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A growing club: Membership-based direct primary care reimagines health coverage

Olivia Belanger

November 12, 2022 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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Response Location: United States, Peterborough, New Hampshire

Healthcare providers are turning to the direct primary care model to avoid being overbooked and to provide their patients with more personalized care. In this model, a membership fee is paid directly to the provider instead of billed to insurance agencies.

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Urban Farms Are Stepping Up Their Roles in Communities Nationwide

Rachel Surls

November 10, 2022 |

Civil Eats |

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Response Location: United States

Urban farms across the United States are bringing affordable, fresh, and healthy foods to communities facing food insecurity and are forming connections with residents along the way.

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Farming fog for water? Canary Islands tap a new reservoir.

Colette Davidson

November 09, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Spain, La Vega

Where rain is sparse, farmers are collecting fog as a water supply. The collection systems typically consist of nets that catch the droplets and allow them to drip down into a storage container.

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When raptors and urbanization collide, these volunteers are there to help

Sophie Hills

November 08, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Boyds, Maryland

Volunteers at the Owl Moon Raptor Center in Maryland rehabilitate injured birds by treating their injuries and exercising them. Healed birds are released back into the wild.

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Entrepreneurship Fund Boosting Livelihoods of Rwandan Youths

Umutoni Beatha

November 07, 2022 |

The Bridge Magazine |

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Response Location: Rwanda

The Toolkit program run by the Business Development Fund in Rwanda is helping young entrepreneurs fund their startups. Once a candidate applies for and receives funding by pitching their business idea, they receive a grant for half the cost and a loan for the other half. Loan repayment begins with no interest after a three-month grace period.

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How Belize Cut Its Debt by Fighting Global Warming

Anatoly Kurmanaev

November 07, 2022 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Belize

The Nature Conservancy made a deal with Belize to lend the country over $350 million to pay off its international debts. In return, Belize agreed to use some of the money it would have spent repaying those debts each year to protect its endangered marine resources like coral reefs.

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Could foreign workers unlock America's tight labor market?

Wailin Wong Darian Woods

November 04, 2022 |

NPR |

Podcast |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States

The H2-B visa program in the United States allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers to do seasonal work for non-agricultural jobs when they cannot find American workers to take the available jobs.

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Indianapolis libraries lead the way across the digital divide

Sydney Dauphinais

November 03, 2022 |

WFYI Public Radio |

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Response Location: United States, Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis Public Libraries are teaching residents computer literacy and providing access to computers and wifi to help bridge the digital divide for those who don’t have access to their own.

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High-dosage tutoring could be solution to learning loss

Vanessa Misciagna

November 02, 2022 |

KSHB-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Tennessee

High-dosage or high-impact tutoring is done in 45-minute group sessions throughout the school day at Tennessee elementary schools to help students fill gaps left in their learning during the pandemic.

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How Nonprofits Enrol Children From Streets To Schools In South-West Nigeria

Oluwatosin Ologun

November 02, 2022 |

The News Digest Press |

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Response Location: Nigeria

To combat the high number of children who cannot attend school due to poverty, the Destiny Trust provides homeless, out-of-school children in Nigeria with food, school supplies, and access to shelter.

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