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  • A Safe Haven in Cartoon Confidants

    November 22, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal

    Children coming from abusive households are often reluctant to discuss their past experiences. A Mexican foundation is using animated characters to help abused and ill children speak about their lives.

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  • Fighting Bullying With Babies

    November 08, 2010 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    The Canadian federal government has identified bullying as a national problem. Roots of Empathy, based in Toronto, encourages empathy in elementary kids by having them interact with babies.

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  • Can Ice Cream Help Pull Rwanda Out of Poverty?

    June 19, 2010 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Butare

    The opening of an ice cream shop in Butare, Rwanda is a small part of a larger effort to bring joy and personal health and happiness to communities who otherwise "ceased to believe they deserved it." A nonprofit based in Brooklyn -- and founded by owners of the popular ice cream shop Blue Marble -- pays for English classes and business training for the women running the shop as an effort to help the managers stay in the business of giving their neighbors joy.

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