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Educational mentorships: How to give time to children

Lex Kleren Laura Tomassini

April 27, 2023 |

Lëtzebuerger Journal |

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Response Location: Luxembourg

The Up Foundation sponsors a mentorship program in which adult volunteers meet with a child 21 times over a full year to provide a positive adult relationship and help them build soft skills not covered by formal education. Two children are being mentored in the pilot program so far, and their teachers report that they are more active and excited at school since joining the program.

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How Floating Farms Are Helping Bangladesh Adapt to Climate Change

Peter Yeung

April 27, 2023 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Barisal

Farmers in Barisal, Bangladesh, are returning to the traditional practice of growing crops on rafts to adapt to frequent floods and rising sea levels. The floating gardens made from woven water hyacinth have a layer of manure on top.

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Ride-hailing apps have a gender problem. These women drivers are fighting back

Nita Bhalla Albert Han Fintan McDonnell

April 26, 2023 |

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Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Women-only taxi companies like An Nisa in Nairobi empower women to become rideshare drivers. These opportunities combat gender bias and create a safer space for women.

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How Portage Public Schools is investing in mental health

Natasha Robinson

April 26, 2023 |

MLive.com |

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Response Location: United States, Portage, Michigan

The Portage Public School district is making strides to change how students’ mental health needs are addressed by hiring a mental health initiatives coordinator for the district. This position is responsible for staff and students, as well as creating care plans as needed. Studies show that schools that expand their mental health services have happier, healthier, better-performing students and having the mental health coordinator in the schools makes it easier for youth to access the care they need when they need it.

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People leave when the projectile already hits their house: HelpPeople volunteers evacuate people from occupied cities

Liudmyla Tiahnyriadno

April 26, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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Response Location: Ukraine

The HelpPeople organization assists people evacuating occupied territories in Ukraine. Those in need can contact volunteers through a call center, social media, or the website. Then, the organization picks them up with a bus and transports them to shelters, train stations, friends, and family.

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California's Methane Climate Solution Rewards Dairy Gas. Other States Take a Harder Line.

Aaron Cantú

April 26, 2023 |

Capital & Main |

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Response Location: United States, California

California pays farmers to turn cow manure into biogas in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Harvested in various ways, the gas collected from the waste is used to power farms.

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Grandmother's battalion: how elderly Zhytomyr residents help the front

Alice Smahina

April 26, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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Response Location: Ukraine, Zhytomyr

The Grandmother's Battalion is an initiative organized by the organization Care for the Elderly in Ukraine. Retired volunteers sew and distribute items such as pillows, work gloves, underwear, socks, and other needed clothing to Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the front lines.

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Inmates are using VR to learn real-world skills

Daliah Singer

April 26, 2023 |

MIT Technology Review |

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Response Location: United States

A number of state corrections departments are using virtual reality to teach inmates a range of basic skills they might've missed the chance to acquire while incarcerated. The VR programs have helped reduce aggressive behavior, facilitate empathy with victims, and drop recidivism rates. A short-term pilot initiative in Alaska, for example, incorporated mindfulness techniques through VR that resulted in decreased reports of depressive or anxious feelings and fewer disciplinary write-ups.

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Community Land Trusts Are Building Disaster-Resilient Neighborhoods

Alexandra Applegate

April 25, 2023 |

Fort Wayne Media Collaborative |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Monroe County, Florida

Community land trusts, like the Florida Keys Community Land Trust (FKCLT) help people access affordable housing and aid in disaster recovery by stopping land from entering the real estate market and increasing in price. FKCLT rents land trust units to families earning 80% or less of the local median income at about $1,000 per month.

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From Farmworkers to Land Healers

Brooke Anderson

April 25, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States, Sonoma County, California

North Bay Jobs With Justice teaches immigrant and Indigenous farmworkers how to restore the land’s ecological health and mitigate impacts of climate change and disasters like wildfires through training efforts and ancestral knowledge. The group has also helped workers organize for respect, safer conditions and fair pay.

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