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  • The Common Sense Move That Reduced California's Teen Pregnancy Rate by 60 Percent

    April 14, 2015 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    A “comprehensive, medically accurate and age- and culturally-appropriate" sexual education model, rather than the popular abstinence-only one, has been the key element in California's huge reduction in rates of teen pregnancy.

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  • Program works to end homelessness among Colorado Springs veterans

    March 30, 2015 |

    Colorado Springs Gazette |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

    Homes for All Veterans, a program within the nonprofit Rocky Mountain Human Services, recently began training volunteers to walk the city's streets in search of homeless veterans, with the goal of effectively eliminate veteran homelessness by the end of the year. If successful, advocates say the push to end veteran homelessness could be the first step in addressing the city's larger, chronically homeless population.

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  • In this Manila 'baby factory,' why women put up with crowding four to a bed

    March 09, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Manila

    Fabella Hospital in Manila is overrun with women in labor or recovering, it exemplifies the overpopulation of the area due to a lack of contraception and family planning access. The Philippines’ Reproductive Health Bill hopes to change this by allowing contraception to be available at public health places and allowing family planning services at these facilities.

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  • Asia Art Archive's Mobile Library travels to Myanmar

    February 10, 2015 |

    South China Morning Post |

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    Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon

    After decades of government repression and censorship, Myanmar’s civilian government has allowed for freer creative expression. The Hong Kong based Asia Art Archive is helping to develop the infrastructure of an arts community through workshops, meetings, and their “Mobile Library” of art books.

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  • Africa's quiet solar revolution

    January 25, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Tanzania, Arusha, Arusha

    Electricity is hard to come by in much of Africa. Now, skipping over the fossil fuel age, solar panels are bringing a cheap form of electricity to the continent.

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  • Scrooges of the World, Begone!

    December 24, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

    Haiti suffered tremendous losses after the 2010 earthquake, exacerbating the devastation in an already impoverished country. In 2015, agriculture in Haiti is a growing business backed by the United States’ Feed the Future Initiative. Nourishment and health of mothers and babies has also improved with the encouragement of breastfeeding and sweet potatoes.

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  • Across the ocean, discerning Japanese customers take to Silky Pork

    December 10, 2014 |

    The News & Observer |

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    Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

    After the success of North Carolina pork in Japan, the NC department of agriculture aims to help other local producers try their products in this foreign market to stimulate the state's economy.

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  • When a Community College Transforms a City

    October 29, 2014 |

    The Atlantic |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    In recent years, Columbus, Ohio's community college has taken a leading role in citywide economic development efforts. This has involved bolstering "career pathways" by better aligning high schools, community colleges, and local employers.

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  • MIT D-Lab promotes rural community innovations in Guatemala with Soluciones Comunitarias

    October 10, 2014 |

    MIT News |

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    Response Location: Guatemala, Santa Maria Nebaj, El Quiché

    MIT's D-Lab is supporting individuals in impoverished, rural areas invent low-cost technologies to address the needs of their communities. In 2009, the D-Lab paired with SolCom, a Guatemalan community organizing enterprise, and an international development fund to bring this model to the isolated area of Nebaj, assisting locals in creating a Makerspace for microentrepreneurs. The collaboration has fostered an environment for sustainable grassroots change, in which the social and intellectual capital needed to create the needed innovations and inventions originates in the community itself.

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  • How Did the Meadow Vole Cross the Road? Designing travel routes for wildlife

    October 09, 2014 |

    re:form |

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    Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

    As a state with robust populations of wildlife, Montana has had its share of roadkill. Its Department of Transportation developed animal shelving, a type of wildlife crossing, to enable safe passage for small animals who need to cross the road. The measure, combined with other types of crossings, has reduced animal-vehicle collisions by half.

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