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  • This all-women's college is training Rwanda's future leaders

    November 24, 2017 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

    The Akilah Institute, the first all-female college in Rwanda, is empowering women to be financially independent through training in entrepreneurship, the hospitality industry and information technology.

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  • Training Rwanda's Leaders: This All-Women's College is Training Rwanda's Future Leaders

    November 23, 2017 |

    Under-Told Stories Project |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Rwanda

    At the Akilah Institute, the first all-women's college in Rwanda, students focus on entrepreneurship, hospitality industry, and information technology careers. The school, designed to accurately reflect the realities and needs of the private sector, recruits students from rural and urban areas, provides some financial aid, and works to dispel pervasive ideas about gender roles.

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  • The Dutch Learn to Welcome Refugee Students

    November 22, 2017 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Netherlands, The Hague

    In order to lower the dropout rate of Syrian refugees in Dutch schools, the Foundation for Refugee students launched a program called refugees@campus. The project pairs native Dutch students with refugees because they argue, connections are crucial to success. “Around 60 percent of refugees who complete a foundation program designed to prepare them for more strenuous study go on to enroll in a university. But 25 percent of those who enroll abandon their studies in the first year.” So far, 300 students have been paired.

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  • In the woods and the shadows, street medicine treats the nation's homeless

    November 22, 2017 |

    The Washington Post |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Allentown, Pennsylvania

    The homeless do not get enough medical attention and often die without getting proper care. The "street medicine" program at Lehigh Valley Health Network addresses this by having medical professionals go to homeless individuals, even in remote locations, providing healthcare, helping them sign up for insurance, arranging psychiatric evaluations, etc.

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  • In remote Kenyan villages, solar startups bring light

    November 22, 2017 |

    PBS NewsHour |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Kenya, Machakos, Machakos County

    In a small town in Kenya called Machakos, several solar power startups are bringing light and electricity to families who previously went without. Using a pay-as-you-go mobile payment system and a single solar panel, customers receive three light bulbs, a phone charging station, and a radio. This new method is much cleaner and more affordable than the previously-used kerosene and allows people to make a livelihood for themselves even after the sun goes down.

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  • Starting & Growing A Business On The Navajo Nation

    November 22, 2017 |

    KNME-PBS |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Leupp, Arizona

    Entrepreneurs in the Navajo Nation face unique challenges finding talent and funding. One business struggling is the North Leupp Family Farm, which grows healthy food and employees local people. The Native American Business Incubator Network helped the farm grow by overcoming some of these challenges. This is part of a broader effort to create jobs and help young people stay in the region.

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  • How Internet Co-ops Can Protect Us From Net Neutrality Rollbacks

    November 22, 2017 |

    Yes! Magazine |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Tipton, Missouri

    Today, 23 million rural Americans can’t access broadband speed internet. As deregulation of net neutrality threatens to slow down internet speed even further, local internet co-ops are bringing higher-speed access to rural towns, Native American reservations, and even urban areas that do not currently have quality internet. Today, small internet service providers, spurred by local communities, are providing a real safeguard to net neutrality rollbacks.

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  • Take the Power Back

    November 22, 2017 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany, Cologne

    In the face of climate change as a result of increased CO2 emissions, millions of concerned citizens have grown frustrated at the lack of change from more traditional forms of civil engagement such as petitions, protests, and campaigns against the behemoths of the oil industry. But some have found hope in a growing movement that pushes governments and large corporations to leverage a more effective tool: divestment - or withdrawing financial support from the fossil fuel industry.

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  • One woman's simple recipe for a happy street

    November 21, 2017 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Bristol

    In an attempt to fight childhood obesity and social isolation in Bristol, the organization Playing Out is helping kids exercise more. They are creating a way for children to safely be physically active in their neighborhoods by closing off streets at certain times each week. The UK government created a system for streets to apply just one time for weekly events, and now the system has spread to 40 UK local authorities and cities around the world, including Toronto.

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  • After Flint, Helping Doctors Recognize Chemical Exposure

    November 21, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    The Flint crisis displayed the deficiency of knowledge by medical doctors to environmental health concerns. In response, the national medical community is bringing more awarenesses and education to current and future doctors about the importance of long-term effects of the environment on health. More research in this area is necessary as well as more classes in medical schools. Universities across the U.S. are now developing such courses to change the future of patient care and crisis prevention.

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