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India's endangered tiger population is rebounding in triumph for conservationists

Jessie Yeung

April 10, 2023 |

CNN |

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Response Location: India

India developed 53 tiger reserves over 75,800 square kilometers as a part of a government-led conservation program, Project Tiger. Software and technology like camera traps are used to track the tiger population, which reached over 3,100 last year.

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Academic coaches help students finish community college

Rebecca Griesbach

April 10, 2023 |

Associated Press |

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Response Location: United States, Phenix City, Alabama

Chattahoochee Valley Community College has academic coaches who reach out to students who are struggling in their classes or are facing barriers that make it difficult to keep up with their studies. They can help students develop study plans, navigate financial aid issues, or connect with resources such as transportation.

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Nurturing the Nurturer: Promoting Adequate Nutrition for Pregnant Women in Sokoto State

Chibuike Alagboso, Hadiza Mohammed

April 10, 2023 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto

The Save the Child Initiative, in collaboration with the Society for Women Development and Empowerment in Nigeria, is working to ensure that expectant mothers receive proper nutrition during pregnancy so they can deliver healthy babies. The initiative provides iron and folic acid supplements, nutrition counseling, hosts antenatal clinics, and even travels door-to-door to provide education and care to those in need.

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Battling addiction and stigmas in the East African community

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

April 10, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Daryeel Youth helps East African youth on the streets, particularly those struggling with drug abuse, by providing free pizza and a chance to connect with others. At the plaza — now known as Daryeel Corner — parents can also receive education on addiction issues and how to best help their children and how to destigmatize addiction and treatment in the East African culture.

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This Evolving 3,000-Mile-Long Park Is Already Improving Cities Along Its Path

Ashira Morris

April 10, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: United States, Durham, North Carolina

The East Coast Greenway is a car-free trail network under development along the East Coast of the United States. The project organizers work with cities along the planned path to build the infrastructure and find funding. The goal is to connect Calais, Maine, and Key West, Florida.

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Portage Public Schools get proactive, invest in mental health

Natasha Robinson

April 10, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Portage, Michigan

Some districts, like Portage Public Schools, are offering school-based mental health care to improve students’ overall well-being, school performance and greatly increase access to care. The use of school-based healthcare is on the rise, as more than 22,000 students received services from a school-based mental health services provider during the 2021-2022 school year, compared to just 8,885 from 2019-2020.

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Utah golf courses say they're reducing water use. Some can prove it.

Leia Larsen

April 10, 2023 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Utah

Golf courses in Utah are conserving water amid a severe drought by planting drought-tolerant grass, watering fewer areas, not filling ponds, and using water runoff from a nearby interstate.

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School-based clinic offers convenient mental-health care for Battle Creek Central students

Nicole Morehouse

April 10, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Battle Creek, Michigan

Grace Health is a public health agency that has clinics in 200 schools throughout the state that offer mental health services to students, among other care like immunizations and sports physicals. This on-site mental healthcare option helps increase access among students as there’s no need to travel to a facility and the at-school care is free or significantly low-cost. In 2022 alone, Grace Health served 600 patients in 1,300 visits.

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Through joyful play of Sibshops, youngsters find new ways to relate to siblings with disabilities

Brooke Marshall

April 10, 2023 |

Second Wave Michigan |

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Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Sibshops connect children with disabilities with their siblings through the power of play to prevent the child without disabilities from fading into the background as parents juggle the needs of the other child. Sibshops allows participants to share their experiences, ask questions and offer advice. Studies show Sibshops participants have increased empathy for people with disabilities and better relationships with their siblings. The first Sibshop opened in 1982, and today, there are more than 550 Sibshops across 15 countries.

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The Mexican women breathing new life into Yucatán's mangrove forests

Lorena Arroyo, Gladys Serrano

April 10, 2023 |

El País |

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Response Location: Mexico, Yucatan

A group of women from a fishing village in southern Mexico are restoring mangroves on the Yucatán Peninsula. While the group, known as las chelemeras, is reviving the local ecosystem, the members also find personal empowerment from the work and the pay.

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