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  • There's No Uber or Lyft. There Is a Communal Tesla.

    June 16, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Huron, California

    In rural Huron, California, an electric vehicle ride-sharing program, called Green Raiteros, provides free rides for low-income residents who need to get to medical appointments. The organization's 120 clients can call in advance, or just show up when they need a ride.

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  • NH nonprofit helps develop, promote gender-affirming spaces

    June 16, 2023 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Concord, New Hampshire

    The Affirming Spaces Project (ASP) helps local businesses create more affirming spaces for transgender and nonbinary employees and customers by providing training on topics like gender identity, pronoun use and how to use affirming language. Businesses that complete training get added to ASP’s database of affirming businesses and receive a decal to place in their storefront window. The database currently has more than 60 local businesses and organizations listed.

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  • Goats grazing in your backyard? This climate solution is gaining ground in California

    June 16, 2023 |

    Sacramento Bee |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Landscaping businesses in California are trading in the typical tools and chemicals for goat herds. The practice of bringing in goats to munch on unwanted vegetation, called targeted grazing, is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than traditional landscaping.

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  • How one organization is shaping future adults in Nigeria

    June 16, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos, Lagos

    To prevent youth from participating in dangerous activities after school, the Crystal Innovation Center holds programs that provide secondary school students with soft and hard skills training to prepare them for future employment. The program runs three times a week and teaches skills like goal-setting, overcoming peer pressure, fashion designing, computer literacy, and cooking.

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  • Amidst Lean Resources, this Foundation Devises Means to Secure Future for Poor Children in Taraba

    June 16, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sabon Gari, Taraba State

    The Umayya Danejo Foundation provides financial support to help out-of-school children enroll in classes and complete exit examinations. The organization also runs a food aid program and has a partnership with tailoring centers where students can learn hands-on trade skills.

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  • How Texas is addressing nation's crisis in youth mental health

    June 16, 2023 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    The Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium in partnership with Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute is working to train healthcare providers on how to identify and begin treating mental health concerns. The training program began in 2022 and about 74 providers participated in its first year.

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  • Slovenia, in bee heaven

    June 15, 2023 |

    Ereb |

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    Response Location: Slovenia

    Slovenia’s emphasis on honeybee-friendly policies, pollinator-awareness campaigns, and collaboration between beekeepers and farmers grew the bee population to its maximum capacity.

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  • How Black Americans Are Reclaiming Outdoors Spaces — and Their Health

    June 15, 2023 |

    Everyday Health |

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    Response Location: United States

    Groups like Black People Who Hike, Good Co. Bike Club and Black Women Who are emerging across the country to challenge the stigma and racial discrimination people of color face in outdoor, recreational spaces. Studies show that interacting with nature can have significant health benefits. These groups strive to increase diversity access to these outdoor spaces as a way for people of color to find joy and healing outdoors.

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  • Women in Nasarawa community utilize government's stipend to provide portable water

    June 15, 2023 |

    Radio Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Nasarawa

    The Conditional Cash Transfer program provides a monthly stipend to low-income individuals. The program was implemented in six local government areas and benefits over 48,000 people. Thanks to the funds from the program, several local women were able to pool their stipends together to repair their area’s only borehole to ensure locals have access to clean water.

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  • For two brothers, saving Delhi's kites brings fame but not enough financial support

    June 15, 2023 |

    Earth Island |

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    Response Location: India, Delhi

    A Delhi-based rescue and rehabilitation center for birds of prey, called Wildlife Rescue, is run by two brothers who believe every living thing has the right to be treated when injured — including the black kites many locals see as bad luck. The center treats more than 3,300 birds every year.

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