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How ordinary people can heal trauma and transform mental health care

Edward Siddons

January 18, 2019 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Zambia, Lusaka, Lusaka Province

The need for therapeutic support is far outstripping the rate that doctors and nurses can get through training, let alone having enough caregivers in low-income areas. However, extensive studies have proven that a community-based mental health service can be just as effective as the global north's psychotherapists. By training lay people in evidence-based therapies that cover commonalities across different forms of trauma, low- and middle-income areas can access quality mental healthcare. Multiple studies across different age groups has shown dramatic improvement in conditions like depression or PTSD.

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Looking to Improve Students' Mental Health? Ask What They Need

Lily Jackson

January 18, 2019 |

The Chronicle of Higher Education |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York

Colleges campuses are increasingly consulting students about the mental health services they want to see and expanding initiatives beyond the counseling center to all aspects of campus life. At Jefferson Community College in New York this means food pantries and nonprofit transportation services.

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The Pay-What-You-Want Experiment

Sarah Gonzalez

January 18, 2019 |

NPR |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

When Panera Bread launched several pay-what-you-want cafes, people from different economic and social backgrounds found themselves eating the same lunch, and paying what they could. While the cafes eventually closed, similar models around the country have found success with this flexible payment option.

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Experimental colleges once were the future. Now, what is their future?

Laura Krantz

January 17, 2019 |

The Boston Globe |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Massachusetts

As higher education institutions struggle to attract students wiling to pay the exorbitant cost to attend, one subset of schools has had a particularly challenging past few decades -- alternative schools. But some are surviving, by evolving their focus, merging with other schools, and getting creative financially to reduce costs for students.

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How community library is serving an under-served Lagos community

Abdussalam Amoo

January 17, 2019 |

EduCeleb |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Ojokoro, Lagos

A community library built in Lagos, Nigeria by a nonprofit called Pyramid Educational Advancement (PEA) is filling a literacy gap in the area due to the low number of government-owned public libraries. Aside from simply providing a space to read and the books to learn from, PEA offers services like reading clubs for all ages, career counseling, and friendly competitions. Since it opened in 2014 the library has been such a success that PEA is now opening three other local and the Nigerian government is replicating some of their services in their own libraries.

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How high-tech agriculture is transforming the fortunes of Nigerian rice farmers

Olivia Cuthbert

January 16, 2019 |

The Telegraph |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kebbi

New planting and harvesting techniques and improved seeds are transforming farmers' fortunes and boosting harvests in Nigeria, where rice is a staple food but local supply fails to keep up with high demand. Farmers are also relying on agriculture apps like RiceAdvice and WeedManager, which quickly determine fertilizer quantities and identify harmful weeds.

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How Poop-Eating Worms Could Help Save Thousands Of Lives Each Year

Oliver Balch

January 16, 2019 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

The Bill Gates Foundation is currently funding a number of organizations that seek to solve the rate of open defecation by creating low-cost toilets that utilize the feces within them. One organization, called Sanergy, operates in 11 neighborhoods across Nairobi and uses a systems-based approach that takes into account financing and maintenance of the toilet as well as selling the waste as fertilizer. Another, called Tiger Toilets in India, uses a septic tank toilet that places worms within the drainage layer who then consume the feces and produce fertilizer to be used or sold.

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Reshaping Africa's rural food systems and cutting food losses

Peyton Fleming

January 15, 2019 |

Ensia |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi Area

Food loss in sub-Saharan Africa is a common occurrence, due to the unreliability of brokers that sell the farmers produce, but groups throughout the region are fighting against this. From cooling systems that allow produce to last longer to connecting local farmers to work together to negotiate sales, post-harvest food projects are becoming an increasingly common solution.

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Sharps Kits, Syringes and Solidarity

Sierra Webster

January 10, 2019 |

Eugene Weekly |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Eugene, Oregon

Many health care facilities that supply needles don't have the proper training or experience to work with trans-identified people that are undergoing hormone therapy. To help address this gap in care, an education and advocacy nonprofit in Eugene, Oregon acts as a hub for the community's clean needle exchange needs.

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India's city of Pune focuses on sanitation system of the future

Linda Givetash Priti Gupta

January 10, 2019 |

NBC News |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: India, Pune

Public restrooms are not the norm throughout India, making open defecation a well-practiced habit, but in Nune, India, a Toilet Board Coalition is working to change that. From mobile bathrooms to built in sensors that will detect potential disease outbreaks, the city is focusing on rewriting its sanitation history.

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