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  • In Jordan, an empowering solution for UN-run refugee camps

    December 05, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Jordan, Za'atari

    Solar power projects at 2 UN refugee camps in Jordan are helping to save money and provide job opportunities for residents of the camps. The solar powered camps are also helping the quality of living, allowing residents to move freely in the evenings and complete tasks even when it's dark outside.

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  • A Place to Play, on Wheels or Feet

    December 05, 2017 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Children with disabilities often feel excluded in amusement parks where they are prevented from going on rides, and they don't feel included with the other children. Morgan's Wonderland amusement park and Morgan's Inspiration island water park are designed for children or adults with disabilities but can also be used by able-bodied individuals.

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  • In a Refugee Camp, Classrooms Open Up to Somali Girls

    December 05, 2017 |

    Al-Fanar Media |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Daadab

    Somali girls are rejecting traditional norms, refusing to marry early, and continuing their education at the Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya. At the camp they have access to primary, secondary, and some postsecondary education. “When the camp was established in 1991, girls made up only 5 percent of the total number of young people in education in Dadaab, according to the Lutheran World Federation. Today, female students account for almost 40 percent of those in school.”

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  • 7,500 Strangers Just Bought A Crumbling French Chateau Together

    December 05, 2017 |

    NPR |

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    Response Location: France, Les Trois-Moutiers

    Dartagnans is a French crowdfunding platform that aims to use crowdfunding as a way to protect the “cultural heritage” of France. Most recently, a fundraiser for a historic castle succeeded in raising 500,000 euros, which will go toward restoring the heritage site that dates back to the 13th century. Though it’s not the most traditional way to restore old buildings, the platform has had several successes in this realm.

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  • How a Tulsa 'failure factory' turned around its graduation rate in three years

    December 05, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    In high-poverty urban schools student retention is a major issue, often school is the last concern for these children. Now, City Year and other nonprofits have university students come to the high schools and tutor or mentor the high school kids and provide a place for them to talk, as well as other measures that help keep students in school.

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  • Portugal's radical drugs policy is working. Why hasn't the world copied it?

    December 05, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Portugal, Olhão

    After the fall of an oppressive and isolating regime, Portugal found itself utterly unprepared to deal with the rapid distribution of narcotics in the 1980s, creating a crisis that left 1 in every 10 people struggling with addiction. The country took a radical approach to rectifying opioid use through a huge cultural shift in the way it viewed and treated addicts - prioritizing support services and pioneering programs like needle-exchange and substitution therapy, and eventually decriminalizing hard drugs so that users could more easily get help, and drug rates have since plummeted.

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  • Denmark's new feminist party declares, 'Out with the racists! In with the feminists!'

    December 04, 2017 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

    “Out with the racists, in with the feminists!” is the slogan of a new political party in Denmark. The Feministik Initiativ is “a new intersectional feminist party in Denmark.” It won 3,258 votes in the regional election. The party hopes to counter anti-immigrant sentiment, as well as fight for issues like equal pay and zero employment discrimination.

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  • First Nations powering up B.C.

    December 04, 2017 |

    National Observer |

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    Response Location: Canada

    From solar to geothermal to biomass projects, First Nations are finding ways to confront and combat fossil fuel concerns head on. In fact, over 30 Nations have some type of renewable energy source powering their communities, while 15 more have projects underway. Despite a lack of governmental funding assistance, First Nations are acting as a collective model for how communities can provide their own clean power to their own people.

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  • How to fight female genital mutilation with economics

    December 04, 2017 |

    CNN |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Dar es Salaam

    We rarely think of Female Genital Mutilation, which is the total or partial removal of the external female genitalia, as an economic practice. It’s often thought of in cultural terms. However, that’s exactly what Seleiman Bishagazi did. He realized the practice was popular in his community because poor families made a profit from it. So, he “decided to attack the issue with economics and education.”

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  • The millennials donating 10% of their pay to save the world

    December 04, 2017 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The rise of effective altruism has inspired some millennials to sign up for Giving What We Can, a body in which members pledge to give at least 10 percent of their earnings to charity. The idea is to live modestly and give money where it can make the most impact in the lives of others.

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