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Pour Flush Toilets Eradicate Typhoid in Katunguru Village

Fatuma Nalwanga

September 19, 2021 |

The Community Agenda |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Uganda, Katunguru

Katunguru village reduced Cholera and Typhoid outbreaks by building and transitioning to pour flush toilets rather than pit latrines. Pour flush toilets require just a five-foot pit, so waste water doesn’t mix with drinking water and are inexpensive to maintain. A user pours in water to flush the toilet through an S-shaped pipe. In addition to stopping disease outbreaks, residues from filled pits are used as manure and ash from kitchens are sprinkled inside after each use to prevent odors and dry up waste residues. Pour flush toilets are not constructed with wood, so they also minimize local deforestation.

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Nigeria's quest to help 2.6 million sickle cell patients

Risikat Ramoni

September 19, 2021 |

Daily Trust |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

Doctors and nurses with the Sickle Cell Foundation Nigeria provide free specialized care to over 5,000 people at a local hospital. An annual CT scan monitors patients' risk of stroke, with those who are high-risk getting one every three months. The CT scans are provided at a highly subsidized cost because the machine was donated to the hospital. Patients with leg ulcers, a common ailment, are treated three times a week and given free supplies to clean wounds at home. The foundation does outreach to rural areas, where they have provided education, genetic counseling, and medical services to over 8,000 people.

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Tribal Solar Projects Provide More Than Climate Solutions

Abaki Beck

September 16, 2021 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, Alabama

Indigenous groups are establishing energy sovereignty on tribal lands while simultaneously providing economic development. The transition to solar power has environmental, political, and financial benefits for indigenous communities.

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Inside the Nation's Largest Guaranteed Income Experiment

Abby Vesoulis Abigail Abrams

September 16, 2021 |

Time Magazine |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Compton, California

A guaranteed income program is giving people the financial security to invest in themselves, avoid predatory loans, pay off debt, and improve their general quality of life. The lack of conditions on how the monthly cash payments should be utilized gives recipients the freedom to do what they need with the money.

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Wer baut uns die besten Wohnungen?

Torben Ostermann Sebastian Manz Antonia Lilly Schanze

September 16, 2021 |

ZDF |

Broadcast TV Programs |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Germany

Neue Genossenschaften bauen auch in teuren Vierteln bezahlbare Wohnungen mit vielen gemeinschaftlichen Elementen; KoDörfer locken Städter mit besonderen Angeboten auf's Land; und auch der soziale Wohnungsbau geht neue Wege und versucht, die Fehler der Vergangenheit hinter sich zu lassen: Drei Beispiele, wie sich bezahlbarer Wohnraum samt Lebensqualität schaffen lässt.

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House hunting apps giving agents a run for their money

Graham Kajilwa

September 16, 2021 |

The Standard |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

xPodd is a real-time service that connects tenants to landlords whose listings match their specifications. The app helps prospective tenants navigate Nairobi’s competitive and fast-moving real estate market. Tenants fill out detailed specifications about what they are looking for and xPodd aims to connect them with at least three matching landlords for a small fee. Once matched, they get photos of the houses, their respective GPS locations, and contact information for the landlord. They also receive a number for a xPodd official who can go with prospective tenants to complete the deal.

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He Beat Her Repeatedly. Family Court Tried to Give Him Joint Custody of Their Children.

Megan O'Matz

September 16, 2021 |

ProPublica |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a leader in the movement to treat fathers as equal caregivers and to prioritize shared custody in divorces. But this fathers' rights reform, combined with outmoded ideas about women who allege domestic violence, often forces domestic violence victims to maintain frequent communication with their abusers and to turn over their children to violent former spouses for visits. Although the shared-custody law does exempt cases of serious domestic violence, advocates say the law allows large exceptions, makes proving allegations too hard, and is overseen by courts dismissive of women's allegations.

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How to Order an Abortion Online

Tessa Stuart

September 16, 2021 |

Rolling Stone |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Texas

Demand for self-managed abortions increased as more states restrict women’s access to care. AidAccess provides women with abortion pills via affordable virtual consultations with its 10 medical providers, serving all 50 states. Pills are mailed to patients’ homes and are about 95% effective ending pregnancies before 11 weeks' gestation, which accounts for the majority of abortions nationwide. Self-administered abortions are even legal under Texas’ extremely restrictive anti-abortion law, with hits on AidAccess’ website increasing to about 30,000 (from the average of 2,000) after the Texas law took effect.

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The great experiment—Can resident-owned mobile home parks save manufactured housing communities?

Angela K. Evans

September 16, 2021 |

Boulder Weekly |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

Mobile home owners in Colorado are beginning to own their own communities due in part to legislation that is making it easier to do so. Resident-owned communities preserve the affordable housing stock, which manufactured home communities make up a large percentage of.

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Breakdown Or Adjust: Social Workers Find New Ways To Tackle Their Mental Health Problems

Angela Umoru

September 16, 2021 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

Social workers supporting victims of violence saw a marked improvement in mental health after the introduction of therapy sessions. The services were specifically tailored to help staff cope with the stressors of their job. Combining mental health support for employees at the nonprofit has enabled them to handle the specific challenges of helping others through their traumas.

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