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  • Lego Foundation and Sesame Street Team Up to Help Refugee Children

    December 05, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    More than half of the almost 70 million people who have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced are children. The Lego Foundation and Sesame Workshop are teaming up with organizations in the countries surrounding Syria to offer play-based learning programs that teach resilience and respect of differences for refugee children six years old and younger.

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  • A New LIFE: Helping Refugees Become Food Entrepreneurs

    December 05, 2018 |

    Culinary Backstreets |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Istanbul

    For refugees fleeing Syria, a new career path is possible: become a food entrepreneur. A program in Turkey provides Syrians and other refugee groups with basic entrepreneurial skills, as well as access to mentors and a commercial kitchen. Food can sustain jobs while also bringing people together.

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  • For Ugandan villagers, tradition and tourism help keep the peace with gorillas

    December 05, 2018 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Uganda, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

    In Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, where 54 percent of the world's mountain gorillas reside, NGOs and locals are combining efforts to stem human-gorilla conflict. By funneling tourism dollars into community development projects, conflict resolution, and disease control, conservation goals and development goals are starting to align.

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  • Inspecting bridges is hard and dangerous. Send in the drones

    December 05, 2018 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Inspecting bridges for repairs can be a risky protocol for those involved, so Intel is attempting to utilize drones to mitigate the danger. The data collected can be more efficiently shared and analyzed, which in turn reduced the cost of performing bridge inspections.

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  • 'Little Fish Mitten' Tilapia Skins Used to Treat Cats in Camp Fire

    December 05, 2018 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, Chico, California

    Chico veterinarians treated cats and dogs burned in California wildfires with fish skins. Tilapia has collagen and which can help heal burned paws and prevent infection.

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  • Can a Nonreligious Church Save Politics?

    December 05, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Modeled after faith-based services, Civic Saturday encourages civic participation by creating a space for people to discuss social change, organize to vote, and engage in other democracy and community-building activities. The concept has been replicated in cities across the United States.

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  • The key to easing land-use disputes? Listening, says Virginia solar developer

    December 05, 2018 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Nokesville, Virginia

    In Virginia's Prince William County, one solar developer shows that the key to community support for renewables may be dialogue. Virginia Solar, a Richmond-based energy company, has won approval for a 20-megawatt solar project near Nokesville. How? By listening to citizen concerns about conservation, property values, and construction.

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  • Teaching Children Regardless of Grade

    December 04, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: India, Andhra Pradesh

    In many countries, a lack of teachers leads to a common challenge - one teacher instructs students at multiple grade levels all at once. In the rural Rishi Valley region of India, instructors are straying from the traditional lecturing pedagogy to embrace a new "multigrade multilevel" learning philosophy: students follow "subject-specific 'learning ladders,'" with each lesson requiring varying levels of assistance from teachers. The method allows for a "personalized education that one usually associates with very developed economies" and "makes that affordable for low-resource environments."

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  • This impoverished region is a hub for the cheetah trade. Now it's fighting back.

    December 04, 2018 |

    National Geographic |

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    Response Location: Somalia, Somaliland

    Cheetah cubs are routinely smuggled through Somaliland on their way to being illegally trafficked in United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia. Although small and resource-deprived, Somaliland is taking a stand against this practice through increased regulations and punishments.

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  • How once-vacant sites are becoming hubs for health equity in Michigan

    December 04, 2018 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Grand Rapids, Michigan

    Throughout the Untied States there are many rural areas that do not have quick access to hospitals or other means of healthcare, so some providers are turning to repurposing abandoned buildings into clinics. Focusing on populations that often are overlooked in the health care industry, such as the elderly, homeless or uninsured, these clinics aim to increase health equity amongst all underserved populations.

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