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  • Dare to dream: NGO empowers Ajegunle kids with library to address education gap

    Nurudeen Lawal Rahaman Abiola

    December 09, 2022 |

    Legit.ng |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    To help bridge gaps in quality education for children in the Ajegunle neighborhood, the Transforming Lives and Communities Initiative established a community library and discovery. The library offers reading clinics, discovery programs focused on STEM skills, and game days that emphasize teamwork, collaboration, and decision-making.

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  • Why Avalon International Breads is rescuing spent grains to fight climate change 

    Eleanore Catolico

    December 08, 2022 |

    Planet Detroit |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    As a part of the Upcycled Grain Project, Avalon International Breads in Detroit makes crackers out of spent grains from breweries. The practice reduces food waste that would otherwise produce greenhouse gas emissions.

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  • San Diego's Frozen Zoo Is Bringing Species Back from the Brink

    Michaela Haas

    December 08, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    At the Frozen Zoo in San Diego geneticists collect and freeze animal cells, including those of endangered animals, in cryogenic tanks for research and conservation projects.

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  • This trailblazing clinic is helping trans people in Brazil get the healthcare they need

    Andre Aram

    December 08, 2022 |

    Xtra |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro

    The João W. Nery Outpatient Clinic provides medical and transition-related care for the area’s trans community. The Clinic provides patients access to social workers, psychologists, endocrinologists, nurses, and general practitioners who help patients get prescriptions for hormones, referrals for gender-affirming surgery, and advice on legally changing their names, all of which are offered for free.

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  • Nigerian Climate Action Group Trades Trash for Cash

    Samuel Ajala

    December 07, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    Ecobarter is a startup in Nigeria that collects waste from communities and delivers it to recycling services. Individuals that deposit waste are paid in points based on weight and type of waste. The points can be converted into money, used to get health insurance, transferred to others, or used to shop at specific marketplaces.

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  • Can An Ancient Indian Mixed Farming System Help Our Farmers Sustain Better?

    Swati Sanyal Tarafdar

    December 07, 2022 |

    Earth Solutions Network |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Uttarakhand

    Residents of Uttarakhand, India, practice the Barahanaja farming system to deal with the lack of rain and irrigation systems. This practice involves mixed cropping of 12 or more crops throughout the year that are interdependent to support one another and have high nutritional value.

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  • 'We felt accomplished': Dillingham students celebrate name change for local creek

    Isabelle Ross

    December 07, 2022 |

    KDLG |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Dillingham, Alaska

    Three students in Dillingham, Alaska launched a campaign to change the name of a local creek that included a slur against Indigenous women. After researching the issue and making presentations to school committees, tribal organizations, and conference attendees, they were successful in helping to get the name changed.

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  • Empty schools! Solutions for absenteeism.

    Kimberly Gill

    December 07, 2022 |

    Solutionaries |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Detroit Public Schools is tackling chronic absenteeism by addressing the underlying reasons students are absent. Attendance agents work with families to address their needs and connect them to necessary resources like food, transportation, and school supplies.

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  • Inside the White House gun violence initiative they say is actually working

    Myah Ward

    December 06, 2022 |

    Politico |

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    Response Location: United States

    The federally-funded Community Violence Intervention Collaborative provided funding, training, and technical assistance to community violence intervention programs nationwide. Each program uses the assistance to target needs specific to its community.

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  • This Nigerian start-up is dedicated to debunking political misinformation

    Adejumo Kabir

    December 06, 2022 |

    IJNet |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    To combat mis- and disinformation, Nigerian startup FactCheck Elections monitors voting results and verifies claims made during political debates and then distributes vetted information via articles, infographics, visual media, and social media. The organization has published more than 100 fact-checks so far.

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