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  • After years of drought and overuse, the San Luis Valley aquifer refills

    Paige Blankenbuehler

    May 26, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Centre, Colorado

    An over-taxed basin in Colorado is getting its water use under control through the sub-district project, an innovative user-led solution for solving water problems.

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  • Chicken farming brightens future for Haitians

    Jamie McGee

    May 23, 2016 |

    The Tennessean |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Haiti, Gressier

    Middle Tennessee nonprofit KORE Foundation is combating poverty in rural Haiti with the help of chickens.

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  • Separation Anxiety

    Avery Trufelman

    May 17, 2016 |

    99% Invisible |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Taiwan, Taipei

    Garbage is an ever-mounting issue in cities around the world, as emerging economies adopt the single-use consumerism habits of the West and disposal of solid waste material becomes increasingly problematic. The city of Taipei has implemented some clever ways to help encourage citizens to reduce their trash generation - including unusual "singing garbage trucks" and making garbage disposal a more publicly visible process - while increasing incentives to compost and recycle.

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  • Want To Serve The World's Poorest Citizens? Take Your Company Public In India

    Nish Acharya

    May 03, 2016 |

    Forbes |

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    Response Location: India, Mumbai

    There is a substantial argument for increased involvement of private companies in venture philanthropy. Unlike large government bodies and NGOs, private companies are more nimble and experienced when it comes to strategies in marketing, R&D, creating pricing structures, and adapting to rapid social change. Three companies in India are seeing real results by serving India's poorest customers with a market-based approach.

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  • Inside the moss mystery: How the organisms helped reveal Portland's pollution

    Julia Rosen

    May 02, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

    Throughout the city of Portland, there is moss growing in urban trees. When scientists began studying its growth, they were able to not only detect a citywide air pollution problem, but also pinpoint the origin of it which allowed city officials to take steps towards mitigating the issue.

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  • Covenant House Rescues Hundreds of Runaway Teens, Turns Away More

    Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

    April 18, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Covenant House is Philadelphia's only shelter for older adolescents who have run away, been victims of abuse, been sex trafficked or abandoned.

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  • What's deadly dull and can save the world? (Hint: We can't stand it)

    Maite Vermeulen

    April 14, 2016 |

    The Correspondent |

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    Response Location: Haiti

    A lack of bureaucratic services has kept people in poverty around the world by limiting the number of documents attainable by citizens who have a low-income, verifying proof of property ownership. "Capacity building" in the form of sending "tax inspectors without borders," book-keeping classes, and expanding bureaucratic services for places in need, allow people to make investments in their properties that can lift them above the poverty line.

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  • New App Helps Undocumented Immigrants Find College Scholarships

    Mariela Patron

    April 03, 2016 |

    KQED |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    Many undocumented students are often encumbered when seeking prosperous avenues to college affordability and DREAMer’s Roadmap app is changing that. The app, founded by Sarahi Espinoza Salamanca—an undocumented immigrant—works to help connect other undocumented students with scholarship opportunities by letting students search through a free database of scholarships, and sending users alerts via text, email or social media when new scholarships are added to the system.

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  • How a Wife's Tiny Food Shop Brought Financial Freedom and Escape from Domestic Violence

    Sonia Narang

    March 08, 2016 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Indonesia, Yogyakarta

    In Indonesia, a country where cases of domestic violence have increased recently, efforts are made to give women business training and financial help to encourage them to leave bad situations at home.

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  • Why Birmingham Is Thriving in a County That's Bankrupt

    Scott Latta

    March 08, 2016 |

    Bloomberg CityLab |

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    Response Location: United States, Jefferson, Alabama

    In Alabama’s largest city, a story of economic confidence in an unlikely place.

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