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  • Williamsburg launches street team pilot to combat homelessness

    The Houseless Outreach Partnership Engagement, a pilot program, goes straight to encampments and other places people without housing tend to be found to assess their needs and try to connect them with resources. So far, 10 people have gotten into housing as a result of the program, while about 50 have interacted with its staff.

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  • Partners in Birth: How collaboration is saving mothers in Ghana

    The Mamacare Foundation has trained over 860 traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in hygiene, safe delivery practices, danger-sign recognition, and timely referral systems over the past decade to improve maternal care in the region. The program pairs each TBA with a supervising midwife, creating a collaborative bridge between traditional and modern maternal care. The training has increased referrals from TBAs to clinics by 40%, and district hospitals report fewer emergency cases arriving in critical condition since the Foundation has formed.

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  • The invisible 'giant nets' that catch the smallest songbirds

    The Motus network—a collaborative system of 2,200 radio towers across 34 countries that track tiny migratory animals using lightweight tags—has successfully mapped previously unknown migration routes for over 55,000 animals across 450+ species, revolutionizing conservation research for small songbirds and other creatures too tiny for traditional GPS tracking.

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  • University Brains To Solve City Problems

    To improve traffic flow, the city of Pittsburgh partnered with researchers from Carnegie Mellon University who helped develop an AI-powered traffic signal system that helped significantly reduce emissions and idling time at stop lights. The collaboration grew into a long-term initiative called Metro21 Smart Cities Institute that brings academics and public officials together to work on municipal issues.

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  • Demand high for special education preschools in Maine

    Last school year, the Maine Department of Education began offering speech, physical, and occupational therapy to three- to five-year-olds in 17 public school districts, with plans to roll out the services for preschoolers in 34 more. So far, the state has been able to provide services to all eligible students in that age range, totaling more than 400.

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  • How Tanzania's cardiac care transformation saves lives, strengthens economy

    The Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute, launched in 2015, is a semi-autonomous public institution specializing in cardiac care, helping to make it more accessible and affordable for locals. When they first opened, the institution started with just 15 general hospital beds, but has since grown to 156, and performs about 800 surgeries each year.

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  • 食用コオロギの可能性を広げ、世界の食糧・環境危機を打開へ

    「食糧危機への対応として、食用コオロギの販売事業を展開するエコロギー社の事例。温暖な気候のカンボジアを生産拠点とし、契約農家の収入を増やしながら、日本向けには練り餌である「レオバイド」の原料として食用コオロギを活用している。」

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  • Fungi and spruce may help solve Alaska's plastic pollution problem

    University of Alaska researchers have developed biodegradable insulation boxes and building materials made from local beetle-killed spruce trees and fungal fibers that successfully shipped seafood across the country while offering a sustainable alternative to plastic foam that could reduce Alaska's 1+ million annual styrofoam boxes, create local jobs, and address rural housing quality issues.

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  • One Tree at a Time

    Moldova's National Reforestation Project, launched in 2023 with a €739 million budget, has planted over 10,000 hectares of new forest (36+ million trees) with a 67% survival rate, demonstrating early success in restoring degraded land and supporting rural communities, though it's currently achieving only half of its annual planting targets due to personnel shortages, supply chain issues, and weather challenges.

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  • 'Survivors deserve better': State support needed to expand Maine's rape kit tracking pilot

    Maine's rape kit tracking pilot program, designed to give sexual assault survivors more control in their investigations, works like package tracking. Victims receive a postcard with a kit number after evidence collection and can check the status of their kit online.

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