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  • Now, doctors anywhere will be able to treat common mental illness, with just a cellphone!

    July 13, 2018 |

    Citizen Matters |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

    Indian doctors can now receive training in mental health diagnoses and treatments through a ‘digital academy’ developed by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences. The academy will provide greater access to training and expand the capacity for mental health care in rural areas of India.

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  • Finding the Untapped Potential of Alleys

    July 13, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Miami, Florida

    Redesigning an alley expands commercial space and brings life to a city. Long-neglected side streets across the United States are getting makeovers both by citizens and developers. Miami’s Jade Alley is a particularly showy example with its archways, flowering trees, ice cream shop, and lingerie boutique.

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  • 'A dignified alternative': the special cart for homeless people to keep their stuff

    July 13, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto

    People experiencing homelessness might now have one less worry, as students and engineers are designing a cart for homeless individuals to effectively store their belongings. The prototyping process involved hearing from future users. Though this cart will not solve homelessness, it will target on aspect of the problem, mitigating one stressful factor about being homeless.

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  • Bugs and Birds: New Residents of a Greener Madrid

    July 13, 2018 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: Spain, Madrid

    With a little strategic planning, cities can nurture biodiversity in the urban environment. “Sometimes, small actions can bring incredible results,” says Antonio Morcillo, deputy director for conservation of green areas and urban trees in Madrid. The city is allowing the Manzanares River to flow, spontaneous vegetation to grow, and opening hundreds of birdhouses and insect hotels to counteract habitat loss.

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  • Farmworkers Feed Us. How Do We Support Their Kids?

    July 13, 2018 |

    Wyoming Public Media |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Manvel, North Dakota

    Children of farmworker families, many of whom travel seasonally during the school year, often need help filling gaps in the curriculum. Since the 1960s, the Migrant Education Program has been providing states with access to federal education funds meant to assist the children of migrant families with meeting educational requirements.. The money is used to provide different levels of support, from summer instruction to specialized curricula, in the states that continue to accept funding.

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  • Poisonous haze: Why the air we breathe could kill us

    July 13, 2018 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Port Harcourt

    Doctors are waging educational campaigns to warn Nigerians about the dangers of air pollution. Doctors say they are seeing increased respiratory disease, but the government is struggling to regulate emissions. Their educational efforts are fueling activism campaigns, which led to an order for an environmental audit from Nigeria's Parliament.

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  • Watchful Eyes: At Peer-Run Injection Sites, Drug Users Help Each Other Stay Safe

    July 13, 2018 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    Vancouver's safe drug injection sites have been credited with increasing drug users access to treatment while also decreasing dangerous behaviors like needle sharing. Now, Vancouver is also seeing a rise in peer-run pop-up safe drug injection sites, where people may feel less stigma and judgement; the sites are supported by Vancouver's public health authorities and law enforcement.

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  • Conserve Energy on Summer's Hottest Days With a Text

    July 13, 2018 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Providence, Rhode Island

    Shave The Peak is an online tool that helps people cut their emissions use by informing them of peak energy times during the hottest days in the summer. The tool started as a mass email and a text sent out to 100 environmentally concerned citizens before expanding. “For now, we have to educate and involve citizen advocates using short-term projects so we can eventually create long-term change.”

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  • A curriculum to help students build healthy relationships

    July 13, 2018 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Seeley Lake, Montana

    Having a trusted network of adult mentors promotes social engagement and resilience in kids. The Kaleidoscope Connect program in Seeley Lake, Montana teaches seventh and eighth grade students the importance of trusted adult support and healthy decisions using colorful balloons, strings, and anchors as a metaphor. The two-year curriculum aims to address challenges ranging from rural isolation to student trauma by giving kids the tools to build healthy relationships with multiple adult mentors inside and outside of school.

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  • Bail reforms moving slowly in Missouri

    July 13, 2018 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Louis, Missouri

    Under a large grant St. Louis County is working to reduce jail confinements in the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting, following several national models. There is also progress toward reducing fines and fees for small issues, with a focus on addressing racial disparities in arrests. But the efforts face challenges that include thousands of outstanding warrants under the old system and a shortage of public defenders.

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