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  • Philly wants to bring back a version of an old strategy to fight gun violence. Specifics are pending.

    December 06, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Starting in 2013, Philadelphia's focused deterrence program was credited with 35% fewer shootings in its targeted neighborhoods. The program featured "call-ins" where law-enforcement agencies would threaten potentially violent people with prosecution. On the flip side, they could receive services that help them establish a different lifestyle. As the program shifted away from the services "carrots," and was left only with the "stick," the program foundered. In 2019, the city sought to revive it as a "group violence intervention" program with a greater emphasis on services over law enforcement.

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  • Tunisia launches a state-sponsored sex-education program, a rarity in the Arab world

    December 05, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Tunisia

    Tunisia is rolling out a biological and religious-based sex education program in elementary and middle schools. It is the first state-sponsored curriculum of its kind in an Arab nation.

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  • Dirt floors can kill you. This graduate might have a solution.

    December 05, 2019 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Stanford University graduate Gayatri Datar founded a nonprofit called EarthEnable that aims to rid the world of dirt floors. EarthEnable sells an earthen floor covered with an environmentally friendly varnish at a cost less than a concrete floor. To date the organization has installed more than 4,400 floors, and customers and the Rwandan government love them.

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  • Indigenous women in Kenya rebuild resilience amidst an eco-cultural crisis

    December 05, 2019 |

    OpenGlobalRights |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Tharaka

    To build resilience against climate change, women in Kenya are spreading the knowledge of traditional farming and grains, offering sustainable alternatives to mass-produced crops like corn and wheat. By reinstating native farming practices, these women have grown less reliant on foreign imports while reinvigorating cultural traditions in their communities.

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  • Rejected Produce Rescued To Feed Hungry

    December 05, 2019 |

    New Haven Independent |

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    Response Location: United States, Hamden, Connecticut

    To reduce food waste, a pilot project in Connecticut organized by a professor aims to deliver the still-viable thrown-out products to a local food pantry. With the help of her students, the project has successfully helped to consistently divert perfectly edible produce to "people who don’t care whether an onion isn’t in season or if an avocado is too soft."

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  • How one Ontario hospital persuades loved ones of nearly all suitable deceased donors to donate patients' organs

    December 05, 2019 |

    The Globe and Mail |

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    Response Location: Canada, Sudbury, Ontario

    In recent years, there has been a decrease in Canadian organ donors but a comprehensive effort by an Ontario hospital is changing that narrative. From increased specialized training for nurses to adding a donation coordinator to morning rounds, Sudbury’s Health Sciences North has become a model for increasing donor rates.

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  • Fishermen in Kenya reap benefits of the blue economy

    December 05, 2019 |

    Earth Journalism Network |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Kuruwito

    The Kuruwito Conservation and Welfare Association, a community group created after a decrease in fish population threatened the local economy in Kuruwito village, has become a leader in marine conservation. The group worked to ban fishing in certain areas to protect an endangered zone, and it has been a complete success, with groups all over Kenya seeking to replicate the community-based model for supporting marine life.

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  • Prosecution Declined

    December 05, 2019 |

    Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    The way in which Kentucky’s Louisville Metro Police Department handles rape cases has come into question. The department’s low level of cases being brought to trial is because of the extra step police officers take: checking with prosecutors to see if they’ll take the case to court. If prosecutors won’t, the police don’t make arrests. The policy is justified as victim-centered. But experts say this, combined with other problematic practices by the LMPD, can leave survivors feeling as though they aren’t believed and alone with their trauma.

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  • 'We've become like a family': innovative groups help refugees settle in US cities

    December 05, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    With a decrease in government aid for refugee resettlement programs in recent years, nonprofits and other groups have stepped up to fill the gap. In Cleveland, Refugee Response offers in-home tutoring, a program for high school students, and work opportunities on an urban farm.

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  • This unique program is helping people who care for their loved ones with dementia and more

    December 05, 2019 |

    Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A Chicago-based program called Caring Together, Living Better is aiming to increase support to family members acting as caregivers for the elderly in their lives by providing resources directly in their churches. Focused primarily on minority communities, this creative collaboration uses trained volunteers to provide resources to those in attendance.

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