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Plus-Size Nigerian Ladies Fight Body-Shaming, Build Self-esteem Using Pageantry

Victor Akuma

February 08, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

Miss Bold and Beautiful Nigeria Plus Size is a yearly event that brings together plus-sized women for one week, culminating in a pageant that provides a platform to celebrate larger bodies, build self-esteem, and fight body-shaming. Throughout the week the women participate in sessions on how to build self-esteem and work on their mental health and self-love. Contestants develop deep connections with each other while also competing for cash prizes in the pageant, which is broadcast nationally and on YouTube.

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From a Fact-Finding Visit to Providing Safe Water for Sauka Community

Chibuike Alagboso

February 07, 2022 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Sauka

The international organization Riders for Health provided an electric generator to a community in Nigeria to power their water pump and get them access to clean drinking water.

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Off the coast of Italy, a radical approach to battling illegal fishing: a seafloor sculpture museum

Veronique Mistiaen

February 07, 2022 |

National Geographic |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Italy

An unlikely sculpture museum is helping to battle illegal fishing off the coast of Italy, but this one museum you'll have to dive to see. Over 39 sculptures make up this underwater exhibit and serve as a physical barrier to seafloor trawling.

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Making IDPs dream of moving out of camps possible

Chika Mefor

February 07, 2022 |

Media Career Development Network |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

The Skilled Women Initiative trains women trains displaced women living in camps on various skills they can use to make money and find jobs, empowering them to one day leave the camps. The initiative has trained about 700 people in skills like textile upcycling, crochet, sewing, and soap making. It also educates those in the program on how to develop a business plan to sell their goods and services and connects them with job referrals outside of the camps.

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More youths are becoming home caregivers. Experts say they need more help and support

April Franklin

February 07, 2022 |

WXXI |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Palm Beach County, Florida

Programs like the American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) advocate for and provide support to youth caregivers who are responsible for caring for sick, elderly, or adults with disabilities at home. AACY’s Youth Caregiver Project provides support in school and at home by offering customized services based on each student’s needs, including tutoring, counseling and even connections to food resources or school supplies. AACY serves about 600 students in 30 schools each year. Since the Youth Caregiver Project began in the late 1990s, about 2,000 youth have completed the program.

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The Town That QAnon Nearly Swallowed

Sasha Abramsky

February 07, 2022 |

The Nation (New York) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Sequim, Washington

The Sequim Good Governance League (SGGL) formed in response to right-wing agitators taking over positions of power and spreading misinformation. SGGL recruited progressive and moderately conservative candidates who successfully defeated incumbents with the help of dozens of volunteers they trained. Volunteers worked around the clock, sent out emails, put up signs around the town, and used their most effective tool: having one-on-one conversations with other residents. SGGL-backed candidates now hold the majority of government offices.

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Cómo los drones pueden ayudar a disminuir la contaminación por plásticos en el mundo

Ximena Beilin

February 06, 2022 |

Infobae |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom

Cada año, 13 millones de toneladas de plástico terminan en el océano. Aunque hay mucha evidencia acerca de la contaminación plástica en todo el mundo, aún faltan datos de calidad para obtener soluciones efectivas. Mediante un sisema de drones desarrollado por una empresa británica, es posible encontrar y mapear residuos plásticos en diferentes terrenos y clasificarlos por tipo, tamaño, origen o marca, de manera de obtener información certera y comparable para impulsar la toma de decisiones.

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Zero Tolerance to FGM in Okpala Umukwune

Chidera Rosecamille Aneke

February 06, 2022 |

Stories That Matter NG |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria, Okpala Umukwune

A community in Nigeria educated residents about the dangers of female genital mutation and implemented a fine to stop the practice.

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Ein Dach für alle – Wege aus der Obdachlosigkeit

Karlo Malmedie Lars Hering

February 05, 2022 |

ZDF |

Broadcast TV Programs |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany

Mehr als 400.000 Menschen in Deutschland sind wohnungs- oder obdachlos. Doch neue Konzepte versprechen Abhilfe. Die Stadt Bamberg etwa vergibt Wohnungen ohne Vorbedingung. Und eine Stiftung in Spanien vermittelt leerstehende Häuser auf dem Land.

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Peer support: how ordinary Ohioans are helping others break mental health barriers

Christopher Johnston

February 04, 2022 |

Eye On Ohio |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Ohio

In Ohio, Thrive Peer Recovery Services connects people experiencing addiction with a peer supporter to help them find and access resources and reduce isolation. Peer supporters are people recovering from addiction who have been sober for at least two years and are trained to support others.

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