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  • Daytona considering free rides in Midtown via systems that use electric vehicles

    May 31, 2024 |

    Daytona Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Florida

    Two transportation companies, Freebie and Slidr, are teaming up with towns in Florida to provide free, on-demand shuttle services with electric vehicles. The app-based system helps bolster transit networks and fill gaps in services.

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  • Akamasoa: el modelo para reducir la pobreza mediante esfuerzos compartidos

    May 31, 2024 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    La experiencia de urbanización comunitaria y la reduccion de pobreza iniciada en Madagascar por el sacerdote Pedro Opeka hace 35 años está siendo replicada en un pueblo de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, en Argentina. Se trabaja en tres pilares: trabajo, educación y vivienda digna como solución para salir de la pobreza extrema.

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  • Envelope redesign helped Pa. voters avoid errors that cost them their vote

    May 31, 2024 |

    Votebeat Pennsylvania |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    After procedural errors such as missing dates and signatures caused a significant number of ballots to be rejected, Pennsylvania redesigned its mail ballots to emphasize the areas voters must fill out correctly for their ballot to be counted. Following the redesign, 9.6 percent fewer ballots were rejected for errors the new design tried to address, but other types of mistakes, such as voters not adding the year to the date, increased.

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  • As temperatures in India break records, ancient terracotta air coolers are helping fight extreme heat

    May 31, 2024 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: India

    Artists, architects, and urban designers in India are reimagining the ancient practice of cooling water in terracotta pots to create terracotta structures that cool the air nearby during extreme heat.

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  • Brooklyn Nonprofits Tailor Mental Health Care To Their Immigrant Clients' Cultures

    May 31, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Nonprofits Mixteca, RaisingHealth, and Brave House are providing safe spaces for migrants to receive culturally relevant mental health care through workshops that incorporate cultural traditions and common mental health and self-care practices. The workshops help provide a sense of community and combat the stigma surrounding mental health in the immigrant community.

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  • Parent Cafe program gives residents guidance, chance to connect

    May 31, 2024 |

    Daytona Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Volusia, Florida

    Pioneered by Be Strong Families, Parent Cafes offer safe spaces for parents and caregivers to discuss the highs and lows of raising children. The cafes offer guidance and a sense of community, as parenting can feel lonely and isolating. Parent cafes have reached thousands of people since emerging in 2007, and 96% of participants say the cafes feel like safe places where they can learn.

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  • St. Paul Public Schools go big on geothermal energy, using the earth to heat and cool buildings

    May 31, 2024 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Public schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, are installing geothermal systems to heat and cool buildings with energy harnessed from underground temperatures. The efficient, affordable energy source allows them to keep school buildings at a comfortable temperature during the increasingly warmer summer months.

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  • 'We're giving everybody the opportunity to have the prom experience'

    May 30, 2024 |

    The Daily Evergreen |

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    Response Location: United States, Pullman, Washington

    After organizers at Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse heard that local high school students were in need of prom essentials, the organization started a prom pop-up shop. Students can pick out dresses, suits, shoes, jewelry, and handbags for free. All of the stocked items are brand new or barely used donations from the community.

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  • Kenyan nurse leads crusade to fight medical negligence after repeated misdiagnoses

    May 30, 2024 |

    365Daily |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    The Nguvu Collective advocates for patients’ rights and the establishment of committees that help educate and protect patients in healthcare settings to prevent misdiagnosis and malpractice. Since 2022, the campaign has reached over 8,000 people, advocated for protections from the local government, published materials to spread patients’ rights education to underserved communities and taught healthcare workers how to be more mindful when providing care.

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  • Using less of the Colorado River takes a willing farmer and $45 million in federal funds

    May 30, 2024 |

    KUNC |

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    Response Location: United States

    A federally-funded water conservation program, the System Conservation Pilot Program, is paying farmers in the Upper Colorado River Basin to not use the river’s water during the irrigation season. Leaving their fields dry for the program can earn them more money than they would get from growing crops.

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