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Sonic youth: the UK school turning teenagers' lives around

Emma John

June 21, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: England, Swanley

SupaJam, a music school in England, targets kids aged 16-18 who are not in school or employed for a range of reasons. By the time students graduate, 97 percent leave with a nationally recognized business diploma. “These kids are too young to abandon," one of the cofounders says. “This is our society and we have to fight for them."

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The doctor from Myanmar faced with 1 million patients and a plague of rats

Danielle Stephens

June 20, 2018 |

The Guardian |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Myanmar

A doctor faced with a public health crisis in his remote Myanmar village called on an UK organization to help him enact a solution. Rather than trying to treat hundreds of patients a day, the doctor started a local branch of Health and Hope to train a man and a women from each small village in his region. Now, residents of these villages don't have to die from treatable diseases because a local health expert is nearby.

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What happens when ordinary people learn economics?

Aditya Chakrabortty

June 20, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Manchester

A free economics course is empowering everyday citizens to learn more about economics from an academic perspective, then helping them apply the concepts to their understanding of their own financial situations. In five classes over a two month period, people who might be traditionally left out of the system get a chance to learn alongside others. The result is an enthusiastic group who wants to do more to help society better understand finances, too.

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'The Daddy quota': how Quebec got men to take parental leave

Mireille Silcoff

June 15, 2018 |

The Guardian |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Canada, Quebec

Influenced by Scandavian countries, the province of Quebec created its own paid paternity leave program, which offers 70-75% paid leave. The program is aimed at dad’s, who have traditionally faced stigma and judgement for accepting paternity leave. Quebec offers “five weeks of “use-it-or-lose-it” benefits, for fathers and non-biological mothers in lesbian couples.” The program has been an instant hit: “Over 80% of Quebec fathers take their paternity leave.”

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'We no longer die in childbirth': how Indian villages saved their mothers

Amrit Dhillon

June 12, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: India, Purabgaon, Uttar Pradesh

Villages in India were recording record high rates for maternal mortality due to a combination of factors such has poor diets and lack of education, but a women's group has started a grassroots approach to mitigating this. Known as Save a Mother, this group "aims to educate rural women about pregnancy, nutrition, immunization, delivery and care of the child," and has already seen a significant decrease in the mortality rate throughout villages.

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Would you give a job to this gangster?

Anna-Catherine Brigida

June 08, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: El Salvador, San Salvador

In El Salvador a nonprofit partners with employers to find jobs for gang members who want a way out of that life. It's a key component to helping people escape gang violence, although companies must work with churches and community groups to get the former gang members job training and to negotiate their separation with the gang leaders. They must also convince their fellow companies this is a viable solution, as well as their own employees, who will work with the former gang members.

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Golden girls: how beauty therapy boosts self-esteem in care homes

Anna Leach

June 07, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom

A good pampering can feel fantastic. Beauty and wellness experiences such as pedicures and massages are particularly special for women and men in care homes, lifting moods and helping individuals express themselves. “It’s rewarding, humbling, a privilege,” Back to Beauty founder Sarah Rigden says. “They come in a little bit stressed and a little bit anxious, and they go out with a smile on their face.”

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'Fresh, free and beautiful': the rise of urban gardening

Rachel Obordo

June 07, 2018 |

The Guardian |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Orange, Connecticut

Urban gardens are helping increase access to fresh produce in Connecticut and Dallas. The program in Orange, Connecticut is unique because not only does the urban garden provide fresh produce to local food banks, but it also hosts programming for kids on the Autism spectrum. The program teaches about healthy eating and cooking, and kids, families, and the elderly can all benefit.

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Netherlands to build world's first habitable 3D printed houses

Daniel Boffey

June 06, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Eindhoven

After facing a shortage of bricklayers, the Netherlands found a housing solution which also doubled as a way of cutting development costs and damage to the environmental. Project Milestone, a development that creates 3D printed houses, is the first of its kind and is already drawing a steady residential candidate pool.

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The town that refused to let austerity kill its buses

Aditya Chakrabortty

June 06, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United Kingdom, Oxfordshire

When subsidies for local buses were cut, bus services stopped in West Oxfordshire. Rather than give in and allow retirees and children to be stuck in their homes, forward-thinking citizens stepped up and created a co-operative to run their own bus system, West Oxfordshire Community Transport. Through volunteer efforts and dedicated workers, the system is thriving and the model has spread across the UK.

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