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  • Solar Mini-Grids Give Nigeria a Power Boost

    December 02, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Gbamu Gbamu, Ogun State

    Over half of Nigeria's population lacks reliable access to electricity, but solar energy is slowly changing this. Mini-grids are gaining popularity in these rural areas thanks to the technology's capability to provide affordable electricity while also reducing harmful emissions.

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  • Meet Greece's Marine Trash Collectors Diving To Keep Their Sea Beautiful

    December 02, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Greece

    Greece is not known favorably for their recycling habits, but a few local residents have made it their mission to change this in order to reduce ocean litter. From turning plastics into furniture to forming a diving coalition to remove plastic waste from the sea, these Greeks are hoping their actions will inspire others to follow suit.

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  • Betting on a new way to make concrete that doesn't pollute

    December 02, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Piscataway, New Jersey

    Solidia, a cement and concrete technology company, is changing the chemistry of how cement is created that could make the building material cheaper and reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Cement plants create more carbon dioxide than any other manufacturing process, so the American-based company is testing how to use the greenhouse gas to incorporate it into the mixture instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. So far, it can reduce as much as 70 percent of CO2 that is normally emitted from the process and it's faster to make than normal concrete.

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  • Investigating Hate

    December 01, 2018 |

    Harper's Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Since 2002, New York City’s Hate Crime Task Force (HCTF) has solved every single hate crime homicide and gang assault. While hate crimes are notoriously difficult to investigate and prosecute, the HCTF has developed methods like predictive models and alternative questioning tactics that strengthen their work. The unit has had strong support from marginalized communities, but now under new leadership, the sustainability of their successes are being called into question.

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  • Several colleges start programs to help foster youth earn degrees

    December 01, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    For the past ten years, the Seita Scholars Program has provided financial, academic, social, and emotional support to students at Western Michigan State University who have spent time in foster care. Each student is assigned a "campus coach" to guide them through adjusting to all parts of college life.

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  • Nevada's suicide rate is decreasing. What can Colorado learn from it?

    December 01, 2018 |

    Colorado Springs Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Nevada

    Nevada’s Department of Health and Human Services has long used a designated suicide prevention coordinator as part of their suicide prevention tactics, and it's working. From forming statewide partnerships to mandated suicide prevention training for school and health officials, this approach has reduced the state's suicide rates and is proving to be a model for other states to follow.

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  • What Burkina Faso can teach us about scaling up early childhood programs

    November 30, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Burkina Faso

    A pilot of a cash transfer program in rural Burkina Faso not only produced valuable research but, by involving government officials from the get-go, developed local expertise that was invaluable for the later launch of a national program. "The major challenge for scaling in early childhood is implementing a scheme nationally with the same attention to detail it enjoyed as a small, closely supervised pilot," a member of the World Bank team noted. This experiment offers a possible solution.

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  • Social impact bonds are helping solve South Africa's toughest challenges

    November 30, 2018 |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    Social impact bonds are providing a relatively new way of improving health and education outcomes in developing countries. While these have been used successfully in the developing world, South Africa is relatively new its use of social impact bonds, which use a “pay for success” model to spur investment in experimental programs. Though still in the early stages, the use of this creative financing looks like it will be a huge asset in the development world.

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  • In Gesture To India, Pakistan To Open Cross-Border Pathway To Sikh Holy Site

    November 30, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Kartarpur

    India's Sikhs now have visa-free access to one of their holiest sites: Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, the site where their faith’s founder is believed to have passed away. The goodwill gesture between Pakistan and India has many hoping for a wider thaw in relations after decades of conflict.

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  • Austria's rural programs are integrating migrants — but can the gains last?

    November 30, 2018 |

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    Response Location: Austria

    Programs in upper Austria have helped immigrants integrate into rural communities. Regional-interkulturell.kompetent (RIKK) and Heimat=Sharing engage both newcomers and locals at schools, companies, and social clubs to build intercultural communication and dispel fear and stigma.

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