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  • Helping girls in northern Nigeria take their first digital step

    Yahuza Bawage

    July 13, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    A digital literacy training program in Nigeria, the Gina Mata, Gina Al'umma, is bridging the country’s technology gender gap by teaching women and girls about the gig economy, STEM, graphic design, storytelling, and how to sell products online.

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  • Bank of America Is Using AI and Metaverse to Train New Hires

    Katherine Doherty

    July 13, 2023 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States

    Bank of America is training its employees with virtual reality and artificial intelligence. The immersive program runs them through simulations of scenarios they might encounter on the job such as an upset customer or a bank robbery. The new method helps employees learn faster and makes them more comfortable performing tasks.

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  • The Solution To Unused Church Space Might Be Toddlers

    Bekah McNeel

    July 12, 2023 |

    Sojourners |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Smart Church Solutions specializes in church use, ensuring these large community spaces don’t go underused, particularly in rural areas. To make use of these churches, programs like We Love All God’s Children are using them to provide early childhood education. The program started in 2019 and has since opened 14 centers in churches throughout the state. The program provides school supplies, playground equipment and also trains professional staff to administer the curriculum.

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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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  • New Tree Tech: Cutting-edge drones give reforestation a helping hand

    Claire Asher

    July 12, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Using drones to drop seeds is becoming a valid option to increase the scale and efficiency of tree-planting projects, especially in locations that are difficult for humans to reach. Seattle-based Mast Reforestation drops seeds in fire-ravaged areas with massive, custom-designed drones, and Australia’s AirSeed Technologies does so with a team of drones that don’t need human supervisors.

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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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    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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  • The safe space for Nigerian girls facing period poverty

    Ogar Monday

    July 11, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

    Brencare Foundation’s Safe Space Project meets once a week within local schools to provide menstrual health, hygiene, sexual and gender-based violence education to girls in need. So far, the Foundation has reached about 5,000 women and girls across several communities with its education efforts.

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  • Larchmere Homes: 30 new affordable lease-purchase homes near completion

    Lee Chilcote

    July 11, 2023 |

    The Land |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    The CHN Housing Partners’ lease-purchase program builds affordable homes for low-income individuals to rent. Residents live and pay rent in the homes for 15 years while taking homeownership and financial counseling courses to equip them with the knowledge and skills necessary to become homeowners. Over the past 30 years, CHN has built more than 1,700 lease-purchase homes and more than 1,600 of them have been sold to owner-occupants.

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  • Mental Health Respite Facilities Are Filling Care Gaps in Over a Dozen States

    Cheryl Platzman Weinstock

    July 11, 2023 |

    KFF Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Dewitt, Iowa

    Rhonda’s House is a respite program that provides a nurturing living environment for people experiencing mental health crises that don’t require immediate medical attention. Trained professionals at respites care for patients, making it so they don’t have to visit ERs or psychiatric institutions. There are 42 community-based respite programs across 14 states and Rhonda’s House specifically has cared for 392 people over the past five years. Those who seek respite have seen positive effects like reduced hospitalizations.

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