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Teachers and Parents as Partners builds teams to help kids

Zaid Jilani

January 26, 2023 |

NewsNation |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Crete, Nebraska

Teachers and Parents and Partners, or TAPP, facilitates communication between teachers and parents to help students who may be experiencing mental health struggles by monitoring and discussing behaviors at home and school. TAPP is being tested in big cities and small towns, but there’s an emphasis on rural school districts.

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Ann Arbor's big decarbonization bet

Avery Schuyler Nunn

January 25, 2023 |

Grist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

As a part of the city’s carbon neutrality plan, Ann Arbor Michigan’s Community Action Network is decarbonizing homes in one of its most socioeconomically vulnerable neighborhoods by repairing, retrofitting, installing solar panels, and asking the community members for their input.

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Responding to the call - EMS in rural Minnesota

Amanda Anderson

January 24, 2023 |

Pioneer PBS |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Elbow Lake, Minnesota

Emergency medical services in rural Minnesota are dealing with staffing and funding shortages by creating new systems that allow them to work together to respond to calls and are more flexible with where volunteers need to be located.

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The Georgia House: A place for recovery through love

Danita Harris

January 20, 2023 |

WEWS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Avon, Ohio

The Georgia House provides women in Avon, Ohio, a free place to live and recover from alcohol and drug addictions. Women in the house participate in a daily structure that includes time at treatment centers and group devotionals.

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Left out of government plan, Cross River village fights to end open defecation

Violet Ikong

January 18, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Agbara, Cross River

To combat health and sanitary issues arising from high rates of open defecation and a lack of government support, community members worked together to fund and build 14 easily accessible toilets that are cleaned daily and open for anyone to use.

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Society for Family Health: Leveraging Digital Platforms to Train Family Planning Service Providers

Chibuike Alagboso

January 16, 2023 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu

The Society for Family Health developed a digital learning curriculum that intends to improve the knowledge base and train healthcare providers on how to properly administer hormonal IUDs. The digital training is available on the global learning platform Kaya and has proved to not only be more convenient and accessible, but is also more cost effective than traditional, in-person training.

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Project Zero, an Initiative that's reducing the number of out-of-school children in Lagos

Blessing Oladunjoye Onochie Edward

January 16, 2023 |

BONews |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos State

Lagos' Project Zero program worked with teachers, youth organizations, and other groups in the education space to reach out to parents of students who had dropped out of school during the pandemic. The program provided them with school kits including everything they needed to re-enroll, such as books, uniforms, shoes, and other supplies.

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Voluntary initiatives give hope to refugees on the Greek island of Samos

Romain Chauvet

January 13, 2023 |

Equal Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Greece

The Skills Factory provides refugees and migrants a place to develop valuable skills, like phone repair, and express their creativity through activities like painting, photography, and furniture making. Not only does the Skills Factory provide a place for refugees to improve upon their skillsets, but it also offers a sense of community.

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Some Regenerative Farms Are Weathering California's Unprecedented Rainfall

Ryan Peterson

January 13, 2023 |

Civil Eats |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, California

Farmers in California practicing regenerative organic agriculture are weathering the heavy rainfall better than their peers because regenerative practices improve soil health allowing more water to infiltrate and stay in the soil.

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‘A lifeline': mental health camps bring peace of mind to thousands in rural Assam

Anne Pinto-Rodrigues

January 13, 2023 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: India, Assam

The Ant, or Action Northeast Trust, is a rural development organization that provides low-cost psychological support and treatments to those in need. The Ant works with psychiatrists who provide their services at discounted rates and sources generic drugs from a non-profit to provide care on a monthly basis at 25 locations throughout the region. Since it began in 2007, The Any has treated more than 8,000 patients.

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