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  • A 4-Day Workweek? A Test Run Shows a Surprising Result

    July 19, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: New Zealand, Wellington

    A firm based in Wellington, A New Zealand piloted a four-day work week to test the productivity of their employees - and they saw surprising success. Workers accomplished the same amount of work within 32 hours as they previously had in 40 hours, in part because they reported to be better rested and wasted less time in the office. The office itself also saw a reduction in energy and resource usage.

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  • Health Researchers Quietly Tackle the Opioid Epidemic's Hidden Crisis

    July 19, 2018 |

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    Response Location: United States

    Several researchers around the U.S., backed by the National Institutes of Health, are exploring the efficacy of providing contraception and counseling in the same locations as medication-assisted treatment for addiction as a way to curb the huge number of unintended pregnancies among women with opioid addictions. The results have not yet been published, but the goal is to make it easier for those who often don't usually access health care to get contraception in a fragmented system.

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  • Beyond the Stigma: Optimism on NH's opioid front line

    July 18, 2018 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, Manchester, New Hampshire

    In New Hampshire, many actors are participating to coordinate solutions to the opioid crisis. Among the most effective solutions are training physicians to help patients manage pain without opiates, helping patients wean off opiates, and maintaining rapid response teams to respond to potential overdoses.

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  • For Some Migrant Worker Children in College, a Free Sandwich Can Make All the Difference

    July 17, 2018 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Response Location: United States, Fresno, California

    At California University State-Fresno, 64 percent of students enrolled in a migrant support program graduate within six years, compared with 56 percent of first-generation students at the university. The College Assistance Migrant Program offers students lessons on topics ranging from how to cook meals to how to interact with professors. Since 1972, CAMP has helped these children of migrant workers go to college and its strategies have improved the odds for first-generation students to graduate.

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  • It Takes Consultation to Help a Village

    July 17, 2018 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Liberia, Harlandville

    To succeed at international development, consult the locals. It seems obvious, but too many failed development projects show community buy-in is not the biggest priority. Two groups are leading the way to change this. Village X and Spark MicroGrants rely on locals’ opinions to direct projects that are actually needed and desired, creating better long-term outcomes for the communities in which they operate.

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  • Traditional Birth Attendants: Friend or foe?

    July 16, 2018 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    Throughout rural parts of Nigeria, health care services are often out of reach, putting pregnant women at risk of undergoing an unsafe childbirth experience. Although not without limitations, training women in these areas to act as Traditional Birth Attendants helps fill a small portion of the health equity gap by offering safe-birthing education as well as medical toolkits.

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  • Design as Democracy: Barcelona's ‘Carritos' Encourage a More Inclusive Urbanism

    July 16, 2018 |

    TheCityFix |

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    Response Location: Spain, Barcelona

    Urban planners in Barcelona have a new way to engage locals who want a voice in urban design. Carritos, or mobile carts, are traveling to public spaces to draw in people who can share their opinions on development projects. This especially helps get feedback from those who do not have time to attend traditional city planning meetings. The goal is to make city planning a more inclusive space.

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  • Fanned with love

    July 15, 2018 |

    Philippine Daily Inquirer |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Parañaque City

    What started as a form of therapy turned into a business venture for this group of moms. The aim was to “empower mothers through art” and now they are selling their pieces for a profit.

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  • Halting Violence In The Heartland

    July 14, 2018 |

    U.S. News & World Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Omaha, Nebraska

    A nonprofit in Omaha focuses on hospitals for its gang intervention work, making contact with gang members or potential gang members who have been injured through violence and may be ready to make a change in their lives. YouTurn connects them to services like housing, education and job programs and acts as a bridge between families, police and doctors. It also works to prevent violence that might occur in hospitals through revenge or retaliation by rival gangs.

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  • Door Step School Brings Education to Out-of-School Children in India

    July 14, 2018 |

    Borgen Magazine |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    The Door Step School group is making education accessible to disadvantaged communities across India. Part of that approach included its mobile classroom, School on Wheels, where a bus with a driver, instructor, and a supervisor head out to different communities and host up to 50 pupils at a time.

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