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Thai massage therapists find community and mental health support in self-defense classes

Phi Do

November 21, 2025 |

Los Angeles Times |

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Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

In an effort to protect Thai massage therapists from sexual harassment and assautl, the Asian Pacific Counseling and Treatment Centers partnered with R-A-W Power to deliver self-defense training at Hollywood Career College, teaching 34 massage therapists physical techniques and boundary-setting skills to handle inappropriate client behavior during sessions. Beyond self-defense, other community organizations are also providing education, legal advocacy and working on policy reform efforts to further protect workers.

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To a T: How Phillip Eng got Boston's subway system back on track

Cameron Pugh

November 15, 2025 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

To address issues with the city’s old, slow subway system, Boston's MBTA implemented an aggressive repair and staffing strategy that included replacing 250,000 feet of aging track and expanding the workforce from 5,700 to 8,000 employees through increased wages and sign-on bonuses. As a result, on-time performance soared from 25% to 92%, rider satisfaction nearly doubled, and the system now runs 278 more trains daily.

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Heavy metal is healing teens on the Blackfeet Nation

B. ‘Toastie’ Oaster

November 07, 2025 |

High Country News |

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Response Location: Blackfeet Nation, United States, East Glacier, Montana

In response to a wave of youth suicides, educators at Buffalo Hide Academy in the Blackfeet Nation are teaching about heavy metal to connect youth to a sense of community and catharsis through the music. The school also works in tandem with the Fire in the Mountains metal festival to give students opportunities to perform and to enjoy the live music with their peers, leaning on metal’s therapeutic benefits.

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How Lithuania More Than Halved Its Suicide Rate

MaryLou Costa

November 06, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Lithuania, Vilnius

Over the past several years, Lithuania has implemented a comprehensive national strategy to combat high suicide rates by shifting from a medicalized approach to community-based support. One such strategy is Sidabrinė Linija, or Silver Line, a nonprofit offering free support to isolated seniors by matching them with a “befriender” who shares some of their interests. Since its inception, Silver Line has befriended 6,000 seniors. As a result of combined efforts from multiple initiatives, Lithuania’s suicide rate has dropped from 44 per 100,000 residents in 2004 to 19.5 per 100,000 today.

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The Farmer Who Lets Nature Take the Lead

Karolina Chlumecka

October 20, 2025 |

Transitions Online |

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Response Location: Czech Republic, Drahenice, Bohemia

Czech farmer Wenzel Lobkowicz adopted regenerative grazing on 200 hectares of degraded pastureland in Drahenice, moving cattle herds to fresh pasture sections daily to allow vegetation time to regenerate and soil to recover. After implementing this approach in 2019, Lobkowicz documented significant improvements, including a longer grazing season, deeper root systems, improved water retention and soil structure and increased biodiversity. Lobkowicz’s experience with regenerative farming has also inspired other area farmers to consider its feasibility.

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Are Low-Emission Zones Freeing European Cities from Smog?

Elyse Hauser

October 10, 2025 |

Triple Pundit |

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Response Location: Belgium, Brussels

European cities have implemented low-emission zones that gradually restrict older, polluting vehicles from entering designated urban areas, in an effort to reduce air pollution. While effectiveness varies by region, since implementing these zones, Brussels has seen a 36% reduction in nitrogen oxide levels over five years, and air quality improvements extending up to five kilometers beyond the zone boundaries.

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How Native Hawaiian Cultural Practices are Supporting First Responders' Mental Well-Being

Noelle Fujii-Oride

October 08, 2025 |

Overstory |

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Response Location: United States, Hawaii

To address mental health challenges faced by first responders, a variety of organizations throughout the state are using Native Hawaiian cultural healing practices, such as lomilomi massages and ocean-based healing. Participants in the programs report reductions in PTSD symptoms, less stress and deeper peer connections.

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Ghana's Anti-Witchcraft Bill: Reintegration offers hope as survivors urge swift passage

Shawanna Yussif

October 05, 2025 |

ChannelOne TV |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Ghana

While locals wait for an anti-witchcraft bill to pass to provide protection for women against unproven accusations of witchcraft, several organizations are working to close “witch camps” and help women return home to their families. So far, these organizations’ combined efforts have led to the closure of two of the six camps in the northern part of the country.

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Changing the Narrative: Men in Rano Championing Childbirth Spacing Through Majalisa Forums

Victor Christopher

September 03, 2025 |

Nigeria Info FM |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Rano, Kano

The Majalisa Forum model embeds childbirth spacing conversations into existing male gathering spaces, leveraging trained male health educators to discuss reproductive health through storytelling, peer dialogue, and religious references. The approach encourages men to see birth spacing as a joint family decision rather than solely a woman's responsibility. More than 50 men participate daily across different forum sessions, and since the initiative started, local health clinics are seeing a dramatic increase in the number of patients who come in each day for childbirth spacing services.

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Inside Rwanda's push to eliminate cervical cancer ahead of WHO targets

Joan Mbabazi

August 15, 2025 |

The New Times |

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Response Location: Rwanda

Rwanda has implemented a comprehensive, community-driven cervical cancer prevention program combining door-to-door screening campaigns, free HPV vaccination, and health insurance reforms to cover cancer treatment. Since the initiaives launched, six districts have achieved the World Health Organization’s elimination targets, putting Rwanda on track to become the first African country to eliminate cervical cancer by 2027.

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