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  • To Boost Learning Outcomes in Lagos Public Primary Schools, NGO Equips Teachers with 21st-century Skills

    October 24, 2022 |

    Proudly Ladokite |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Bunmi Adedayo Foundation trains public primary school teachers in new methods and boosts their morale to improve their skills and provide students with a higher quality of education.

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  • Meet the man using e-waste to build solar lamps in Nigeria

    October 24, 2022 |

    Euronews |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria

    QuadLoop is a Nigerian business that produces solar lamps from recycled electronic parts like lithium batteries and screens. This practice makes the lamps more cost-effective and reduces electronic waste.

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  • New solutions unveiled to curtail L.A. County's Black infant and maternal death rates

    October 23, 2022 |

    Daily Kos |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Universal Basic Income programs like LA County’s “Breathe” provide monthly funds to people in need, some of which include expectant mothers. The state is currently in the process of rolling out more UBI programs aimed specifically at pregnant people to help improve rates of infant and maternal mortality among people of color.

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  • In Croatia, a hotel trying to heal war wounds

    October 22, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Croatia

    A hotel in a small Croatian village near the Bosnia-Herzegovina border has invested in regenerating and bringing together the community that is still scarred from the Balkans war in the 1990s. Hotel owners have refurbished 10 buildings in town, provide guests with firsthand accounts from village residents to learn about the region’s history, and follow staffing policies aimed at bringing together the ethnically diverse community by hiring equal numbers of individuals from the region's ethnic groups.

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  • Volunteer-powered N.H. elections buoyed by national recruitment campaigns

    October 22, 2022 |

    New Hampshire Public Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

    Power the Polls is a national campaign that coordinates with companies and organizations across the political spectrum to reach out to potential election volunteers. The campaign then shares the volunteer's information directly with local election officials, with the goal of bolstering the pool of available poll workers.

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  • Disaster debris is pushing Puerto Rico's landfills to the brink

    October 21, 2022 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States Minor Outlying Islands, Puerto Rico

    Puerto Rico’s landfills are filling up quickly, but a nonprofit composting program in Vieques called Isla Nena Composta collects, processes, and composts organic materials from hurricane debris to help ease pressure on the landfills.

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  • How a Community in Vieques is Responding to the Landfill Crisis in Puerto Rico

    October 21, 2022 |

    9 Millones |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico, Vieques

    The island of Vieques’ community composting program, Isla Nena Composta, collects vegetative debris after hurricanes, processes it, and composts it to reduce the strain on local landfills.

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  • Companies Are Helping Their Workers Commute Sustainably

    October 21, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    In an effort to reduce or fully eliminate carbon emissions, several companies are proposing cycle-to-work schemes and financial incentives to get their employees to travel to work in a more sustainable fashion. Some of these initiatives, like the cycle-to-work scheme, have been used by over 1.6 million commuters working for over 40,000 different employers since it was introduced by the UK government in 1999.

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  • How a simple rain water management system transformed a semi arid village in Rajasthan, India

    October 21, 2022 |

    Earth Solutions Network |

    Video |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Laporiya, Rajasthan

    Residents of Lapodiya, India, created a Chauka System to manage rainwater and restore groundwater levels in their community. The system is made of shallow holes and canals that hold rainwater for a few days in the monsoon season allowing the water to seep into the soil over time.

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  • South Minneapolis grocery store offers a special on helping

    October 21, 2022 |

    Minnesota Star Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Good Grocer, a grocery store in Minneapolis, is a nonprofit run by volunteers who receive an additional discount on groceries for their work. The store’s food outlet offers discounts of up to 70% and provides affordable, healthy foods to combat food insecurity.

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