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  • Former British intelligence specialists training network of spies to save Rhinos and Elephants 

    January 12, 2019 |

    The Telegraph |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    The illegal wildlife trade is consistently a big problem across Africa. To help tackle the issue of poachers, a company called Retarius uses counter-terrorist operations experience by training and mentoring locals involved in the prevention fight. The program is still growing and takes place in Malawi, Cameroon, Benin, and Zambia. In Malawi specifically, the training has resulted in 114 arrests made and 1000 kgs of ivory seized in 2018.

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  • Boulder Valley schools seeing resurgence of Latino parent activism

    January 12, 2019 |

    Boulder Daily Camera |

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    Response Location: United States, Boulder, Colorado

    Boulder Valley schools are working with Latino parents to create networks of community support, feedback, and insight about the success of Latino children in the district. Parents are working with the school district to make sure stereotypes and racial bias aren't limiting their children from receiving food services and quality education that fit their needs.

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  • National report details how Dayton cut overdose deaths in half

    January 11, 2019 |

    Dayton Daily News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dayton, Ohio

    Montgomery County in Ohio cut overdose deaths nearly in half thanks to combined efforts from city officials, local organizations and community members. Among other tactics, the standout solutions was the partnership that formed between East End Community Services and the police department which aimed to "identify individuals in need of services and connect them to treatment."

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  • Sharps Kits, Syringes and Solidarity

    January 10, 2019 |

    Eugene Weekly |

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    Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

    Many health care facilities that supply needles don't have the proper training or experience to work with trans-identified people that are undergoing hormone therapy. To help address this gap in care, an education and advocacy nonprofit in Eugene, Oregon acts as a hub for the community's clean needle exchange needs.

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  • Part of an age-friendly city: advocacy training for elders - The Bay State Banner

    January 10, 2019 |

    The Bay State Banner |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    The Boston Senior Civic Academy teaches older adults how to stay informed about and involved in local politics, covering issues from financial insecurity to dementia-friendly city planning. The program, which serves elders across the city and is part of a world-wide push to create elder-friendly cities, invites older adults to take an active role in politics and advocacy, and gives them the tools to do so.

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  • U.S. Faith Communities Are Tackling the Housing Crisis

    January 08, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    In cities like Denver, Seattle, and Chicago, faith-based communities use their land to aid in the affordable housing crisis. Because many communities of faith sit on large expanses of valuable land within city limits, they've begun using their land to offer housing for low-income families and other underserved community members.

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  • Has New York Found the Secret to Linking Retiring Farmers and Eager Upstarts?

    January 08, 2019 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, New York

    Connecting new farmers to community partners facilitates the process of buying and selling land. In addition to linking buyers and sellers, the Hudson Valley Farmlink Network (HVFN) enrolls local organizations such as GrowNYC’s FARMroots program, the Hudson Valley AgriBusiness Corporation, as well as micro lenders to make the sale of the land possible. The network increases the resources available to farmers in New York.

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  • How Tulsa's bold experiment is bringing families closer to stability

    January 02, 2019 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

    In Tulsa, Oklahoma, philanthropist George Kaiser has invested heavily in Educare, a year-round early learning program, and wraparound services, such as prison-diversion and family-based programs, with the belief that early child development can break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and address the opportunity gap before it widens. The Christian Science Monitor is following three mothers with children enrolled in Educare to show how the experiment in philanthropy is playing out on the ground.

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  • Canton men's shelter set for expansion

    December 23, 2018 |

    The Daily Record |

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    Response Location: United States, Canton, Ohio

    In Canton, Ohio, Refuge of Hope is a faith-based organization serving the town's male homeless population, offering a place to stay overnight and meals. The organization runs primarily through the help of volunteers, providing more than 80,000 hot meals and 15,000 nights of shelter.

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  • How the Son of Immigrants Quit Wall Street to Feed the Hungry

    December 20, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A small nonprofit in New York City called Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) is tackling the staggering 40% of food that is wasted in the United States by collecting and redistributing excess food from restaurants to shelters, soup kitchen, social services, and more. RLC picks up food as many times as 200 a week, staffs only 7 people but has 100 regular volunteers and 8,000 more on call, and collected more than 792,000 pounds of food last year alone. Not only can businesses receive a large tax break for their donation, but the data provided by RLC has even contributed to restaurants reducing their food waste.

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