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Clients consider the Cowichan Wellness and Recovery Centre a lifesaver

David Minkow

March 23, 2023 |

The Discourse |

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Response Location: Canada, Cowichan Valley, British Columbia

The Cowichan Wellness and Recovery Centre works to combat the ongoing overdose crisis. The Centre offers services like mental health support and a community hub where people can access, test and use drugs safely, as well as connect with healthcare, detox, and treatment services. Not only have these services benefited people, and connected them with others in the community, but they’ve also led to decreased criminal activity like theft.

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With a support fund, CATAI is addressing the barriers to girl child education in Adamawa

Yahuza Abdulkadir

March 23, 2023 |

BONews |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Adamawa

The Centre for Advocacy, Transparency, and Accountability Initiative oversees the Educate A Girl project, which advocates for increased funding for public schooling and distributes radio dramas that discuss gender barriers to education for girls.

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Prisoner Correspondence Project brings comfort and hope to LGBTQ2S+ prisoners across North America

Mzwandile Poncana

March 22, 2023 |

Xtra |

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Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

The Prisoner Correspondence Project connects LGBTQ2S+ people who are incarcerated in the United States and Canada with pen pals who are not incarcerated. The consistent communication helps combat isolation and improve mental health and rehabilitation outcomes.

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How ‘cheap plastic' is helping to deal with Nigeria's open defecation problem

Judd-Leonard Okafor

March 22, 2023 |

Daily Trust |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

A public campaign is improving access to toilets in Nigerian communities to put a stop to open defecation. These affordable, easy-to-install, plastic toilets have a counterweighted door that ensures an air-tight seal to minimize odor and keep pests away.

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Women of Winter inspires the downhill rush that uplifts – and diversifies

Jodi Hausen

March 22, 2023 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Big Sky, Montana

Women of Winter helps train women of color to become professional ski instructors and make the sport more accessible and diversified. Women from across the country come to join the program, receiving a sense of community and access to scholarships to attend events to further their education and experience.

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LA's City Hall Leads a New Fight Against an Old Foe: Homelessness

Patrick Sisson

March 22, 2023 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles’ Inside Safe initiative is helping to transition people experiencing homelessness into interim housing and, eventually, permanent housing. The program uses local service providers to assist with the transition and provide social services.

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Assessing Trauma in Children: It's key to helping them thrive, and WMU center leads the way

Marie Lee

March 22, 2023 |

Encore Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

The Child Trauma Assessment Center (CTAC) assesses youth ages three months to 17-years-old to see how trauma can negatively impact a child’s developing brain, especially among children in the foster care system. CTAC has trained more than 150,000 individuals in identifying trauma in children and its effects, including medical professionals, judges, caregivers and educators.

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LA reuses lots of stormwater, but wants to save more

Caleigh Wells

March 22, 2023 |

KCRW |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

To help combat the water shortage, Los Angeles captures stormwater in giant dams and releases it later to slowly seep underground and recharge the aquifers. This water supplies about a quarter of the locals for the year.

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Feed Seaweed to the Cows!

Anna Lionas

March 21, 2023 |

The Food Fix |

Podcast |

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Response Location: Australia

Australian company Future Feed sells the license to grow a type of red seaweed that reduces over 80% of the methane cows emit from burping. To produce that effect, a small amount of the seaweed is fed to the cows freeze-dried or as an oil.

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‘It's about inclusion': Norfolk's first drag storytime a progressive step for rural county, advocates say

J.P. Antonacci

March 21, 2023 |

The Hamilton Spectator |

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Response Location: Canada, Norfolk, Ontario

A rural county recently hosted its first drag storytime in an effort to increase representation and inclusion among children — and adults — in the community by exposing them to LGBTQ+ people in their neighborhood. Those who attended felt a sense of belonging, inclusivity, and acceptance in a county that has historically been lacking.

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