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  • Crisis Survivors in Australia Are Rebuilding Their Wardrobes in Style

    May 05, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Thread Together collects unsold, brand-new clothes from fashion retailers that would otherwise end up in landfills and distributes them to people in need across Australia who are facing clothing insecurity after crises such as floods, homelessness or domestic violence. The organization provides dignity-driven choices through mobile wardrobe vans, online "shopping," and local pop-up stores, enabling individuals to rebuild their lives with confidence and dignity.

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  • Trump has cut global climate finance. China is more than happy to step in.

    May 04, 2025 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: China

    China's strategic provision of affordable renewable energy infrastructure—such as solar panels and wind turbines—to developing countries like the Philippines, fills the vacuum caused by significant U.S. cuts in global climate finance under the Trump administration.

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  • This Youth-led Initiative is Debunking Myths About Health Insurance, PHCs in Nigeria's Capital

    May 03, 2025 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    DEAN Initiative's Youth Health Access Initiative addresses healthcare misconceptions among young people through targeted community outreach, educational workshops in local languages, and training programs for healthcare workers. The initiative specifically addresses myths that Primary Healthcare Centers are only for pregnant women and children, and that health insurance is only for the sick, helping to increase healthcare accessibility.

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  • Redes de esperanza: mujeres de Piura luchan contra la violencia de género

    May 03, 2025 |

    Norte Sostenible |

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    Response Location: Peru, Piura

    Las redes comunitarias de mujeres defensoras de Piura son estructuras organizadas que, desde 2018, brindan acompañamiento, formación y articulación interinstitucional a víctimas de violencia de género, combinando apoyo psicológico, rutas legales y empoderamiento económico. Han logrado que más mujeres se atrevan a denunciar violencia, han mejorado la coordinación entre instituciones públicas como policía y fiscalías, y han transformado a sobrevivientes en lideresas que rompen ciclos de violencia en sus comunidades. Puedes leer este artículo en inglés aquí: https://solu.news/w0cx

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  • “An Egalitarian Pressure”: Australia Has Been Requiring People to Vote for 100 Years

    May 02, 2025 |

    Bolts |

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    Response Location: Australia

    Since 1924, Australia has had compulsory voting, which requires citizens to cast a ballot or face a small fine. The policy has created a strong culture around voting, and voter turnout has remained high since the law went into effect.

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  • Robot chef revolutionizes hospital catering

    May 02, 2025 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Germany

    An AI-powered robot chef created by the startup goodBytz can prepare up to eight dishes at once and up to 3,000 meals a day, virtually 24/7, ensuring hospital workers, patients and their families always have access to freshly cooked food.

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  • In Sri Lanka, 'the Ocean Is For Everyone'

    May 02, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka, Weligama

    SeaSisters offers free swim and surf lessons to local women and girls, challenging social norms and fear that traditionally keep them from enjoying the ocean. The group has since trained 150 participants, helping them overcome their fears and find a newfound sense of freedom.

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  • In Mexico's ‘Avocado Belt,' Villagers Stand Up to Protect Their Lands

    May 02, 2025 |

    Yale Environment 360 |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Michoacán

    Indigenous communities in Michoacán, Mexico, have implemented traditional collective land management and community-driven governance strategies to sustainably cultivate avocados, successfully protecting local forests and biodiversity, empowering local economies, and resisting cartel violence.

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  • The Quiet Engine for Affordable Housing in Red and Blue States

    May 01, 2025 |

    Next City |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: United States, Nashville, Tennessee

    Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) like BlueHub Loan Fund are stepping up to help create and preserve affordable housing. BlueHub Loan Fund recently financed a project in Nashville that converted two abandoned motels into affordable studio apartments, when larger banks wouldn’t finance the project.

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  • How Pakistan pulled off one of the fastest solar revolutions in the world

    May 01, 2025 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: Pakistan

    Faced with severe heat waves, escalating electricity costs and frequent blackouts, Pakistan took a grassroots approach to transitioning to solar power, making electricity more accessible and affordable. They’ve become a major market for solar, importing 17 gigawatts of solar panels from China in 2024 alone, doubling their 2023 numbers, making Pakistan the world’s third-biggest importer of solar panels.

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