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  • As Indigenous Youth, We Know Peer Overdose Education Is Vital

    August 03, 2023 |

    Native News Online |

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    Response Location: Canada, Ontario

    Talk Overdose provides peer-delivered education to youth in seventh to twelfth grade about overdose prevention. The group of teens also provides naloxone training, hosts guest speakers and interactive workshops that teach empathetic listening skills. Talk Overdose was formed in 2021 and has since reached over 1,500 youth across the country and has stated to offer Indigenous culture workshops, as a connection to culture has shown to have a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing.

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  • Ces pays qui recyclent les eaux usées en eau potable

    August 03, 2023 |

    The Conversation |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Namibia, Windhoek

    Depuis 1968, la ville de Windhoek recycle les eaux usées pour les utiliser comme eau potable avec un processus qui comprend maintenant 10 étapes de filtration. Aujourd'hui, la ville tire 30 % de son eau du processus de recyclage.

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  • Period poverty, reusable pads and the quest to keep Nigerian girls in school

    August 03, 2023 |

    HealthNews.ng |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

    Pad a Queen distributes reusable menstrual products to girls in schools, orphanages, and correctional facilities in Oyo State and provides education about menstrual health and hygiene. The organization has handed out more than 5,000 reusable pads, which has resulted in a significant drop in absences among girls during their menstrual cycles.

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  • Ugandan Dentists Join Hands to Answer Distress Calls from Underserved Communities 

    August 02, 2023 |

    Solutions Now Africa |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Uganda

    Max Dental is a group of volunteer dentists offering free dental care to people in low-income communities. Max Dental offers care at subsidized rates and focuses on early diagnosis of dental diseases — as most are cheaper to treat when detected early on. Since 2018, the group has cared for over 18,000 patients across more than 10 low-income communities.

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  • The women leading Kano's charge for a greener future

    August 02, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Dakata, Kano

    In Nigeria, the Arewa Women Initiative For Climate Change Advocacy And Environmental Sustainability works to educate people on climate change and empower them to make informed, environment-friendly decisions. Through events like tree planting campaigns, the initiative spreads awareness on a variety of issues while coordinating action.

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  • How one CT business began providing free housing to workers

    August 02, 2023 |

    The Connecticut Mirror |

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    Response Location: United States, New Haven, Connecticut

    Due to a state-wide housing shortage, the Friends Center for Children in New Haven, Connecticut, purchased and refurbished housing units for its teachers and their families to live in for free. This bonus to teachers' salaries helps attract and retain employees, a difficult task in the industry.

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  • Pa. farmers dig into soil — and its ability to trap carbon — as one solution to climate change

    August 01, 2023 |

    StateImpact Pennsylvania |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Farmers are acting as citizen scientists for a soil health study organized by Pennsylvania-based Pasa Sustainable Agriculture. The organization is helping farms implement sustainable agricultural practices that improve soil health and reduce carbon emissions, like composting and planting cover crops.

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  • Reinventing a terror-free Borno State through child education

    August 01, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri, Borno State

    The Future Prowess Islamic Foundation provides free education to roughly 2,000 students who have been affected by the violence of Boko Haram, including the children of Boko Haram insurgents. The organization also offers training and micro-loans to local widows to help them start their own businesses.

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  • Buffalo auto thefts have risen 135%. St. Paul's coordinated approach led to a big drop

    August 01, 2023 |

    The Buffalo News |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    St. Paul’s Carjacking and Auto Theft Unit, which is supported by grant funding, is solely devoted to addressing car thefts and recovering stolen vehicles. Through collaboration with the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office and streamlined timelines for court appearances, the unit helped decrease the number of motor vehicle thefts in the city by 41 percent.

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  • Hire a Kick-Ass Trash Czar

    August 01, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Sanitation Commissions is cleaning up city streets with new practices and regulations curbing its trash problem. For example, she has started using data to track trash conditions across the city, she’s enforcing infractions, and she changed put-out and pick-up times.

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