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  • Crowded cities search for nature-based solutions for residents' well-being

    March 05, 2018 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Italy, Milan

    A new investment project, worth almost 11.4 million euro, is creating public green spaces in concrete jungles across Europe. The projects include green roofs, parks, street trees, and more, all worked on in collaboration with local governments and organizations -- but concerns exist about their overall impact and the possibility of what some have termed "green gentrification."

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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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  • A Refugee Camp's Teachers Get Some Welcome Global Support

    March 04, 2018 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Teachers for Teachers, is a US program that is educating untrained teachers in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya. Around 550 refugee primary-school teachers have been trained through the program. Refugees form about 85 percent of the teachers in the camp. They have to deal with little resources, no training, and can teach up to 300 students. “I know how to prepare schemes of work and interact with my students. I can see results. Our students here are now performing well in national exams.”

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  • Even after kidnapped girls escape from Boko Haram, reintegrating into society is a big test

    March 03, 2018 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Even after escaping Boko Haram, kidnapped girls and women face social exclusion. They are often viewed as potential insurgents or as guilty of inviting sexual abuse on themselves. Mobile teams coordinated by Plan International are providing medical screenings, psychosocial support, cash transfers to cover school fees, skill-based workshops, and a range of other services, but regular attacks and the rampant social stigma undercut these efforts and make women and girls’ reintegration extremely challenging.

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  • How College Campuses Are Trying to Tap Students' Voting Power

    March 03, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States

    Universities are using competitions, music, and prizes to encourage civic engagement among students. Efforts are aided by a national study that allows schools to see how many of their students voted either locally or absentee.

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  • Supporting families so kids aren't pulled from home

    March 02, 2018 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    To help families stay together and decrease cases of child abuse and neglect, programs around the country are using evidence-based solutions to prevent the crises that require government intervention. Solutions like Arizona's "Healthy Families" provide intense parent education and home visits to help families dealing with poverty and related stresses and traumas.

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  • Instagram art project spreads awareness about femicides in Mexico

    March 02, 2018 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Mexico

    The project No estamos todas (“We are not all here”) was founded to call attention to rising rate of female homicide victims in Mexico as well as to commemorate victim’s lives. Artists are commissioned to make a woman’s portrait—often incorporating aspects of their lives—and these portraits are shared on the project’s Instagram account. Since November of 2017, over 80 portraits have been made and shared.

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  • Montgomery's Renascence gives men on parole a chance for rebirth

    March 02, 2018 |

    The Montgomery Advertiser |

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    Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

    In Montgomery, Ala., a transitional program offers former inmates a place to live and support while they focus on staying clean and finding work. Officials say programs like this play a key role in reducing recidivism by addressing obstacles like learning to live again in society and making decisions, establishing a support network and basic things like getting a bank account and drivers license. It offers former inmates new paths that can help them avoid falling back into old ways and re-offending.

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  • Negative cycles broken as families learn better ways to cope

    March 02, 2018 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Communities in Arizona, Washington, and Colorado are creating programs that center collaborations to provide guidance and a listening ear to foster healthy relationships between children and parents. These programs, which include education for parents with addiction and trauma-informed approaches to school discipline, help families live better lives.

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  • Champions of the Vote

    March 02, 2018 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    In Fairhill, a neighborhood in North Philadelphia, voter turnout was a mere 12% in one recent election. Fairhill Neighbors, a coalition of neighborhood groups, is seeking to combat lower turnout rates with a personal engagement program. “Voting Champions” are community members who will work to register voters, drive them to polls, and generate excitement about voting, with the hopes of transforming civic participation in their area.

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