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7 August 2019
McGregor, Minnesota, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Due to urban migration from rural areas, communities in less populated regions around the country are experiencing increased loneliness and lack of social connection; a health organization in Minnesota is building per...
13 February 2019
Salem, Oregon, United States
Radio
5-15 Minutes
When a teenager at a high school in Salem, Oregon began expressing threatening sentiments online, the community stepped in to help rather than punish the student. Through assessing the threat and then partnering him w...
20 July 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Radio
Under 3 Minutes
By using a "greening intervention," in which abandoned lots in low-income neighborhoods were turned into parks, researchers were able to determine that having a park in close proximity improved community member's ment...
11 July 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
When a person is brought to the emergency room after a suicide attempt, they are at risk for attempting suicide again for the next three months. These patients often slip through the cracks after being discharged from...
12 February 2016
São Paulo City, São Paulo, Brazil
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
Childhood obesity is on the rise in Brazil and kids tend to reject vegetables. But thousands of school gardens around the country are changing children's eating habits by helping to build a connection to fresh food.
10 February 2016
Promissão, São Paulo, Brazil
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
In Brazil, middlemen buy produce from small farmers at negligible prices to sell to the public school system for higher profits. A law requiring cities to buy 30 percent of their school meal budget from family farmers...
10 February 2016
Promissão, Brazil
Radio
5-15 Minutes
Brazil's small farmers can now directly supply the country's school meals programs. It's been a big boost for local farmers, and it's helping the schools too.
22 October 2015
New Delhi, India
Text
Over 3000 Words
Defying expectations, cataract surgery in Indian children is endowing them with vision—and shedding light on how the brain learns to see.
17 September 2015
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Radio
5-15 Minutes
WhyLoiter is a growing movement that encourages women in India to spend time out in the street to challenge societal restrictions on women in public.
15 September 2015
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Radio
5-15 Minutes
In the Mumbai slum of Dharavi, an NGO called Society for Nutrition, Education & Health Action (SNEHA) is working to make life safer by teaching men the importance of not being violent towards women. Through an app cal...
13 July 2015
Dujana, Haryana, India
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
In India, the government is improving opportunities for women by requiring schools to hire poor and underprivileged women as cooks for the national free lunch program.
6 November 2014
Tamil Nadu, India
Text
800-1500 Words
Two Americans created a small start-up in rural India to help bring life-sustaining technologies to the poor. But they're not giving away solar lamps and low-power appliances: They're selling them.
20 July 2014
Dujana, Haryana, India
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
In India, the country with the highest rate of child malnutrition in the world, the government started a free school lunch program which is rescuing children from dire hunger and improving their diets.
17 July 2014
Bawani Khera, Haryana, India
Text
800-1500 Words
India’s free school lunch program is one of the world’s largest anti-poverty programs. Despite its many shortfalls, the program feeds 120 million of the country’s poorest school children. The idea is that if children ...
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