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  • The para-cyclists delivering aid to displaced Gazans against all odds

    Mohamed Soleimane

    February 14, 2024 |

    Positive.News |

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    Response Location: Palestine, Rafah, Gaza Strip

    The Gaza Sunbirds para-cycling team shifted from preparing to compete in tournaments, like the 2024 Paralympics, to distributing food and aid packages to displaced people in Gaza on their bikes.

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  • The US military is embedded in the gaming world. Its target: teen recruits

    Rosa Schwartzburg

    February 14, 2024 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States

    The military is leveraging video games and esports teams to drive recruitment and build community among service members. Military gaming projects like Goats & Glory and Air Force Gaming help service members connect with youth and provide a safe, relaxed space for soldiers to improve their mental health and connect with each other.

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  • Can soccer help El Salvador turn from terror to trust?

    Whitney Eulich Nelson Rauda

    February 14, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: El Salvador, San Salvador

    In an effort to foster community amidst divisive gang violence, locals formed the group Unifying Las Cañas to host soccer tournaments with teams from the upper and lower sides of the city. The soccer tournaments connect residents from both sides and build a sense of community over sports.

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  • The Addiction Recovery Story We Don't Hear Enough

    Nicholas Kristof

    February 14, 2024 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    Women in Recovery is a diversion program for women who would otherwise face prison time for drug-related offenses. The comprehensive program lasts 18 months and helps participants restore their mental health, reunite with their children, develop skills that help them get jobs, secure housing and reenter the community. Women in Recovery helps reduce recidivism rates and 70% of women who start the program complete it and graduate.

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  • Empowering Black Farmers and Landowners With Solar Energy

    Daniel Walton

    February 14, 2024 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Oxford, North Carolina

    The renewable energy company EnerWealth Solutions is helping Black farmers in the Carolinas install solar panels among their crops so they can benefit financially from the solar boom with a consistent stream of income.

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  • Prison system works to combat health care coverage gap by enrolling people in Medicaid before release

    Rachel Crumpler

    February 13, 2024 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    With the new statewide Medicaid expansion, the Department of Adult Correction is working to ensure fewer people reenter society after incarceration and enter a healthcare coverage gap by helping people apply for Medicaid before release. With the Medicaid expansion, 80% of the 15,000 people released from prison each year are now eligible for coverage, and prison staff submit about 100 Medicaid applications each week.

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  • A San Francisco Program Helps Older People Manage Their Hoarding Behavior – and Stay Housed

    Celeste Hamilton Dennis

    February 13, 2024 |

    MindSite News |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Organizations like Legal Assistance to the Elderly, Adult Protective Services, and the Mental Health Association of San Francisco help the elderly who exhibit hoarding behaviors by hosting interventions and connecting them with support groups. The groups also host clean-outs to help those with hoarding behaviors avoid eviction.

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  • Minnesota-grown technology helps scientists track wildlife around the globe

    Dan Kraker

    February 13, 2024 |

    MPR News |

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    Response Location: United States, Isanti, Minnesota

    The Minnesota-based company Advanced Telemetry Systems develops trackers specifically designed for hundreds of different animals. These devices allow researchers to do things like find invasive species, learn more about critically endangered species, or better understand population declines.

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  • This unexpected material might be in your next sweater

    Nicolás Rivero

    February 12, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

    The Amsterdam-based startup Human Material Loop, collects human hair from salons and spins it into yarn to make clothing and furniture. It aims to keep hair out of landfills and incinerators while reducing the demand for synthetic fibers and wool, all of which produce greenhouse gases.

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  • Rewilding in Argentina helps giant anteaters return to south Brazil

    Sarah Brown

    February 12, 2024 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Argentina

    A rewilding project at Iberá National Park in Argentina is reintroducing giant anteaters where they were previously considered extinct by bringing orphaned pups onto wild, protected land and allowing them to roam freely.

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