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  • This Pennsylvania County Wiped Out Millions in Jail Debt

    January 15, 2025 |

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    Response Location: United States, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

    In 2022, the Dauphin County Commissioners voted to eliminate “pay-to-stay” fees that meant people incarcerated in the county jail were often saddled with debt upon their release, regardless of the outcome of their trial. In September 2024, the commissioners also voted to forgive past debt accrued under the pay-to-stay policy, providing $66 million in relief for formerly incarcerated individuals, giving them a better chance at getting back on their feet post incarceration.

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  • The City That Wiped Out $100 Million in Medical Debt

    January 08, 2025 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    The city government of St. Paul, Minn. partnered with Undue Medical Debt, a nonprofit organization that buys up and forgives personal medical debt. Leveraging pandemic relief funds, the city was able to forgive more than $100 million in medical debt through the partnership.

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  • The Welcoming Climate Shelters of Barcelona

    January 03, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

    The Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona is a key part of the city’s growing climate shelter network, which has expanded from 70 locations in 2020 to 368 last summer. The climate centers are integrated into the city’s public infrastructure — libraries, parks, museums, etc. — and have expanded to the point where 98% of the population is within a 10-minute walk from a shelter.

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  • Feeding Hope: An MSF-Backed Nutrition Project is Giving Malnourished Children a Fighting Chance in Katsina

    December 23, 2024 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kofar Sauri, Katsina

    Médecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) launched a nutrition project in collaboration with the Katsina State Ministry of Health to provide healthcare and support to children suffering from malnutrition. Currently, the organization has four centers throughout the state. Year over year, the centers are seeing an increase in the number of patients, having cared for about 20,000 patients from January 2024 to October 2024 alone.

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  • How Government Buses Are Transforming Girl Child Education in Kano

    December 20, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

    To help address low school attendance and retention among girls, Kano’s state government launched a transportation initiative with buses that bring students to and from school for N50 per trip, a much lower cost than arriving by commercial rickshaw. Both students and teachers report that the program has made it easier and less costly to arrive at school on time.

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  • How Foundation Tackle Open Defecation Using Pet Bottles 

    December 18, 2024 |

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Womio

    In an effort to increase access to clean water, Rockians Medical Foundation rehabilitated a hand pump borehole and constructed four toilets made out of recycled materials in a rural village for community members to use.

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  • 'We have to be leaders': Jordanian tech entrepreneur on inspiring the next generation amid Middle East war

    December 18, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Jordan

    Robotna provides free education programs in robotics, coding, and AI to the public and students at government-funded schools in Jordan with the goal of expanding access to careers in technology. One of its initiatives provides practical training to graduates of IT and engineering programs, and roughly 70 percent of participants obtain an interview or a full-time job within six months of completing the training.

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  • Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

    December 17, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Jubilee Justice, a nonprofit helping small-holder Black farmers in the South grow specialty rice with a “dry-land” method developed in the 1970s and 1980s (rather than growing rice in flooded paddies, farmers treat rice like a vegetable, irrigating it as needed), now supports 10 farmers from Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Kentucky; together, they have lowered the global warming potential of their rice production by 25 percent on average.

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  • NM kids can text '988' for free mental health help

    December 13, 2024 |

    Southern New Mexico Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Las Cruces, New Mexico

    The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline provides free, 24/7 support for those experiencing a crisis, emotional distress, alcohol or drug concerns, and general mental health struggles. The line can be reached via call or text, instantly connecting the person with a crisis counselor. Since its launch in May 2022, 988 has received 10.8 million calls, texts, and chats, with call volume increasing by 74% in New Mexico alone from 2022 to 2024.

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  • How the Navajo Nation is using mutual aid to connect families to the electric grid

    December 10, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

    Mutual aid program Light Up Navajo is helping families get connected to the power grid through volunteer workers and private and federal funding. Over the past five years, crews have built miles of powerlines across the reservation, powering nearly 850 households, many of whom are receiving power for the first time.

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