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Half a billion people need reading glasses. Why can't they get them?

Adrian Ma, Sylvie Douglas

October 09, 2025 |

NPR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Mexico, Zacatecas

RestoringVision addresses the global shortage of reading glasses by tackling supply and demand challenges. On the demand side, they partner with local NGOs and governments to provide vision screenings and free initial glasses, particularly for those in regions who either don’t know reading glasses are an option or don’t realize they’re losing their vision. On the supply side, they work to build retail networks and educate employers about productivity benefits, as workers receiving glasses show productivity increases up to 32%.

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Could beavers be the secret to winning the fight against wildfires?

Benjamin Goldfarb

July 06, 2025 |

National Geographic |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Beaver restoration programs across the American West are creating fire-resistant green refuges, improving water storage and quality, and supporting wildlife recovery by partnering with the dam-building rodents rather than eliminating them, demonstrating that a nature-based approach can simultaneously address wildfire risk, drought, and ecosystem degradation.

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What Hawai'i's 'Blue' Fee Tells Us About The New Green Fee

Leilani Combs

June 27, 2025 |

Honolulu Civil Beat |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Hawaii

The Aloha i ke Kai Ocean Stewardship User Fee ($1 per ocean activity per person) was passed by legislators in 2021 to create dedicated resources for marine–focused projects with support from the state’s Division of Aquatic Resources. While still in its early stages, the program raised $2 million, with 55% to 60% compliance in its first year.

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How Anambra Is Transforming Primary Healthcare Through Telemedicine

Alfred Ajayi

June 26, 2025 |

Radio Nigeria |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Anambra

Anambra State’s telemedicine program is closing the healthcare access gap in rural communities, making universal health coverage more possible. The program began in 2022 and has since hired and trained 42 doctors in providing remote healthcare. As more people use the telemedicine program, public trust in primary healthcare across the region is increasing.

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Nevada tribe is bridging the healthcare gap with a mobile clinic that serves 2,000 tribal patients

Kaleb Roedel

June 25, 2025 |

KUNR |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Paiute Tribe, United States, Lovelock, Nevada

The Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe’s mobile health clinic makes healthcare more accessible to those in a region where traveling to hospitals or doctor offices is often a challenge. Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the mobile clinic has served around 2,000 patients, averaging about 20 each month.

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Pakistan's women fight to enter the labor force

Christian Pricelius, Sumaira Latif

June 25, 2025 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Pakistan

CARE Schools are free, half-public, half-private institutions that provide lessons in both Urdu and English. The schools teach both boys and girls, sometimes in co-ed classes, to promote gender equality and provide girls with equal opportunities in their education and increase their job prospects.

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What's needed to get spring Chinook back to Walla Walla? Cooperation — and patience

Susan Shain

June 24, 2025 |

Northwest Public Broadcasting |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Umatilla Indian Reservation, United States, Milton, Oregon

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation worked to restore extinct Chinook salmon populations by building their own fish hatchery, establishing legislation, and creating a consensus-based advisory committee that brings government, agriculture, business, and conservation groups together to coordinate water management. Salmon returns have dramatically increased from about 60 fish in 2023 to over 900 in 2025.

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Seaweed farming as an eco-friendly alternative for Tanzanian fishing communities

Lucia Torres

June 23, 2025 |

Mongabay |

Documentary |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Tanzania, Pemba Island

Seaweed farming on Pemba Island is allowing women to earn income and support their families. Improved cultivation techniques introduced by the Tanzanian government and The Nature Conservancy via a training program have not only accelerated economic but also environmental rehabilitation.

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Prison Reform Left Women Behind. Then Prosecutors Stepped In.

Issie Lapowsky

June 13, 2025 |

The New York Times |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chowchilla, California

For the People identifies eligible cases for California’s resentencing law, conducts outreach to incarcerated women, reviews applications, and makes referrals to prosecutor resentencing units in participating counties in an effort to address the gender gap in resentencing cases. The program has helped resentence about 1,000 people, including three women, and is being implemented in five other states.

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New dashboard empowers North Carolinians to track air pollution in real time

Will Atwater

June 13, 2025 |

North Carolina Health News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

CleanAIRE NC, an organization that trains residents to collect and share air quality data, uses AirKeeper Dashboard—an interactive mapping tool that displays real-time data from sensors across the state—to help North Carolina communities track and understand local air pollution and advocate for cleaner, healthier air.

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