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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-homes-tax/door-knocking-neighbors-help-avert-home-seizures-in-detroit-idUSKBN1ZJ21G?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Carey L. Biron
Thomson Reuters Foundation
20 January 2020
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In Detroit, volunteers go door to door to talk with their neighbors who have properties at risk of foreclosure. The initiative has contributed to a 90 percent decrease in foreclosures in the city since 2015.
https://bitterrootmag.com/2020/01/10/this-montana-group-has-adventurers-working-for-scientists?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Jake Bullinger
Bitterroot
10 January 2020
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Outdoor enthusiasts make effective citizen scientists. In Montana, Adventure Scientists pairs outdoor adventure-seekers with scientists looking to collect data in remote locations. The volunteers gather data that inform US Forest Service and other conservation studies. The project has led to research collection by volunteers worldwide.
https://folks.pillpack.com/in-germany-how-to-teach-empathy-for-the-disabled?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Priti Salian
Folks
6 January 2020
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Using role-playing techniques, a new program places future health workers in the shoes of people who face accessibility barriers. The program is intended to show students how simple tasks like going to the grocery store can be very challenging.
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/12/26/789129312/no-sex-for-fish-how-women-in-a-fishing-village-are-fighting-for-power?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Rebecca Davis
NPR
26 December 2019
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Along Kenya's Lake Victoria, the practice of jaboya - where fishermen guarantee that day's catch to a woman fish trader in exchange for sexual favors - is all too common, in part due to a lack of economic opportunity in small villages. Kenya's fishing communities also have rates of HIV prevalence between 30% and 40%. To combat these issues, local women and non-profits teamed up to start No Sex for Fish, an organization committed to providing women fish traders their own boats so they could catch the fish themselves. While initial results were promising, the initiative ultimately has not yet succeeded.
https://hechingerreport.org/school-network-takes-turbocharged-approach-to-education-for-refugee-students?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Aaricka Washington
The Hechinger Report
23 December 2019
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Fugees Academy, with schools in Ohio and Georgia, offers specialized and trauma-informed instruction for refugee students. The school aims to get students up to speed with accelerated English instruction.
https://apnews.com/3d8f23344bece9fff142ec6a11625d81?utm_source=Solutions+Story+Tracker
Julie Watson
Associated Press
18 December 2019
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In Tijuana, many asylum seekers are left without access to health care while they await a decision on their cases so medical professionals are volunteering their time to try to help those that need it. Although they are faced with a myriad of barriers, their pop-up clinics that promote “border-less medicine,” have grown to hundreds of volunteers who have seen more than 9,000 patients.
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