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  • One at a Time: Male-Led NGO Helping Female Students Gain Admission in Sokoto

    August 31, 2022 |

    Foundation for Investigative Journalism |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto, Sokoto State

    The Kanwurin Daku Education Support Foundation provides free additional classes on weekends to prepare young women to apply to tertiary educational institutions.

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  • His family fished for generations. Now he's hauling plastic out of the sea.

    August 31, 2022 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Greece

    Enaleia pays fishing crews a small monthly fee, between $30-$90 depending on how much plastic they can bring in along with their catch. The funding comes from local foundations as well as large international donors including the Ocean Conservancy, Nestlé and Pfizer. Some of the waste, including recovered fishing nets, is sold to sustainable clothing manufacturers, and the money is invested back into the fishing crews. More than half of Greece’s large-scale fishing fleet, which includes hundreds of ships, has signed up for the program.

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  • A Conservation Project in Jamaica Puts Community First

    August 30, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Jamaica

    The Oracabessa Fish Sanctuary, created with input and buy-in from local fishers, manages and maintains coastal fisheries by employing fishers, captains, coral gardeners, supervisors, managers, and board members. The crew runs educational programs, has planted 18,000 corals and released over 20,000 sea turtles every year, established a sea urchin nursery, and patrols sanctuary borders waters to ensure compliance with the sanctuary policies. The Sanctuary generates enough money to employ 18 people, creating a loop where nature helps support those who nurture it.

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  • Gun Buybacks Are Popular. But Are They Effective?

    August 30, 2022 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    Gun buyback programs through organizations like the Robby Poblete Foundation help get unwanted firearms out of households and off the streets. Recently, the Foundation’s first gun buyback program received 474 firearms from residents, as more gun buyback programs have been popping up across the country.

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  • The silent revolution: From the streets to the class

    August 30, 2022 |

    Radio Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Zaria, Kaduna

    The Centre for Girls Education in Zaria City, Nigeria provides educational programs for female students across age groups and stages of life, from preschool initiatives centered around the Montessori philosophy to programs for married adolescents. The organization has served more than 7,000 girls to date and encourages older girls and past participants to share their perspectives and experiences with younger students through "cascading mentorship."

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  • How Oakland Tenants Forced Their Landlord to Turn Over the Keys

    August 30, 2022 |

    Jacobin |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    After their landlord refused to make repairs and hiked rent, tenants in Oakland, California, staged the longest rent strike in the city’s history to decommodify their housing and begin transitioning to a tenant-controlled building.

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  • Germany's Ultra-Cheap Train Ticket Saved 1.8 Million Tons of CO2

    August 30, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: Germany

    A low-cost monthly public transportation ticket experiment in Germany encouraged commuters to use their cars less preventing 1.8 million tons of carbon emissions.

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  • Mental health days for students. An idea Philly should steal?

    August 30, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Students in 12 states can take mental health days as needed and it’s a practice that’s continuing to spread. In a time where mental health issues are on the rise, as are rates of suicide among young people, mental health days give students time to grieve, rest, and even attend therapy or counseling services.

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  • The 9-euro ticket was a success for Germany, research shows. What's next?

    August 30, 2022 |

    The Mayor.eu |

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    Response Location: Germany

    The popular “German 9-euro ticket” was a transportation experiment that allowed people to buy a month-long ticket for local and cross-state public transport on trains, trams and buses for just 9 euros. With about half of the country using the ticket in any given month, it replaced about 10% of car trips and reduced around 1.8 million tons of CO2.

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  • Could Fredericktown's latchkey program serve as a model for other Knox County school districts?

    August 30, 2022 |

    Knox Pages |

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    Response Location: United States, Fredericktown, Ohio

    A latchkey program staffed by licensed professionals provides before- and after-school programs for elementary students if their parents cannot make the scheduled times to drop them off or pick them up from school.

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