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Nigeria's Secret STI Test Kits

Amelia Martyn-Hemphill

June 18, 2018 |

BBC |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria

Stigma stands in the way of safe sex practices. A start-up in Nigeria called Slide Safe is addressing the problem by offering at-home STI test kits. Supplies are delivered in inconspicuous packaging. Customers can also order contraceptives and access online support - all while remaining anonymous.

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Saving lives in Senegal through Hope

Idrissa Sane

June 16, 2018 |

AzerNews |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Senegal

A digital platform, called Hope, allows medical clinics in Senegal to track the amount of blood in their blood banks in real time and reaches out to donors via SMS to encourage them to donate every few months. When a rare blood type is needed, an emergency message goes out to all users in the same geographic area, asking them if they are available for an emergency blood donation. This platform has increased the number of blood donations in Senegal and improved patients' chances of receiving life-saving transfusions.

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Getting books from the U.S. feeds these students' love of reading

Fred de Sam Lazaro

June 07, 2018 |

PBS NewsHour |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

An organization called Books for Africa collects donations of books from all over the country to send to schools in Rwanda. Books for Africa has sent over 41 million books over the past 30 years to 53 different countries. Students at one of the schools receiving the books in Rwanda say they enjoy reading because it helps them improve their vocabulary and learn about American culture, but they also wish they could receive more books about Africa.

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Sharing with strangers: 'I'm a student, this way I get free food'

Dougal Shaw

June 04, 2018 |

BBC |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: England, London

An app called Olio addresses the issue of food waste in London by recruiting 1,000 "food waste heroes" to gather excess food from restaurants and redistribute them amongst the neighborhood using the Olio platform. Anyone from students to the elderly use the app, and participants say it makes them feel better connected to their community. The app is now used in 32 countries.

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Why Egypt Is at the Forefront of Hepatitis C Treatment

Ted Alcorn

May 29, 2018 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Egypt

Egypt has made significant strides in eliminating hepatitis C from the country by implementing an approach that combines both affordable drug access and an effort to get the drugs to those in need. Supported by the government, the country "debuted an online portal for those with the disease to register for treatment," followed by a nationwide screening program.

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Why Is It So Hard to Figure Out When the Bus Is Coming?

Laura Bliss

May 17, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, College Park, Maryland

In order for alternatives to driving to be widely adopted, accurate information about service and arrival times needs to be accesible. To fill this need, applications providing bus routes and arrival times are being developed, in some cases aided by crowdsourced information.

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Special delivery: Text messages bring courses to disconnected students

Stacy Teicher Khadaroo

May 09, 2018 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Yemen

A group of college students has developed a text-message based entrepreneurship course designed for students in locations where "phones are common, but internet access is not," including in Yemen. The founders hope that their curriculum will help to close the persistent "social-capital gap" in business education.

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Rescued by Books: Fostering Teen Literacy in Low-Income Communities

Ruth Ebenstein

May 05, 2018 |

Los Angeles Review of Books |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

The Book Truck is a nonprofit that addresses the issue of "book deserts" in Los Angeles by providing free books and literacy programming to over 10,000 teenagers across the city. The truck was established in 2012 and has since handed out over 17,000 books. Participants in the program attest to how the program has changed their life because reading is now a tool to learn more about themselves and the world, to develop leadership skills, and to even make new friends.

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This Program Is Proven To Help Moms And Babies—So Why Aren't We Investing In It More?

Jackie Mader

May 02, 2018 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Tampa, Florida

The U.S. has a higher rate of infant mortality than any other developed nation. In Hillsborough County, Florida, a home visitation program coupled with extensive social services available to new mothers has cut the rate of SIDS in the county in half. Additionally, the societal economic return for the program is $5.70 for every $1 invested because communities save on medical care and criminal justice on families involved in the program.

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Radio Sleepytime brings bedtime stories for Syria's bereft children

Clothilde Goujard

May 02, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

Looking for a way to make a positive impact on the lives of Syrian refugee children, Bridgette Alepin founded the online radio program Radio Sleepytime. The bilingual program airs songs, stories, and segments geared towards displaced children.

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