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  • Three years in, an ambitious experiment to improve the odds for kids at one elementary school is scaling back

    March 08, 2018 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    A Colorado nonprofit takes a "place-based" approach to improving student outcomes. By offering wraparound social and educational services, Blocks of Hope aims "to flood a carefully defined geographic area with services in the hopes of touching a critical mass of residents, usually around 60 percent." On its third anniversary, the trumpeted program has started to lose steam, running up against the realities of a gentrifying neighborhood and funding shortages.

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  • The homeless in San Diego are getting jobs - thanks to a 16-year-old boy

    March 07, 2018 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    High school junior Kevin Barber became aware of a program that was helping the homeless find work in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Inspired by it and what he knew of the homeless population in his hometown, Barber decided to try to implement a similar program in San Diego. He and his mom reached out to city government and before long implemented "Wheels of Change," a program that pays the homeless to help clean up the streets they were once sleeping on.

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  • Can bird watching help save Colombia's forests?

    March 07, 2018 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Cali

    Cities near some of Columbia's national forests have seen a dramatic increase in their bird populations and tourism numbers after fighting between the government and guerilla groups quieted down. Many locals are finding economic prosperity by taking advantage of the war-zone turned bird watching phenomenon.

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  • Europe's beauty spots plot escape from the too-many-tourists trap

    March 07, 2018 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    At the world’s most popular sites, innovations in tourism management can benefit both visitors and residents. Marketing efforts in Iceland are successfully distributing tourists all over the country throughout the year, and locals in Miami Beach, Florida, receive SMS alerts about traffic congestion so they can plan ahead. These are just two examples of the many initiatives currently in progress.

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  • Taking the bull by the horns? Men learn how to treat women better

    March 07, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Soshanguve

    Group sessions, workplace videos, badges, these are just some of the ways various people around the world are addressing sexual, and physical assault. In light of the #MeToo movement in the U.S., the Christian Science Monitor chronicled four international efforts that attempt to curb toxic masculinity.

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  • The chewing gum you don't mind stuck to your shoe Audio icon

    March 06, 2018 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Winchester, Greater London

    Did you know that the main ingredient in most chewing gum is a synthetic rubber, which resembles a close relationship to plastic? "It's called polyisobutylene," explains Anna Bullus, a British designer, "the same stuff you find in the inner tube of bicycle wheels." After realizing this, Anna decided to embark on a mission to recycle used chewing gum as a means of cleaning up the streets. What resulted was a way to create everyday products that include at least 20% gum, while simultaneously saving institutions money on what otherwise would have gone toward cleanup efforts.

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  • Nkomo Sikenala Tree Nursery Story

    March 06, 2018 |

    Greentumble |

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    Response Location: Malawi, Kapeni

    In Malawi, one man's tree nursery is having impacts on reforestation efforts throughout the region. After spending 10 years with the Malawian forestry department, Nkomo Sikenala now cultivates seedlings and sells them to surrounding communities and villages in hopes people realize the importance of planting and maintaining trees throughout the region.

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  • For Many Female Vets, Healing From Trauma Starts With the Eyes

    March 06, 2018 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapeutic technique that accesses and heals trauma by mimicking brain processes present during sleep. New studies have found that EMDR has been effective in helping veterans process traumatic events and injuries sustained during combat.

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  • Issuing Bonds to Invest in People

    March 06, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    In cases where funding is short for social programs, social impact bonds are becoming an increasingly appealing funding mechanism. Private investors and philanthropic institutions invest money upfront to fund a social program; if the program shows measurable success, the investors gain their original investment plus interest. A key example is in Connecticut, where a social impact bond was set up to expand the Family Stability Pay for Success Project. By spending money on prevention, investors and governments save money later.

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  • Getting a GED while still enrolled in high school

    March 05, 2018 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    The Youth Empowerment Project (YEP) partners with local high schools to reengage "under-credited, over-age students" who haven't graduated from high school. Counselors prepare students for the High School Equivalency Test and lay out an individual path for each student to pursue after earning their certification. YEP aims to reach young adults who have given up on education, sometimes for a matter of years : “We want to stop that disconnection, catch them before they become opportunity youth,” Jerome Jupiter, a former teacher who holds a leadership role at YEP, said.

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