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As CMSD returns to virtual school, Project ACT ensures the needs of homeless students are met

Sydney Kornegay

September 15, 2021 |

FreshWater Cleveland |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

Project ACT provides support services to 1,000 Cleveland public school students experiencing homelessness or living with guardians other than their parents. Students are set up with a life skills coach who provides emotional and academic support to cope with traumatic life experiences. To ensure stability during COVID-19, Project ACT distributed hotspots and Chromebooks to all 1,000 children they work with. Life coach sessions transitioned to Zoom, where weekly online tutoring sessions were also hosted. Students could also receive gift cards, enrichment packets, school supplies, and hygiene items if needed.

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«Trop souvent les victimes agissent seules» : App-Elles, l'appli contre les violences faites aux femmes, part en campagne

Christine Mateus

September 15, 2021 |

Le Parisien |

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Response Location: France

Créée en 2015, App-Elles est une application mobile française venant en aide aux victimes et témoins de violences sexistes et sexuelles.

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Making the grade: B.C. tuition waiver program made education possible for hundreds of young people

Tracy Sherlock

September 14, 2021 |

Education Matters British Columbia |

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Response Location: Canada, British Columbia

The British Columbia government waives tuition at public universities for undergraduate students who grew up in foster care, a measure that takes aim at the disadvantages young people face after aging out of the child welfare system. Former foster children, who in British Columbia are disproportionately of Indigenous heritage, average lower high school graduation rates and have above-average problems with income, housing, and work after childhoods that often feature multiple moves. About 1,700 young people have received tuition-free educations since 2017.

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Rwanda Saving Mothers' Lives With An SMS

James Rwema

September 14, 2021 |

Rwanda Dispatch |

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Response Location: Rwanda

The RapidSMS program provides mobile phones to connect pregnant women, community health workers (CHWs), ambulances, and hospitals. CHWs enter data into phones to track all pregnant women, monitor prenatal care, and identify women at risk of complications. The free platform also allows pregnant women to send a text message to their CHW, who can alert an ambulance to be dispatched to even the most remote regions and give hospitals advanced notice of the women’s arrival. The system has been so effective in improving health outcomes that the government is looking to use it for other medical issues like malaria.

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Youth Volunteers On The Frontline To Curb The Spread Of COVID-19

Jejje Muhinde

September 14, 2021 |

Rwanda Dispatch |

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Response Location: Rwanda, Rukara

Youth volunteers in Rwanda are keeping their communities safe by reminding people to follow coronavirus safety guidelines. Volunteers enforce social distancing, masks, and hygiene, in addition to fighting misinformation about the virus.

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Rwanda Strives To Stamp Out Killer Malaria Using Drones

Aimable Twahirwa

September 14, 2021 |

Rwanda Dispatch |

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Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

A pilot program is using drones to spray anti-Malaria pesticides in high-incidence regions. The spraying drones have a 10-liter on-board tank that holds a biological insecticide, which uses bacteria that impacts larval stages of certain insects, including mosquitoes. The operator flown drone has a battery powered spray pump that releases the spray and the downward thrust of the propellers pushes it to the ground. The fixed-wing drone takes off vertically and flies horizontally for 50 minutes and 80 miles. Estimates show a drastic decline of malaria cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in the sprayed areas.

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The hotel for homeless people

Simon Maybin

September 14, 2021 |

BBC |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United Kingdom

To limit the spread of COVID-19, the Everyone In initiative offers housing to people experiencing homelessness. In the first few months of the program, the government paid for hotel rooms – which were empty due to the pandemic – for about 15,000 people. Additional services provided include helping people with substance abuse issues, accessing welfare benefits, and finding permanent housing. Some hotel residents expressed a renewed sense of purpose from having stable housing. A new set of workers, like hotel staff, addressing homelessness for the first time also led to innovation.

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RGGI, behind the rhetoric: What we know about the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Rachel McDevitt

September 14, 2021 |

StateImpact Pennsylvania |

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Response Location: United States

A regional cap-and-trade program in the northeast United States has reduced carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and led to overall job gains in the economy. Up to 50 percent of the region’s CO2 reductions are attributable to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program and nine of the states participating report training more than 8,000 workers.

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Ein Ort der Hoffnung

Christoph Röckerath

September 14, 2021 |

3Sat |

Broadcast TV Programs |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Brazil

Das Instituto Terra um den Fotografen Sebastiao Salgado betreibt im Osten Brasiliens ein beispielloses Aufforstungsprojekt. Dabei analysieren und verwenden sie auch die Samen hunderter verschiedener Baumarten aus der Region. Nach Jahren der Abholzung kehrt nun das Leben zurück.

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How Delta Air Lines mandated employee vaccinations without losing workers

Courtney Vinopal

September 14, 2021 |

Quartz |

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Response Location: United States

To increase the number of employees getting vaccinated against COVID-19, Delta Air Lines announced that the company would charge employees for their healthcare plans if they were not vaccinated. Many businesses have used incentives to encourage their employees to get the vaccine, which can be positive rewards or, as in this case, the threat of a potential penalty. Within two weeks of the announcement, 20% of Delta’s remaining unvaccinated employees received their shots and no employees have resigned as a result of the new policy.

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