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South Africa's SAB Foundation: Why 90% of its investees are still in business five years later

Anna Patton

April 04, 2024 |

Pioneers Post |

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Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

The SAB Foundation is an independent trust set up by South African Breweries (SAB) as part of the government’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment scheme. It helps businesses — particularly underserved entrepreneurs like women and people with disabilities — grow and thrive. Since 2010, the Foundation has backed more than 6,400 social impact businesses in their early stages.

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Grupo liberal busca atraer a votantes latinos con $57 millones en ocho estados

Suzanne Gamboa

April 03, 2024 |

Noticias Telemundo |

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Response Location: United States

Ahora aprovechando su éxito en elecciones pasados, Somos Votantes y su comité de acción política trabajan para ampliar la educación y la participación de los votantes hispanos principalmente a través de visitas puerta a puerta, información bilingüe pagada, y una “sólida” organización comunitaria.

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Volunteers make big impact on African healthcare

Felix Maringa

March 31, 2024 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Video |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Local community health volunteers make healthcare more accessible in rural areas by providing services like ambulance taxi rides, which quickly transport people in hard-to-reach areas to clinics when there’s an emergency. These volunteers also share medical information to promote healthy behaviors among those living in villages. There are currently about 100,000 volunteers serving rural communities across the country.

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Birmingham violence prevention initiative is 'putting people in positions to win'

Alaina Bookman

March 27, 2024 |

AL.com (Alabama Media Group) |

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Response Location: United States, Birmingham, Alabama

The Surge Project and EmpowerED Birmingham uplift local youth by providing mentorships, tutoring, healthcare resources, workforce development programs and educational opportunities in various fields. In the program's 2023 pilot partnership with the National Training Institute for Healthcare technicians, 32 of the 40 participants graduated with a phlebotomy or EKG certification, and 19 of them were local high school students.

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In Lakota Nation, people are asking: Who does a language belong to?

Christina Cala B.A. Parker

March 27, 2024 |

NPR |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Lakota Nation, United States

Nonprofits, schools, and individuals are working to revitalize the Lakota language by making it more accessible in a variety of ways, including classes, dictionaries, podcasts, and passing on knowledge from elders.

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Despite Russian attacks, Ukrainians are determined to send their children to school

Nick Connolly

March 27, 2024 |

Deutsche Welle (DW) |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Ukraine, Kharkiv

To ensure children can safely attend school during the war, schools are building classrooms in underground metro stations. Over 2,000 students currently attend school in one of the five metro station classrooms built so far.

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Light at the End of the Tunnel

Benjamin Goldfarb

March 26, 2024 |

Hakai Magazine |

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Response Location: United States

Communities in the United States are slowly replacing small culverts that alter the flow of streams and block the paths of migratory fish species with wider culverts and bridges, allowing the ecosystems to recover.

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Where can Minnesota students access free mental-health care?

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

March 26, 2024 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Public schools in Hennepin County have offered free school-based mental healthcare services to students since 2000, with the number of schools offering care continuously growing. Across the 263 Hennepin County schools that have implemented school-based mental health care, suicide attempts have decreased by 15%.

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New U.S. agroforestry project will pay farmers to expand 'climate-smart' acres

Sarah Derouin

March 25, 2024 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: United States

A multi-partner effort in the United States, led by The Nature Conservancy, is helping farmers adopt agroforestry practices by providing funding and training. This style of farming encourages the growing of a variety of plants to enhance biodiversity and capture more carbon dioxide.

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Booted From the Army, He Spiraled. Now He Works to Solve the Veteran Homelessness Crisis

Anne Marshall-Chalmers

March 25, 2024 |

The War Horse |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Various efforts to reduce veteran homelessness have worked together over the years to cut the number of unhoused veterans almost in half since 2019. One such effort is the VA Housing First model, which prioritizes finding permanent, supportive housing without conditions like sobriety. In 2023 alone, the VA placed more than 46,500 veterans into permanent housing.

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