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  • New Mortgage Program Helps Cambodia's Poor Find Better Homes

    Daniel Zwerdling

    April 04, 2013 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh

    An innovative program by an unusual bank allows low-income people in Cambodia to take out a 15-year fixed mortgage with little or no documentation - contradicting traditional loan assumptions and creating means for some of the country's poorest people to completely change their lives. The bank and its investors are now making a profit, and more than 700 mortgages and building loans have been provided.

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  • Fruit, Not Fries: Lunchroom Makeovers Nudge Kids Toward Better Choices

    Kevin Charles Redmon

    April 02, 2013 |

    NPR |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    With child obesity on the rise, public school students have lacked the motivation and access to eat healthy food. Different programs around the country aim to improve student diet in public schools, including Real Eats for Academics and Life in Los Angeles and Cornell’s Smarter Lunchrooms Movement, by emailing nutrition report cards to parents, presenting the healthy food with aesthetic pleasure, and the arrangement of the food for access.

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  • Why A Principal Created His Own Currency

    David Kestenbaum

    December 14, 2012 |

    NPR |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    School MS 53 in Queens experienced extremely poor student attendance, a high rate of student suspensions, and an increase of staff and teacher resignations—all causing the city’s department of education to give the school and “F”. New principal Shawn Rux incentivizes students by creating “Rux Bux,” a currency system that can help students win prizes the more often they attend school. The school went from an “F” to a “C” and daily attendance has increased to around 90%.

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  • Unlikely Heroes: Goats Rescue N.Y. Bog Turtles

    John Nielsen

    June 24, 2008 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, New York

    Invasive weeds are ruining the habitat of New York's wild bog turtles. In Hudson River Valley, domestic goats and cows are being used to save bog turtles by grazing on this foreign weed. So far, the plan seems to be working as the turtles have shown signs of not just returning but also laying eggs in the area.

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