KPBS Public Media |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Newton, Massachusetts

Before DOGE cut the program’s funding, Charting My Path for Future Success was helping students with disabilities learn ways to successfully transition from high school to college or the working world with greater self-sufficiency. Before it was canceled, 1,600 high school juniors enrolled in the program, learning how to set goals, take care of themselves and build their confidence and self-determination skills.

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Two Men's Mission to Restoring Eye Sights amid Searing Temperatures in Kwara State

Muritala Abdullahi

April 07, 2025 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

Working closely with Opeyemi Mega Eye Clinic, two local men created a grassroots outreach program to provide free and discounted cataract and glaucoma surgeries, and have successfully restored vision for hundreds of residents between 2021 and 2024.

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LALIF Sparking a New Dawn of Hope For Neglected Deaf Blind

Blessing Oladunjoye

March 18, 2025 |

BONews |

Video |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria

Lionheart Ability Leaders International Foundation (LALIF) uses a comprehensive training program to empower parents, teachers and those living with vision and hearing impairment. Their programming teaches educators how to understand tactile sign language, and also empowers parents on how best to support their children living with disabilities.

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How Nigeria's Biggest Party Made HIV Testing Cool

Ogar Monday

March 17, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Calabar, Cross River

The Wise Up Campaign works to increase HIV testing rates and reduce transmission of the disease through educational efforts and connecting with young people, a particularly high-risk group, to spread awareness and connect them with necessary resources. Since forming, the campaign has reached over 500,000 young people with HIV counseling and testing, as well as condom distribution, and has even trained several young volunteers to continue spreading the message to their peers.

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“Close the Gap” or Political Band-Aid? South Africa's HIV/AIDS Response

N. Sithole kaMiya

March 02, 2025 |

Modern Diplomacy |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: South Africa

South Africa’s “Close the Gap” campaign aims to bridge disparities in HIV/AIDS treatment. To make the initiative more effective, some African countries are incorporating traditional health practitioners into the healthcare framework to provide more holistic care that bridges the gap between Indigenous cultural knowledge and modern medical practices.

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Feeding Hope: An MSF-Backed Nutrition Project is Giving Malnourished Children a Fighting Chance in Katsina

Mahdi Garba

December 23, 2024 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kofar Sauri, Katsina

Médecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) launched a nutrition project in collaboration with the Katsina State Ministry of Health to provide healthcare and support to children suffering from malnutrition. Currently, the organization has four centers throughout the state. Year over year, the centers are seeing an increase in the number of patients, having cared for about 20,000 patients from January 2024 to October 2024 alone.

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Intergenerational care benefits children and seniors. Why is it still so rare?

Emily Tate Sullivan

December 17, 2024 |

EdSurge News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Fairmont, Nebraska

At intergenerational care facilities, early learning programs co-locate with senior homes, giving students and care residents plenty of opportunities to interact. Research shows this type of intergenerational program can have physical and cognitive benefits for both the adults and the children involved in them.

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