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  • How YAFODA is tackling drug abuse in northern Nigeria

    The Youth Awareness Foundation on Drug Abuse rehabilitates and reintegrates drug abusers back into society and works to sensitize youth to the dangers of drug abuse. YAFODA’s programming has been recreated in 14 other states and has since rehabilitated thousands of individuals.

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  • Hoboken Hasn't Had a Traffic Death in 4 Years. What's It Doing Right?

    The city of Hoboken uses “Daylighting” – city planning prioritizing infrastructure changes to increase pedestrian and traffic safety, which has prevented traffic-related fatalities since 2018. Interventions include bike lanes, curb extensions, bus lanes, high-visibility crosswalks, and raised intersections.

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  • Will Climate Change Help Hybrid Grapes Take Root in the US Wine Industry?

    To combat extreme weather, pests, and disease brought on by climate change, the Heritage Grape Project produces wines that aim to conserve and promote hybrid grapes, which are becoming a beneficial option to help local viticulturists grow grapes in an ecologically and economically sound manner.

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  • Working the land for our climate - Healthy soil, healthy world

    Humus farming is a technique that doesn’t harm the soil or organisms living in it but instead nourishes it, thus making it more sustainable for long-term use. Humus farming and other climate change mitigation tactics to revive soil and make it healthy and usable are spreading across Europe.

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  • Shakespeare in Prison program offers far more than an escape

    The Detroit Public Theater's Shakespeare In Prison (SIP) program allows incarcerated people the opportunity to learn about and perform Shakespeare. The program helps to foster communication but also allows participants to express themselves and build self-confidence. It’s also been found that SIP participants experience long-lasting effects even outside their sentence, like a positive sense of community, self-efficacy, and increased empathy for themselves and others.

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  • Kalamazoo-area police want closer ties with mental-health experts. Now they try to make that happen.

    County’s police chiefs are joining forces with local mental-health experts to devise a countywide collaboration to strengthen the relationship between law enforcement and the mental-health system by creating a four-pillar approach to crisis intervention training. Each pillar is designed to handle a different issue and build resources within the community to help those in need.

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  • When the pandemic forced mental health care to go virtual, it revealed an antidote to stigmas in Latino communities

    After switching to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, Brother Bill's Helping Hand saw a significant increase in people seeking the clinic's mental health services. The organization has continued its telehealth visits and also offers a free grocery store, health care resources, and educational programming geared toward the Latino community.

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  • Common goals ensure forest restoration success in northern Thailand

    Collaboration between the Hmong community, researchers, and park authorities in northern Thailand has allowed them to work together to restore the forest in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park. Between 1997 and 2013, they used assisted regeneration to restoring 33 hectares of forest, which also increased the area’s natural flora and fauna. Because of their efforts, their approach is being implemented in tropical forests around the world, including Cambodia, Madagascar, and Tanzania.

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  • Drought and inflation have come for farmers and ranchers. Does this Utahn have the solution?

    A new Hydrogen nutrition technology allows a rancher in Utah to turn alfalfa seed into cattle feed within a few days with less than one-tenth of the water used in traditional hay fields. By using this technology, he’s been able to manage the drought in the region and preserve his farmland. While many could be skeptical of the system, the Legislature is planning to study how effective it could be for others in the state.

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  • For This City, Fare-Free Transit Is a Big Success

    A newly redesigned bus transit system in Alexandria now boasts free bus fares in addition to reliable and frequent bus service. State and regional funding has enabled the fare-free pilot project.

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