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  • Moving Entire Towns to Escape Climate Change

    A buyout program in Charlotte, North Carolina, pays residents to move out of areas with high flood risk. The program is a form of managed retreat, a practice in which people choose to move away from climate-related threats.

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  • Caring for kids with spina bifida can be difficult, but Nigerian parents are learning new ways of doing it

    The Festus Fajemilo Foundation teaches parents how to care for children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and helps fund treatment and surgery costs for families who can’t afford it. The foundation connects with parents through social media, radio, TV, and public lectures like its annual “Go-Folic” campaign which encourages women on the importance of folic acid and has reached 10,000 people so far.

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  • Media woman behind first accountability reporting initiative in Nigeria

    The Udeme project trains student journalists to track government constituency projects and write investigative reports holding officials accountable when planned projects are stalled or poorly executed. The participants, called U-monitors, also meet with local community members to inform them about the budget process and help them track constituency projects themselves.

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  • It Takes a Village to Tackle the Teen Mental Health Crisis

    The Gonzales Youth Council, which consists of middle and high school students, took matters into their own hands when it comes to helping their peers address mental health. Through surveys and meetings with school and local government administrators, the Council started facilitating mental health check-ins on Instagram, sharing self-care and coping tips and even seeking training for youth on how to respond when their peers are experiencing a mental health crisis.

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  • Public sensitization of khat farmers in Mbeere South helping to keep children in schools

    Uhamasisho wa wakaaji wa Mbeere Kusini dhidi ya kuwachisha wanafunzi shule ili wasaidie katika kilimo na biashara ya miraa inazaa matunda. Kupitia mikutano za hadhara ambazo zinaandaliwa mara mbili kwa mwezi na idara ya utawala katika vijiji kupitia machifu na manaibu wao, wananchi wamekuwa wakielimishwa na kuhimizwa kuhusu umuhimu wa elimu kwa watoto na madhara ya kuwahusisha katika shughuli za miraa.

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  • Why these health workers are spending their lives in South Africa's poorest villages

    The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation funds health education for students from poor, rural backgrounds. Upon graduation, these students are then more likely to practice medicine in the rural communities they call home, thus increasing access to care in those areas where it’s often scarce.

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  • Can This Chicken Company Solve America's Food Waste Problem?

    Do Good Foods makes chicken feed from supermarket surplus foods to keep food from ending up in landfills emitting methane.

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  • Felled City Trees Could Grow a New Lumber Economy

    Groups and businesses across the country are encouraging cities to sell or recycle urban wood instead of sending it to a landfill. Many have started small businesses that turn the wood into products like furniture.

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  • What Can Cities Learn from Kansas City's Fare-Free Transit Program?

    The Kansas City Streetcar provides fare-free transportation for residents, which helps to get them downtown and promote more economic development. The fare-free streetcar also makes transit more equitable by removing barriers for low-income passengers and improving mobility for people with disabilities.

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  • Is Sausage the Missing Link in the Great Bait Debate?

    Sausages made of fish processing waste and other bait alternatives are under development in Canada as members of the fishing industry work to save the declining populations of popular lobster bait fish like mackerel and herring.

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