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  • ‘Too Good to Be True': NH Gives Students $1,000 for Tutoring — Yet Sign-Ups Lag

    To stem pandemic-related learning loss, New Hampshire allocated $2.5 million in COVID-19 relief funding to offer $1,000 scholarships to any student in need of private tutoring. But less than a third of the fund has been used, with only 724 students receiving scholarships for this year, leading experts to posit that the state has failed to adequately advertise the opportunity to the families most in need of aid or remove other barriers to accessing tutoring.

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  • Healthy mangroves build a resilient community in the Philippines' Palawan

    The Philippines’ National Greening Program combined with ongoing outreach initiatives, partnerships with local communities, and Indigenous cultural practices that emphasized the importance of preserving mangroves helped the area’s coastal forests and fisheries start to recover after decades of deforestation.

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  • Brothers Empowered to Teach: 'Planting seeds for that next generation'

    Brothers Empowered to Teach provides a paid fellowship to train Black men to be teachers. The organization focuses on the development of the whole person, from character building and life skills to teaching experience. They have placed over 170 people in classrooms since its inception, providing visibility and representation for young children to see people who look like them in careers they may not have thought possible for themselves.

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  • Grassroots work leads to vaccination success in Georgia refugee community

    Public health officials and resettlement groups are using community strategies to encourage refugees and other vulnerable people to get the COVID-19 vaccine. CDC toolkits allow local health departments and organizations to provide COVID-related messaging about the virus and the available vaccine in more than 30 languages.

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  • Close to depression: AAUA students find succour from emotional instability on a website

    Findcenter, an online platform offering free articles, podcasts, videos, and workshops focused on emotional health and self-development, launched a library of content designed to help college students who face high rates of anxiety and other mental health concerns. Students at Nigeria's Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, who have limited access to in-person therapy services, say the resource has helped them find some stability and relief.

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  • How Mondragon Became the World's Largest Co-Op

    An association of cooperatives has provided fair labor practices and equity for almost 70 years. Members of the coops vote on critical decisions that impact working conditions. When business is booming, everyone does well and when times are hard, everyone has a reliable security net.

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  • Through a radio program in Osun State, low-income Nigerians are learning business skills

    Listeners of the Nigerian radio program KaraKata have access to business education, financial literacy information, and empowerment — as well as crowdsourced seed funding to get their own business off the ground. Listeners call in to make a case for why they should become a beneficiary, and the program has awarded funds to 1,250 people since it began distributing seed money in 2017.

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  • LGBTQ-friendly building in Philly has become a model for affordable senior housing. For residents it's ‘a dream come true.'

    The John C. Anderson Apartments is a LGBTQ+ friendly, senior facility in Philadephia, Pennsylvania, that gives residents an affordable place to feel safe and be with their peers.

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  • Bruised South Sudan Employers Figure it Out: Bring Attitude, not Diplomas or Skills, to Job Interviews

    Employers like the St. Partick Clinic in South Sudan are hiring based on attitude and trainability instead of technical skills and knowledge to find employees that are trustworthy and reliable.

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  • In Niger, 'Friends Of The Poor' Fights Child Marriage, Helps HIV/AIDS Patients Pursue Their Dreams

    Friends of the Poor Foundation in Africa is a localized version of Friends of the Poor, a nonprofit in the U.S. that provides funds, food and medicine to those in need. Friends of the Poor provides HIV/AIDS support groups to help those living with HIV learn to overcome stigma and gain access to antiretroviral drugs.

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