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Akamasoa: el modelo para reducir la pobreza mediante esfuerzos compartidos

Florencia Tuchin

May 31, 2024 |

Revista Haz |

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Response Location: Argentina

La experiencia de urbanización comunitaria y la reduccion de pobreza iniciada en Madagascar por el sacerdote Pedro Opeka hace 35 años está siendo replicada en un pueblo de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, en Argentina. Se trabaja en tres pilares: trabajo, educación y vivienda digna como solución para salir de la pobreza extrema.

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St. Paul Public Schools go big on geothermal energy, using the earth to heat and cool buildings

Andrew Hazzard

May 31, 2024 |

Sahan Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

Public schools in St. Paul, Minnesota, are installing geothermal systems to heat and cool buildings with energy harnessed from underground temperatures. The efficient, affordable energy source allows them to keep school buildings at a comfortable temperature during the increasingly warmer summer months.

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A mother's calling: Inside the fight to make prison phone calls free

Candice Norwood, Bria Lloyd

May 31, 2024 |

The 19th |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

Advocates in Connecticut worked with the nonprofit Worth Rises to successfully campaign for a law that made phone calls and emails free in the state’s prison system. Expensive communication was a barrier for people who are incarcerated and their families, often impacting their mental health, relationships, and financial well-being.

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Parent Cafe program gives residents guidance, chance to connect

Jasmine Hall

May 31, 2024 |

Daytona Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Volusia, Florida

Pioneered by Be Strong Families, Parent Cafes offer safe spaces for parents and caregivers to discuss the highs and lows of raising children. The cafes offer guidance and a sense of community, as parenting can feel lonely and isolating. Parent cafes have reached thousands of people since emerging in 2007, and 96% of participants say the cafes feel like safe places where they can learn.

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As temperatures in India break records, ancient terracotta air coolers are helping fight extreme heat

Kamala Thiagarajan

May 31, 2024 |

BBC |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India

Artists, architects, and urban designers in India are reimagining the ancient practice of cooling water in terracotta pots to create terracotta structures that cool the air nearby during extreme heat.

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Envelope redesign helped Pa. voters avoid errors that cost them their vote

Carter Walker

May 31, 2024 |

Votebeat Pennsylvania |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

After procedural errors such as missing dates and signatures caused a significant number of ballots to be rejected, Pennsylvania redesigned its mail ballots to emphasize the areas voters must fill out correctly for their ballot to be counted. Following the redesign, 9.6 percent fewer ballots were rejected for errors the new design tried to address, but other types of mistakes, such as voters not adding the year to the date, increased.

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Brooklyn Nonprofits Tailor Mental Health Care To Their Immigrant Clients' Cultures

Rommel H. Ojeda

May 31, 2024 |

Documented |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Nonprofits Mixteca, RaisingHealth, and Brave House are providing safe spaces for migrants to receive culturally relevant mental health care through workshops that incorporate cultural traditions and common mental health and self-care practices. The workshops help provide a sense of community and combat the stigma surrounding mental health in the immigrant community.

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Doctor missionaries and long tale of leprosy in Nigeria

Peace Oladipo

May 30, 2024 |

Prime Progress |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kwara

The leprosarium, run by the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA), provides free treatment, shelter, and support to those ostracized due to their leprosy diagnosis. Since forming, ECWA has helped 1,000 patients overcome the disease.

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How 'Farmfluencers' Are Making Vietnam's Rice Fields More Sustainable

MaryLou Costa

May 30, 2024 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Vietnam

The Viet Nam Farmers Union rolled out a train-the-trainer program focused on encouraging rice farmers in Vietnam to take up more sustainable practices. This style of training helps farmers overcome any hesitation towards trying new methods by allowing them to learn from their peers and see the success of demonstration plots.

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Using less of the Colorado River takes a willing farmer and $45 million in federal funds

Alex Hager, Heather Sackett

May 30, 2024 |

KUNC |

Radio |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States

A federally-funded water conservation program, the System Conservation Pilot Program, is paying farmers in the Upper Colorado River Basin to not use the river’s water during the irrigation season. Leaving their fields dry for the program can earn them more money than they would get from growing crops.

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