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  • A Simple Fix Lifts Single Moms Out of Poverty in India's Slums

    May 12, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Jaipur

    Fund a Mom gives 40 single mothers in Jaipur, India, $60 a month with no strings attached. The guaranteed income program helps them cover necessary expenses giving them the breathing room to find paid employment.

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  • LGBTQ elders risk aging in isolation. A nonprofit is trying to change that.

    May 12, 2023 |

    New York & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative |

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    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    The Michigan LGBTQ+ Elders Network (MiGen) works to provide aging LGBTQ+ adults with necessary healthcare, like long-term care facilities. The Network also offers culturally responsive training for adult care providers.

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  • 'We're a community': These groups are working to bail out incarcerated women in time for Mother's Day

    May 12, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    As a part of the National Bail Out effort in the United States, the Free Black Mamas DMV campaign bails incarcerated women out of jails in the Washington D.C. area in time for Mother’s Day.

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  • "Fear of another attack": This Nigerian initiative is encouraging displaced parents to re-enrol their children in school

    May 11, 2023 |

    Minority Africa |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

    Nana Girls and Women Empowerment Initiative works with families affected by violent conflict to help them get their children re-enrolled in school. The organization hosts informational events, sponsors costs for tuition and supplies, and advocates for students with local governments that handle enrollment.

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  • The Matriarchs Who Helped Seattle's Urban Native Population

    May 11, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The Seattle Indian Center, originally started by the matriarchs of the American Indian Women’s Service League, provides Native people in need with resources like food, clothing, financial and employment assistance, community outreach services and a sense of community where their heritage and culture are recognized.

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  • India's solar power push delivers an unexpected bonus - empowering rural women

    May 11, 2023 |

    The Fuller Project |

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    Response Location: India, Rajasthan

    With the help of funding from foundations and charities, Indian women’s groups such as the Dooni dairy cooperative are leveraging solar power to simplify their work and help their businesses grow. Since purchasing solar-powered fridges to store extra milk, most women in the dairy cooperative have seen their profits double.

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  • Latino advisory group works to bring more Spanish-speaking audiences to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

    May 10, 2023 |

    The Berkshire Eagle |

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    Response Location: United States, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

    The Spanish-Language Community Advisory Network works with a performing arts center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to bring in Latino audiences by showing culturally-relevant films, reducing language barriers, and even inviting the films’ cast and crew to the screenings.

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  • Honey production sweetens snow leopard conservation in Kyrgyzstan

    May 10, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Kyrgyzstan, Shamshy

    Two conservation organizations are helping communities in Kyrgyzstan diversify their sources of income from livestock to include beekeeping, agroecology, ecotourism, and crafts. These efforts are preventing conflicts with snow leopards to conserve the local population. And some of the money made from the program goes towards funding environmental projects chosen by the community.

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  • Fairfield City Schools focusing on students' mental health

    May 09, 2023 |

    WBRC-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Fairfield, Alabama

    InFocus provides high school students with a safe space to discuss mental health and the stigma and challenges that come along with it. The group, led by a mental health coordinator, also teaches students different ways they can improve their mental health.

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  • Groups helping remove barriers to help get Jacksonville voters to the polls

    May 08, 2023 |

    WJXT-TV |

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    Response Location: United States, Jacksonville, Florida

    Free Rides to the Polls is a collaboration among churches across Jacksonville that leverages volunteer drivers to help people who don’t have transportation get to polling locations. During early voting in May 2023, the program helped at least 400 people cast their ballots.

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