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Can Art Heal? How A Lagos Creative Group Is Using Art As Therapy

Chibuike Alagboso

March 12, 2018 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

The pediatric oncology ward at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital is using art therapy to help their patients heal emotionally from treatment. The Arts in Medicine Project utilizes several forms of artistic expression to help patients express their emotions.

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Fukushima powers toward 100% goal on renewables as grid and cost woes linger

Eric Johnston

March 11, 2018 |

The Japan Times |

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Response Location: Japan, Fukushima, Ōkuma

Despite the Fukushima nuclear disaster of 2011, the region is working diligently towards reaching a goal of being 100 percent renewable energy efficient by 2040. Through a series of pilot programs as well as partnerships, the region has gained strong community buy in as well as central government and business support.

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Menstrual cups are helping Nepal's girls avoid the deadly Chhaupadi ritual

Stephanie Capper

March 10, 2018 |

ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |

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Response Location: Nepal

In Nepal, Chhaupadi is a ritual in which menstruating women are banished to small sheds for the duration of their period. Women are forced to stay outdoors, and potentially face extreme weather conditions. The practice has been linked to a string of deaths, but a menstrual cup is helping women in the area avoid the ritual.

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Berlin's LGBTQ refugee center a haven for those fleeing civil war, homophobia

Finbarr Toesland

March 09, 2018 |

NBC News |

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Response Location: Germany, Berlin

Germany's first refugee center exclusively for LGBTQ immigrants provided safe housing and services to people who otherwise might be subjected to some of the same discrimination and attacks in German shelters that they fled in their home countries. During the 2016 refugee crisis, Schwulenberatung Berlin, an LGBTQ charity, opened the 120-bed shelter with psychotherapists, lawyers, and support staff to help refugees find housing and jobs. These refugees often fell prey to homophobic attacks in other shelters, thanks to the same attitudes that motivated many to seek safety in Europe in the first place

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How unarmed civilians saved lives during anti-Muslim attacks in Sri Lanka

Lisa Fuller

March 09, 2018 |

Waging Nonviolence |

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Response Location: Sri Lanka

In Sri Lanka, tensions are rising between Sinhala Buddhist nationalists, and the small Muslim population. Islamophobic attacks have unfolded against Muslims, but most Sri Lankans not only refuse to engage with violence, some are even protecting their Muslim neighbors.

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Changing Course: Coal Country Students Working For A Power Switch

Benny Becker

March 09, 2018 |

Ohio Valley ReSource |

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Response Location: United States, Kentucky

As coal jobs become increasingly rare, schools in Kentucky are facing rising electricity prices and declining tax rates. Through innovative class work and partnerships with solar installation companies, local students are leading the movement to develop a new energy economy, and they are getting results. One teenager, the daughter of a former coal miner, noted, "[The coal industry is] dying down and...there definitely needs to be something there to back it up."

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Helping Montgomery Families Initiative seeks comprehensive approach to truancy, suspensions

Melissa Brown

March 09, 2018 |

The Montgomery Advertiser |

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Response Location: United States, Montgomery, Alabama

Inspired by Mobile, Alabama's own program, the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office is implementing a crime prevention program that identifies students missing school and intervenes with informational meetings and home visits. Since the Mobile program began in 2003, over 4,000 children have benefited from the services. District Attorney Daryl Bailey noted, "It’s a proactive program in terms of law enforcement, which is unusual."

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Mansfield follows lead of cities transformed by America in Bloom

Tracy Geibel

March 08, 2018 |

Richland Source |

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Response Location: United States, Mansfield, Ohio

It is often hard to build up cities when they are filled with blight. Three cities in Ohio are benefitting from America in Bloom, a program that gives awards based on community improvement initiatives. Already in Mansfield, Logan, and Gallipolis, America in Bloom awards encourage volunteerism and garner enthusiasm around community beautification initiatives.

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Less trauma, disruption when relatives get support to raise kids

Emily Bregel

March 08, 2018 |

Arizona Daily Star |

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Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

For many children who would otherwise be placed in foster care, staying with relatives is a better option. However, kinship foster families do not always qualify for the same financial assistance as traditional foster homes. Pittsburgh-based non-profit A Second Chance helps get kinship foster families licensed and financially prepared to care for children.

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City Rolls Out Tech Platform to Improve — and Ration — Shelter, Housing for the Homeless

Rob Waters

March 08, 2018 |

San Francisco Public Press |

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Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

In San Francisco, a new online navigation system based off the theory of coordinated entry is merging separate databases into one to track the city's homeless population. The system uses this information to prioritize their limited housing stock - but it also means the process can become more complicated for some families in the system.

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