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NHPS: Yondr Pouches Are Working Well So Far

Sonia Ahmed

June 26, 2025 |

New Haven Independent |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

To encourage students to be more present and attentive throughout the school day, New Haven Public Schools started using Yondr pouches that keep devices like cellphones, smartwatches and airpods safely locked away while school is in session. Both teachers and students report that the pouches have been a positive addition.

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Pakistan's women fight to enter the labor force

Christian Pricelius, Sumaira Latif

June 25, 2025 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Pakistan

CARE Schools are free, half-public, half-private institutions that provide lessons in both Urdu and English. The schools teach both boys and girls, sometimes in co-ed classes, to promote gender equality and provide girls with equal opportunities in their education and increase their job prospects.

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Nevada tribe is bridging the healthcare gap with a mobile clinic that serves 2,000 tribal patients

Kaleb Roedel

June 25, 2025 |

KUNR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Paiute Tribe, United States, Lovelock, Nevada

The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe’s mobile health clinic makes healthcare more accessible to those in a region where traveling to hospitals or doctor offices is often a challenge. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the mobile clinic has served around 2,000 patients, averaging about 20 each month.

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What's needed to get spring Chinook back to Walla Walla? Cooperation — and patience

Susan Shain

June 24, 2025 |

Northwest Public Broadcasting |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Umatilla Indian Reservation, United States, Milton, Oregon

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation worked to restore extinct Chinook salmon populations by building their own fish hatchery, establishing legislation, and creating a consensus-based advisory committee that brings government, agriculture, business, and conservation groups together to coordinate water management. Salmon returns have dramatically increased from about 60 fish in 2023 to over 900 in 2025.

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Despite DEI pushback, guides along Boston's Freedom Trail widen the lens of inclusion

Paul Singer

June 23, 2025 |

GBH |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Amid national attempts to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, tour leaders in Boston are making a concerted effort to highlight historical information about people from all backgrounds, from Indigenous history to important LGBTQ+ figures. One such tour, the Rainbow Revolutionaries tour, has been so popular that organizers have had to schedule additional sessions.

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La dignidad cruzó muros: la historia de Keren y las mujeres que abrieron paso a la menstruación libre en la prisión de Tlaxcala

Paola Chavely Torres Nahuatlato

June 23, 2025 |

Escenario Tlaxcala |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

En el Centro de Reinserción Social Femenil, un programa de intervención con muchas alianzas transformó la experiencia menstrual de mujeres privadas de la libertad: Voluntarias educadoras menstruales permitieron brindar conocimientos técnicos, perspectivas de género, y nuevos suministros para que las mujeres privadas de la libertad y las custodias que protegen su seguridad tuvieran mayor sensibilidad cuando se habla de gestión menstrual.

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What one town learned by charging residents for every bag of trash

Tik Root

June 23, 2025 |

Grist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Plympton, Massachusetts

When Plympton, Massachusetts residents agreed to institute a "pay-as-you-throw system" (PAYT), the community halved its trash disposal—in part thanks to robust compost and recycling systems. In 2022, before the PAYT system, the town threw away 640 tons of trash; in 2024, that figure was 335 tons.

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Seaweed farming as an eco-friendly alternative for Tanzanian fishing communities

Lucia Torres

June 23, 2025 |

Mongabay |

Documentary |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Tanzania, Pemba Island

Seaweed farming on Pemba Island is allowing women to earn income and support their families. Improved cultivation techniques introduced by the Tanzanian government and The Nature Conservancy via a training program have not only accelerated economic but also environmental rehabilitation.

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Juventud del Caribe Sur de Costa Rica revela el pasado y protege el futuro de su comunidad, buceando

Mónica Quesada Cordero

June 21, 2025 |

El Colectivo 506 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica

El Centro Comunitario de Buceo Embajadoras y Embajadores del Mar (CCBEM) implementa un modelo de ciencia ciudadana que combina el conocimiento tradicional de jóvenes pescadores del Caribe Sur con formación científica en buceo y arqueología subacuática, utilizando su filosofía "ABCD" (Arqueología, Buceo con propósito, Conservación coralina y Desarrollo juvenil) para simultáneamente recuperar la historia afrocostarricense a través de expediciones arqueológicas submarinas y proteger los arrecifes de coral mediante programas comunitarios de monitoreo y conservación marina.

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Youth mental health? There's an app — many apps — for that. But are they effective?

Lillian Glaros

June 16, 2025 |

Capital News Service Maryland |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Maryland

Some youth are using mental health apps to supplement therapy or help them manage their emotions, making mental health care more accessible. While there are limitations regarding the apps’ regulations and validity, some research has found that mental health apps have moderately reduced anxiety, depression and suicide risk among the youth who use them.

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