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  • One at a Time: Male-Led NGO Helping Female Students Gain Admission in Sokoto

    August 31, 2022 |

    Foundation for Investigative Journalism |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto, Sokoto State

    The Kanwurin Daku Education Support Foundation provides free additional classes on weekends to prepare young women to apply to tertiary educational institutions.

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  • His family fished for generations. Now he's hauling plastic out of the sea.

    August 31, 2022 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Greece

    Enaleia pays fishing crews a small monthly fee, between $30-$90 depending on how much plastic they can bring in along with their catch. The funding comes from local foundations as well as large international donors including the Ocean Conservancy, Nestlé and Pfizer. Some of the waste, including recovered fishing nets, is sold to sustainable clothing manufacturers, and the money is invested back into the fishing crews. More than half of Greece’s large-scale fishing fleet, which includes hundreds of ships, has signed up for the program.

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  • Gun Buybacks Are Popular. But Are They Effective?

    August 30, 2022 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    Gun buyback programs through organizations like the Robby Poblete Foundation help get unwanted firearms out of households and off the streets. Recently, the Foundation’s first gun buyback program received 474 firearms from residents, as more gun buyback programs have been popping up across the country.

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  • The silent revolution: From the streets to the class

    August 30, 2022 |

    Radio Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Zaria, Kaduna

    The Centre for Girls Education in Zaria City, Nigeria provides educational programs for female students across age groups and stages of life, from preschool initiatives centered around the Montessori philosophy to programs for married adolescents. The organization has served more than 7,000 girls to date and encourages older girls and past participants to share their perspectives and experiences with younger students through "cascading mentorship."

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  • A Conservation Project in Jamaica Puts Community First

    August 30, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Jamaica

    The Oracabessa Fish Sanctuary, created with input and buy-in from local fishers, manages and maintains coastal fisheries by employing fishers, captains, coral gardeners, supervisors, managers, and board members. The crew runs educational programs, has planted 18,000 corals and released over 20,000 sea turtles every year, established a sea urchin nursery, and patrols sanctuary borders waters to ensure compliance with the sanctuary policies. The Sanctuary generates enough money to employ 18 people, creating a loop where nature helps support those who nurture it.

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  • Germany's €9 train tickets scheme ‘saved 1.8m tons of CO2 emissions'

    August 30, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Germany’s three-month experiment with €9 tickets for a month of unlimited travel on public transportation saved about 1.8 metric tons of CO2 emissions. The experiment was launched in an effort to cut fuel consumption and relieve a cost of living crisis and sold about 52 million tickets.

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  • Some believe hydrocephalus is a spiritual attack, how a Kwara-based initiative is tackling the notion

    August 30, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

    Givers Supportive Foundation provides free surgery for children with hydrocephalus and other chronic childhood illnesses by connecting with a network of neurosurgeons abroad. Beyond the surgeries, the organization also doubles as counselors and arranges one-on-one discussions with the parents of young patients with hydrocephalus, offering support throughout the treatment process.

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  • Traditional climate-smart agriculture system ‘Barahnaja' saves the day for Uttarakhand farmers

    August 30, 2022 |

    101 Reporters |

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    Response Location: India, Dehradun, Uttarakhand

    The traditional Barahnaja system of cultivation helps protect farmers’ crops from erratic weather conditions and crop failure and guarantees access to multiple food options and nutrition even during unprecedented conditions. The system helps crop diversification, ensures maximal use of land, nutrients and water and allows farmers to achieve year-round self-sustainability without commercial interest.

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  • How Oakland Tenants Forced Their Landlord to Turn Over the Keys

    August 30, 2022 |

    Jacobin |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    After their landlord refused to make repairs and hiked rent, tenants in Oakland, California, staged the longest rent strike in the city’s history to decommodify their housing and begin transitioning to a tenant-controlled building.

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  • Mental health days for students. An idea Philly should steal?

    August 30, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Students in 12 states can take mental health days as needed and it’s a practice that’s continuing to spread. In a time where mental health issues are on the rise, as are rates of suicide among young people, mental health days give students time to grieve, rest, and even attend therapy or counseling services.

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