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How Philadelphia Kept Thousands of Tenants From Being Evicted

Aidan Gardiner

July 13, 2023 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A program that came about during the COVID-19 pandemic requires tenants to be granted an opportunity for mediation with their landlord if they owe less than $3,000 in back rent before the landlord issues an eviction notice. If after 30 days there isn’t an agreement — or the tenant hasn’t shown up to the mediation — the landlord can follow through with the eviction. This program provides tenants with an opportunity to stay in their homes and has helped more than 4,000 people since starting in late 2020.

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Beside the Waves, Beneath the Palms: the S.I.S.P. Story

Bharath

July 13, 2023 |

Voyance |

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Response Location: India, Kovalam, Kerala

The Sebastian Indian Social Projects (SISP) works with socio-economically disadvantaged communities, providing social services like healthcare and employment assistance with a primary focus on educating youth. SISP has focused on educating the local female population, which has helped empower them economically and led to several women receiving jobs outside of their village. SISP has also educated several students who were forced to drop out of traditional school and provides supplementary activities along with their standard education, such as skating and coding clubs.

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Norris Square organization increases community access to free internet

Alissa Clausell

July 12, 2023 |

Kensington Voice |

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Response Location: United States, Norris Square, Pennsylvania

Philly Community Wireless addresses the digital divide in the area by developing a community-owned, Wi-Fi mesh network. The community-owned structure means the network doesn’t rely on power lines or subscribers but instead runs on partnerships and grants, providing people with free internet access. Antennas for the network can broadcast within a 100 to 200-foot radius and there are currently 30 Wi-Fi access points throughout the city.

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Home-made Sanitary Ware Empowers Girls To Stay in School

Lynnia Ngwenya

July 12, 2023 |

The Citizen Bulletin |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Zimbabwe, Bulawayo

The Inspire Women, Men and Children (IWMC) youth empowerment group is teaching women and young girls how to construct reusable sanitary pads in an effort to address period poverty and prevent them from missing school and work during menstruation. The group follows up with students to ensure they’ve properly constructed pads with safe materials and also further educates teachers on how to provide support to students who menstruate.

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Everyone's tired of homelessness in California. Are you willing to rent your extra room to help?

Ethan Ward

July 11, 2023 |

AfroLA |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Homecoming Project helps provide housing for formerly incarcerated people by matching those in need with homeowners offering spare bedrooms. Since starting in 2018, The Homecoming Project has placed nearly 100 people in host homes and has helped those individuals connect with employment and long-term housing.

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Oakland's MACRO has responded to thousands of calls. Very few were sent over by the police

Eli Wolfe

July 10, 2023 |

The Oaklandside |

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Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

When concern arose that the police was not the appropriate department to respond to all non-violent, non-emergency calls, the Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland program was created to do so. The program’s responders are civilian workers who check on community-member reports of things like people sleeping in public, public indecency and reported behavioral issues.

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Agroecology schools help communities restore degraded land in Guatemala

Aimee Gabay

July 07, 2023 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Guatemala

Farmer associations and Indigenous and local communities across Guatemala are working together to recover ancestral agricultural practices and educate farmers in agroecology. The collective, called the Utz Che’ Community Forestry Association, is building agroecology schools that are free to attend and facilitate co-learning in which students learn from each other. Their work protects native forests and local livelihoods from the damage caused by intensive monoculture.

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Nigerians experiment with wildfire prevention methods

Ekpali Saint

July 06, 2023 |

FairPlanet |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Olum, Cross River

The Small Mammal Conservation Organization is preventing wildfires by educating farmers in Cross River, Nigeria, about the dangers of burning the remaining crop waste in their fields after the harvest. The organization runs weather stations that inform communities about daily fire risks and employs “forest guardians” in every community to patrol farmlands and mitigate wildfire risk.

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Can a City Feed Itself?

Peter Yeung

July 06, 2023 |

Bloomberg |

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Response Location: France, Paris

In Paris, building-based agriculture, like rooftop gardens, allows for the production of nutritious food close to where they will be eaten. The practice helps eliminate carbon emissions, improve food security, and improve climate resilience.

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In India, peace building goes ultimate

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

July 05, 2023 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: India, Rowmari, Assam

The nonprofit Action Northeast Trust organizes youth ultimate Frisbee matches to strengthen social cohesion, promote gender equality, and foster peace among young people from different villages, ethnicities, and mother tongues in Assam, India.

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