Artwork stating 'Education Destroys Barriers', 'We Demand Treatment', and 'I Need A Chance'

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 181 results  for your search.  View and Refine Your Search Terms

  • South Africa's SAB Foundation: Why 90% of its investees are still in business five years later

    April 04, 2024 |

    Pioneers Post |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: South Africa, Johannesburg

    The SAB Foundation is an independent trust set up by South African Breweries (SAB) as part of the government’s Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment scheme. It helps businesses — particularly underserved entrepreneurs like women and people with disabilities — grow and thrive. Since 2010, the Foundation has backed more than 6,400 social impact businesses in their early stages.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Coding The Future: Ugandan Women Take Refresher Classes To Lead Digital Revolution

    March 27, 2024 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Uganda, Kampala

    Code Queens is a 10-week hands-on coding course designed to get young women interested in STEM careers. To graduate, students must participate in a hackathon that asks them to solve a real-world business challenge through coding.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • How a renter education course could lower barriers to housing

    March 26, 2024 |

    Richland Source |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Wood County, Wisconsin

    The Rent Smart renter’s education program helps people who face barriers to finding housing gain the necessary skills and knowledge to have a successful renting experience. The program teaches participants their rights and responsibilities as a tenant and in a six-month follow-up survey, 92% of participants said they found safer, more affordable, better-quality housing after finishing the program.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Vermont's Prison Education Programs Give Incarcerated People a Second Chance to Learn

    January 10, 2024 |

    Seven Days |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    People incarcerated in Vermont correctional facilities have the option to participate in education programs ranging from foundational skills classes and high school completion credits to technical courses and community college offerings, and the agency puts particular emphasis on literacy development. More than 600 people are currently enrolled and about 25 earn their diplomas each year.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • He's spent 29 years behind bars. For the past 6 months, he's also been a college professor.

    January 04, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cañon City, Colorado

    A new program through Adams State University hires incarcerated professors to teach in prison bachelor’s programs, providing them training and income while giving more people access to education behind bars. Students report that they prefer learning from someone who understands their experiences and is available to connect with outside of formal classes.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Undoing machismo in Colombia

    November 13, 2023 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Colombia, Bogotá

    A city-sponsored program in Bogotá, Colombia, sends outreach teams to businesses and events to teach men to do household tasks and help them talk about their feelings. The effort aims to redefine what it means to be a man and undo the traditional idea of machismo, or toxic masculinity.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • For People in Prison, Career Training Begins in a Virtual World

    October 09, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

    Transfr is a tech company that provides free virtual reality job training and education to help facilitate employment opportunities. Transfr specifically focuses on providing these opportunities for disadvantaged people in places like domestic violence shelters, mental health clinics, juvenile detention centers and state correctional institutions where access to skill-building and further education is often hard to access. So far Transfr has 30 partnerships across 18 states.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Fueling change through clean stoves

    September 06, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    The Clean Cooking Stove Entrepreneurship project offers two-week training programs to teach women how to practice safer, cleaner cooking practices as opposed to the dangerous open-fire cooking methods they’re most familiar with. Women who complete the training then return to their communities to advocate for and educate others on these new skills. Since starting in 2016, more than 9,000 women have received clean cooking education and access to stoves to practice these more sustainable cooking practices.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • This Manhattan adult learning center is seeing a surge in African asylum seekers

    August 25, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat New York |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    As an increasing number of asylum seekers arrive in New York, the Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center has expanded its services beyond English language classes to connect students with food aid, help them get official identification, and put them in contact with legal immigration services. The center’s enrollment increased by roughly 40 percent to 3,700 students this year, but it needs more funding and support to keep up with demand.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • A zest to nurture readers that have birthed triple solutions

    August 21, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria

    Readers’ Pouch is a WhatsApp group designed to encourage adults to read with monthly book challenges and assessments. The group also does outreach in correctional facilities and donates books to ensure inmates have access to library materials.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

Go to All Solutions in Focus