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How Nigeria's Only Biogas Mini-grid Project Failed With Lessons To Learn

Chinonso Kenneth

June 15, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Rije

A local farm builds a biogas electric grid for its community to access electricity. The grid is powered with chicken feces through anaerobic digestion, which occurs when bacteria break down the waste into a gas.

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Could more entrepreneurs help revive the heartland?

Mike Sherry

June 06, 2022 |

The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Ord, Nebraska

The community in Ord, Nebraska, revived their town by supporting and encouraging entrepreneurs and making it easier to start small businesses.

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Common goals ensure forest restoration success in northern Thailand

Carolyn Cowan

June 06, 2022 |

Mongabay |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Thailand, Ban Mae Sa Mai, Chiang Mai Province

Collaboration between the Hmong community, researchers, and park authorities in northern Thailand has allowed them to work together to restore the forest in Doi Suthep-Pui National Park. Between 1997 and 2013, they used assisted regeneration to restoring 33 hectares of forest, which also increased the area’s natural flora and fauna. Because of their efforts, their approach is being implemented in tropical forests around the world, including Cambodia, Madagascar, and Tanzania.

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Una aplicación gratuita brinda asistencia en emergencias con una red de voluntarios capacitados en primeros auxilios

Ximena Beilin

June 05, 2022 |

Red/Acción |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Argentina

Según la American Heart Association, diez minutos es el tiempo necesario para salvar a una persona que atraviesa un evento cardíaco mientras llega la ambulancia. En ciudades de América Latina, los servicios de emergencia tienen un tiempo de respuesta promedio de veinte o veinticinco minutos. La plataforma Helpers ha logrado conectar de manera gratuita a más de 3.300 usuarios que necesitan ayuda durante una urgencia, con voluntarios entrenados para intervenir hasta que llega la asistencia profesional.

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For This City, Fare-Free Transit Is a Big Success

Jake Blumgart

June 03, 2022 |

Governing |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Alexandria, Virginia

A newly redesigned bus transit system in Alexandria now boasts free bus fares in addition to reliable and frequent bus service. State and regional funding has enabled the fare-free pilot project.

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How organizers in rural North Carolina are bridging racial and class divides

Jaisal Noor Joshua Komer

June 03, 2022 |

The Real News Network |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, North Carolina

Canvassers with Down Home North Carolina approach conversations with voters not as an opportunity to promote their cause or ideology, but as a chance to learn about voters' personal experiences and how those experiences shape their approach to political issues. The strategy, called deep canvassing, is based on active listening and nonjudgmental discussion and was found in one study to be more effective than traditional canvassing in winning over rural swing voters.

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Vista Nueva makes Natomas the next front in keeping people housed as Sacramento's affordability crisis intensifies

Casey Rafter

June 02, 2022 |

Sacramento News & Review |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

Inspired by temporary housing initiatives launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, California's Homekey program provides grant funding to help communities convert motels and hotels into permanent supportive housing for unhoused people. More than 300 units have been developed in the Sacramento area so far, with a percentage designated for specific populations, such as families with children, tenants with disabilities, and those who access additional services on-site such as mental health and substance use support.

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Blackburn Middle Schoolers Grow, Sell Produce at Own Farmers Market

Aliyah Veal

May 20, 2022 |

Mississippi Free Press |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

In Blackburn Middle School's Learning Garden, students get hands-on experience with planting, cultivating, and selling their own crops. The school also hosts a student-led farmers market and collard greens cook-off where they can show off the fruits of their labor.

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Feeding Richmond: How community fridges tackle food insecurity

R.M. Carkuff

May 19, 2022 |

WTVR-TV |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

The RVA Community Fridges addresses the issue of food insecurity by setting up household or industrial refrigerators outside of a host business, like a restaurant, non-profit or church. Anyone can swing by a fridge and take whatever they need or leave whatever they can. To fill the fridges, community members, local businesses, and other organizations donate purchased or cooked food.

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Young Nigerians are tackling the stigma of mental health

Ogar Monday

May 10, 2022 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

Having seen first-hand the impact of colonial-era laws and lack of access to professional help on her struggle with depression, Elizabeth Ita founded the non-profit Stilt NG. Since 2019, it has trained 25 young volunteers familiar with mental health struggles themselves to create awareness on mental illness, reduce stigma, and encourage help-seeking behavior for other youth in the community.

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