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  • Could an ADU revolution be underway in the Capital Region?

    October 13, 2022 |

    Sacramento News & Review |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Accessory dwelling units are small homes in homeowners driveways and yards that can be rented out and might help address California’s housing crisis.

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  • Waste workers on the frontlines to protect Apo Island from plastic threat

    October 11, 2022 |

    Rappler |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Apo Island

    In the Philippines the War on Waste - Negros Oriental started a zero waste project on Apo Island to reduce landfill use and improve waste management. Waste workers train residents how to sort their trash into categories and collect the sorted trash twice a week.

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  • A Jordanian Collective Works Toward Food Sovereignty Through Urban Farming

    October 11, 2022 |

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    Response Location: Jordan, Amman

    The Al Barakeh Wheat Project is working to regain food sovereignty through urban wheat farming in Amman, Jordan, by partnering farmers with families to teach them how to grow and harvest wheat.

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  • Scholarship Scheme Is Promoting Tertiary Education In Northern Nigeria

    October 10, 2022 |

    Campus Echoes |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The nonprofit Abdulkabir Aliu Foundation provides scholarships for over 300 students in Nigeria to pursue tertiary education and help reduce the number of illiterate adults in the country.

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  • How This NGO Helps Innocent Inmates Regain Freedom

    October 10, 2022 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ikeja, Lagos State

    The nonprofit Hope Behind Bars provides legal services for free for those who are arbitrarily detained to help them get justice. The organization does their own investigation and represents inmates in court.

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  • Advancing Girl Child Education in Oyo Community

    October 10, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

    The Wonderland Gifted Girls Academy provides free education to girls in Oyo State, Nigeria, to increase educational opportunities for girls and give them a foundation to build their future on.

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  • The New Abortion Underground

    October 10, 2022 |

    WNYC |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Guanajuato

    By working with a nonprofit, Las Libres, in Guanajuato, Mexico, volunteers are helping women access medication for abortions for free. Las Libres organizes the supply chain to get the medication to those in need in abortion-ban states in the United States.

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  • The Post-Roe Abortion Underground

    October 10, 2022 |

    The New Yorker |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Guanajuato

    The nonprofit Las Libres in Guanajuato, Mexico, helps women access medication for abortions for free. By working with volunteers like the Old Hippies of San Miguel de Allende, the organization delivers the medication to distributors in abortion-ban states in the United States.

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  • Record Heat Waves And Droughts Can't Dry Up This Native Garden In Phoenix

    October 10, 2022 |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    To tend their urban garden in extreme heat, the healthcare clinic Native Health of Phoenix partners with two nonprofits, Keep Phoenix Beautiful and the Salt River Project, to use flood irrigation techniques built on Huhugam agricultural practices and canals. Every other week during the hottest months 1,600 gallons of water flow through the garden and drain out.

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  • Where will new teachers come from? Community colleges offer a path.

    October 06, 2022 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Teaching programs at community colleges allow people to earn teaching degrees at their convenience, around their schedule, and for cheaper than university programs. These programs are helping to reduce the teacher shortage in the states they are available.

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