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  • Restoring hope to adolescent mothers through savings schemes

    February 02, 2022 |

    Rwanda News Agency |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Bugesera District

    A group of young, single mothers is supporting each other through a savings group that provides loans to its members. Participants can take out loans to buy livestock, invest in business ventures, or learn new skills. The informal loan network is a form of mutual aid and is a means of improving their financial situation.

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  • Can Farmers Help Each Other Navigate Mental Health Crises?

    February 01, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

    Programs like Farm Well Wisconsin, offer behavioral and wellness services to help farmers experiencing mental health challenges. These programs provide mental health resources as well as training to identify signs of stress and employ active listening tactics. Since 2021, Farm Well Wisconsin has trained about 150 farmers and community members in these mental health skills.

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  • Q&A: Jessica Davis of Rebuilders Xchange, a hub for salvaged building materials

    February 01, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Salvaged building materials are staying out of the landfill as a result of this circular economy initiative. Rebuilders Xchange is taking tubs, sinks, hardwood floors, and any other constructions materials to reuse and resell. They also offer services to repair and refit materials into new spaces.

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  • Growing Community in Vacant Chicago Lots

    February 01, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    On average, community gardens don't last longer than a decade, but Harambee Garden in Chicago is defying the odds during its 12th year in operation. A large part of its success lies in the involvement of local churches, library, firehouse, and multiple youth volunteer organizations, one which even paired local high school students with adult mentors.

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  • Through Crowdfunding, An Initiative Helps Communities Access Clean Water

    February 01, 2022 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Through the #BuildAWell project, the Water the Needy Foundation uses crowdfunding to build wells, boreholes, and manual hand pumps in Nigerian communities without consistent access to clean water. The organization has worked with more than 400 communities since 2017 and contracts with local workers to encourage a sense of community responsibility for the projects and ensure ongoing maintenance of the wells.

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  • How Cleveland is salvaging old buildings to create a new circular economy

    February 01, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Developers in Cleveland are salvaging building parts that can be reused in other construction projects. The sustainable initiative known as deconstructing helps reduce carbon footprints and helps avoid the “high social and environmental costs of dumping demolition material in landfills.”

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  • Black students fought to defund school police in LA and hire mental health counselors instead

    February 01, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    After a period of backpack searches and police pepper-spraying students, Students Deserve, a youth-led activist group, pushed for the Los Angeles Unified School District to withdraw all funding for school police and divert it to mental health support for Black students. The school board approved a plan to cut one third of the school police budget, roughly around $25 million, and instead use it to fund “221 psychiatric social workers, counselors, “climate coaches,” and restorative justice advisers to schools with the highest number of Black students.”

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  • Geier-Restaurants in Nepal

    February 01, 2022 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Nepal

    Nepals Geier waren gefürchtet und standen kurz vor der Ausrottung. Dann fanden Naturschützer mit "Geier-Restaurants" einen Weg, den Vögeln zu helfen und gleichzeitig Tourismus und Wirtschaft einer ganzen Region anzukurbeln.

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  • To Stem Shootings, Poughkeepsie Is Bringing Therapy Directly to City Streets

    January 31, 2022 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Poughkeepsie, New York

    SNUG Street Outreach is a state-funded violence prevention program that brings mental health care out into the community to the places where people spend their time. Trained social workers go out into the street, people’s homes and local businesses where they establish relationships and slowly build up to providing counseling through more casual conversations, even over text messages. A community-based approach allows them to connect with people who are at high-risk of committing gun violence, as well as people who have been victims of gun violence themselves or in their social networks or communities.

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  • Pontevedra, o cómo atajar las muertes por atropello convirtiéndose en Ciudad 30

    January 31, 2022 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain, Pontevedra

    La implementación de zonas peatonales, restricciones de parqueo y disminución de la velocidad máxima de circulación de vehículos ha permitido que la ciudad de Pontevedra reduzca en casi su totalidad las muertes por atropello y además ha regresado los espacios públicos a las poblaciones más vulnerables, como la niñez y adolescencia.

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