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  • Low drowning toll in Northland due to local solutions

    January 08, 2024 |

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    Response Location: New Zealand

    A collaboration between Water Safety New Zealand, Surf Lifesaving New Zealand and the Coastguard has reduced the rate of drownings by nearly 80% in a year. Focusing on drowning hotspots, the team educates local residents on boat and water safety, providing courses that encourage locals to prioritize safety in and near the water.

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  • Children's nutrition program, revved up in the pandemic, faces severe cuts

    January 08, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States

    During the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress and the Department of Agriculture changed the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) to make the program more accessible. Innovations included allowing virtual appointments and increased funding for fruit and vegetable vouchers, among other changes. These changes led to significant program growth, estimating 6.6 million WIC participants in 2023.

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  • Detroit agency launches mobile mental health unit. Can it slow a revolving door?

    January 08, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network launched a series of mobile response vans that travel to area parks, libraries and neighborhoods to address the community’s growing mental health needs. The vans are intended to more proactively reach people experiencing a mental health crisis and minimize emergency room visits and police confrontations by getting them the appropriate care.

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  • St. Paul, Minnesota sees city buildings as opportunity for quick wins on climate plan goals

    January 05, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    St. Paul, Minnesota, is retrofitting city-owned buildings, improving their efficiency, and swapping to renewable sources of heating and cooling to decarbonize their operations.

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  • The Rehab Empire Built on Cakes

    January 05, 2024 |

    Latino USA |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    Community for the Re-Education of Addicts (CREA) is a private, faith-based, abstinence-only residential program for people living with addiction. CREA has more than 150 centers throughout the U.S. and Latin America, housing between 3,000 and 5,000 residents worldwide.

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  • Pakam's Digital Revolution As Blueprint For Edo's Environmental Renaissance

    January 05, 2024 |

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Pakam initiative is taking care of waste mismanagement in Lagos with a digital marketplace for waste and recyclable materials. The app pays households for their recyclables and connects those generating waste with those who collect it to ensure it’s properly disposed of.

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  • Solar Pumps Are Empowering Women Farmers in India

    January 05, 2024 |

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    Response Location: India, Harpur, Bihar

    In the Indian state of Bihar, women-led self-help groups are challenging traditional gender norms and saving money to buy and install solar irrigation pumps. The pumps increase the local agricultural capacity by providing a cleaner, more affordable alternative to the diesel pumps typically used to combat water scarcity in the region.

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  • Do carbon credits really help communities that keep forests standing?

    January 05, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Cambodia, Sen Monorom

    Despite some support for the forest conservation strategy REDD+, which uses carbon credits to incentivize reducing emissions, many Indigenous organizations and communities say the strategy and general carbon market need improvement. They say the programs don’t lead to the purported benefits and must be more inclusive of those proactively protecting forests and local communities, among other things.

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  • An Overdose Antidote Goes Viral

    January 04, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Middletown, New York

    Studies show that people who received at least one dose of naloxone following an opioid overdose are 11 times more likely to survive. In response, state policies and community-level programs and organizations are working to make naloxone accessible to those who need it. Today, naloxone can be found in grocery stores, gas stations, provided at events like concerts and community spaces like libraries.

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  • He's spent 29 years behind bars. For the past 6 months, he's also been a college professor.

    January 04, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cañon City, Colorado

    A new program through Adams State University hires incarcerated professors to teach in prison bachelor’s programs, providing them training and income while giving more people access to education behind bars. Students report that they prefer learning from someone who understands their experiences and is available to connect with outside of formal classes.

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