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  • The British Schools Reinventing Themselves as Refugee Sanctuaries

    Kieran Guilbert

    September 05, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The Schools of Sanctuary program aims to provide welcoming, inclusive learning environments for those seeking refuge, teach students about migrants and refugees and engage with the local community. As even more people are seeking asylum, there are currently about 300 local schools signed up to go through the process of becoming an official School of Sanctuary.

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  • Juhudi za kupunguza mkurupuko wa homa ya Dengue Mombasa Part -2

    Ruth Keah

    September 05, 2022 |

    RadioRahma |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya

    Ili kukabili mkurupuko wa homa ya dengue, serikali ya kaunti ya Mombasa pia iliajiri vijana waliozibua mitaro ya maji taka na kutibu visima vya maji kila eneo bunge. Wakazi pia walishauriwa kujipaka mafuta ya kufukuza mbu na kuvaa nguo ndefu za kufunika miguu.

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  • For Nigerians hoping to study abroad, there are many hurdles to scale

    Gbadegesin Adeyanju

    September 05, 2022 |

    Platform Times |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The i-Scholar Initiative is one of a growing number of individual and organizational efforts to support Nigerian students looking to study abroad. The initiative helps fund the cost of international graduate examinations, provides scholarships to fund their education, and connects students to peer mentors who can guide them through the application and admission process.

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  • Climate Change Is Ravaging the Colorado River. There's a Model to Avert the Worst.

    Henry Fountain

    September 05, 2022 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Yakama Nation, United States, Yakima, Washington

    Several years of collaboration and compromise between many stakeholders led to the creation of the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan to better manage the river's water supply over the next 30 years.

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  • How a St. Louis church is teaching teens to fly. ‘It really changed everything for me.'

    Erin Heffernan

    September 04, 2022 |

    St. Louis Post-Dispatch |

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    Response Location: United States, Chesterfield, Missouri

    The six-week, all-expense-paid, Red Tail Cadet Program teaches high school students to fly and prepares them to pursue a pilot’s license or study aviation in college. The flight school gives students an opportunity they might otherwise be unable to afford with hopes of diversifying the industry.

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  • The hospital train helping Ukraine's sick and wounded

    Amandas Og

    September 04, 2022 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Ukraine

    In Ukraine, Médecins Sans Frontières, or Doctors Without Borders, operates a specialized train service to transport patients from hospitals in battle-torn areas of the country to facilities in safer regions. The train, which is outfitted with beds, generators for medical equipment, and an intensive care unit, has evacuated more than 1,000 people in critical need of treatment so far, including those with war-related injuries as well as chronic health concerns.

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  • District buy-in crucial to making Fredericktown latchkey program work

    Grant Pepper

    September 03, 2022 |

    Richland Source |

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    Response Location: United States, Fredericktown, Ohio

    A latchkey program made possible by a variety of community support provides a place for elementary students to be cared for before and after school if their parents cannot drop them off or pick them up at the designated times.

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  • How Telementoring Programme Aided Sudan's Fight against COVID-19

    Sharon Atieno

    September 02, 2022 |

    Science Africa |

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    Response Location: Sudan

    To make healthcare more accessible and relieve overwhelmed medical centers, Sudanese American doctors used telementoring to train over 400 medical students across Sudan in the necessary skills to serve their local communities.

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  • Movable kraals to restore degraded land, boost crop production

    Enacy Mapakame

    September 02, 2022 |

    The Herald |

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    Response Location: Zimbabwe, Chinyika, Gutu

    Farmers in Chinyika, Zimbabwe, participate in movable kraals by adding their cattle into a community herd and allowing them to graze different areas on a rotation. The animals’ hooves loosen the soil and their waste fertilizes it to combat soil degradation and poor water retention.

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  • Abuja startup training children robotics, coding for free  

    Mustapha Usman

    September 02, 2022 |

    International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

    Multi-Media |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The free summer boot camp organized by the Dumena Foundation teaches young students how to build and design circuits and also educates them in tech fields like robotics, engineering, and programming. Since launching in 2019, the organization has trained over 3,000 students across 22 schools in the region in order to bridge the gap in tech education and get students on track for careers in the field.

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