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  • On Greece's recycling islands, no trash goes to waste

    July 22, 2022 |

    Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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    Response Location: Greece, Tilos

    Tilos, a Greek Island, has implemented a number of policies towards reaching a goal of zero waste. As of now, it recycles 86 percent of its trash, and has cut carbon and created jobs as a result.

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  • HAPPY GOES TO SCHOOL

    July 22, 2022 |

    99.9 Kiss FM, Abuja |

    Podcast |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Mpape, Abuja

    In a community where economic barriers prevent children from getting an education, the Oakbridge Foundation provides free, quality primary school education for out of school children.

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  • A Mentorship Programme Is Turning Young PWDs Into A Thriving Workforce

    July 22, 2022 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Peniel Foundation virtually connects people with disabilities with mentors to help them learn to achieve their goals, level up their career skills to access to better jobs and become financially independent. Since forming, the foundation has seen thousands join the program and go on to have great success in their careers and personal lives.

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  • United for LGBTQ Hotel Workers

    July 22, 2022 |

    QNotes Carolinas |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    Labor union UNITE HERE represents 300,000 working people in the U.S. and Canada across multiple industries including hotels, food service, manufacturing, and more. The union's Sleep with the Right People campaign aims to support LGBTQ+ hotel workers, who are historically discriminated against in the workplace.

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  • Is Tree Planting A Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free Card On Climate?

    July 21, 2022 |

    Noēma |

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    Response Location: Sri Lanka

    Many tree-planting projects are too poorly designed and maintained to benefit the environment. Long-term upkeep, increased transparency, and listening to scientific evidence can help these projects succeed, but tree planting should not be the only practice relied on to midigate climate change.

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  • Banking on wheels: PNC to bring mobile services to underserved D-FW communities

    July 21, 2022 |

    Dallas Morning News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    PNC Bank is bringing a mobile branch to communities that don’t have sufficient access to banking. The RV-like unit is outfitted to be a functional banking service and was custom-built for this initiative. Services can be provided in English and Spanish and the goal of the mobile unit is to empower and educate users about what banking resources are available to them.

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  • A few tablets a day keep rickets away

    July 20, 2022 |

    Daily Trust |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    The Hope for the Village Child Foundation provides rickets treatment to children via a daily dose of calcium. Treating rickets allows children to live more comfortably, avoid missing school, and being bullied by their peers. Since the 1990s, about 4,257 children have benefited from the rickets project.

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  • Bridge: The technological innovation reducing delays in breast cancer diagnosis

    July 19, 2022 |

    Daily Trust |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Bridge app helps reduce delays in accessing breast cancer diagnosis and improves health outcomes for women in rural areas. The app provides health workers with information on symptoms to look out for and how to perform exams in hopes to promote early breast cancer detection.

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  • The country trailblazing the fight against disasters

    July 19, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Bangladesh

    Bangladesh has developed a multi-layered early warning system for disasters that includes good weather monitoring equipment, communication systems to broadcast warnings, and importantly, a network of trusted volunteers – half of which are women – who go out into communities to share information and urge people to evacuate to shelters. The opportunity has also empowered women, both as volunteers and with the ability to make the decision to evacuate during a natural disaster.

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  • Transit Agencies Try Decarceral Approaches to Improve Rider Safety

    July 19, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    The San Francisco Bay Area's Transit Ambassadors program deploys unarmed personnel and crisis intervention specialists to respond to conflict and harassment on public transportation. The ambassadors speak multiple languages representing the broader community and work to resolve issues without involving transit police, with officers called to less than one percent of the 14,000 interactions ambassadors had with riders in the first half of 2020.

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