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  • Cash Cards For Syrian Refugees

    November 20, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Lebanon, Beqaa Valley

    In a creative twist, Syrian refugees are being given cash cards to spend as they wish rather than being given food boxes or in-kind donations. Agencies and refugees themselves say that it gives them dignity and choice, which are important in the survival process. It was also much more efficient and cheaper to distribute money than buying food. This podcast cites a study done to prove its efficacy, talks to a couple refugee families, and notes that results could vary from country to country.

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  • How Did we Save the Ozone Layer?

    August 02, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Poland

    CFCs, chemicals created in the early 20th century, were an industrial success but destroyed the atmosphere. How a group of environmentalists, scientists, and lawyers in the 70s/80s raised public awareness which ultimately led to the most successful treaty ever, banning CFCs.

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  • Treating alcoholics - with wine

    July 07, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Ottawa

    The recommended treatment for chronic alcoholism is abstinence. But at the Oaks - a permanent home for those who once lived on the streets - residents are given a measure of wine at hourly intervals. It is called the Managed Alcohol Program, and aims to change the drinking behaviour of inveterate addicts.

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  • Can You Make Bankers Behave Better?

    July 05, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    What if you could figure out a way to nudge bankers into making decisions with more integrity, in order to avoid future financial woes? Can a sense of safety and ethics be forced into company culture? The Inquiry takes a look inside Goldman Sachs and meets with a regulator who is deploying psychologists in banks.

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  • Should We Give Homeless People Homes?

    April 26, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Medicine Hat

    The city of Medicine Hat in Canada ended homelessness by giving every person living in the streets a home. The Inquiry looks into whether this "Housing First" approach could work in other cities.

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  • 'I owe them my life... they put me back on track'

    March 31, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom, London

    A new approach to youth justice in southeast Spain is turning lives around through agricultural labor and special education.

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  • Can we Quake-Proof a City?

    March 22, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nepal

    Can we engineer buildings to prevent collapse in earthquakes? The answer is yes, and the Inquiry dives into how better building design can save more and more lives as urban density increases.

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  • How to Go Straight

    March 19, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    How to break a cycle of recidivism? Individual ex-prisoners share their own stories of how they have recovered from addiction and lives of crime, gotten their lives on track, and ultimately broken the cycle and stayed out of prison.

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  • Actor's Gang: How Tim Robbins has cut reoffending rates

    March 14, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    For many offenders, prison can be a tense, divisive, and anger-inducing environment, fueling the negative influences that landed them there in the first place and leading to high recidivism rates. Actor Tim Robbins - who once famously portrayed a prisoner himself - started a program called The Actors Gang to bring theater to inmates as an outlet for emotion and expression, breaking down barriers between former gang members and helping individuals to process their troubles.

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  • Uganda - Legal Advice

    March 13, 2016 |

    BBC |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Barefoot Law was founded to keep Ugandans educated about their legal rights. The group of lawyers provides legal help to 300,000 people each month, heavily supported by volunteers. As a non-profit social enterprise, the volunteer efforts are crucial to reaching such a wide audience. The key innovation is using a cell phone network to spread legal information using calls, texts, and social media.

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