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  • Ex-female refugee conserving South Sudan's disappearing forest

    June 19, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: South Sudan, Juba

    Vivian Kide learned to build fuel-efficient stoves in a Ugandan refugee camp to use less charcoal and prevent deforestation. When she returned home to South Sudan, she began building stoves for other women in her community and teaching them how to do so themselves.

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  • NH nonprofit helps develop, promote gender-affirming spaces

    June 16, 2023 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    Response Location: United States, Concord, New Hampshire

    The Affirming Spaces Project (ASP) helps local businesses create more affirming spaces for transgender and nonbinary employees and customers by providing training on topics like gender identity, pronoun use and how to use affirming language. Businesses that complete training get added to ASP’s database of affirming businesses and receive a decal to place in their storefront window. The database currently has more than 60 local businesses and organizations listed.

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  • Reviving the Lost Waterways of India's 'City of Lakes'

    June 16, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Bengaluru, Karnataka

    After reviving a lake with no experience, Anand Malligavad went on to restore 30 lakes in Bengaluru, India. He and his team created a restoration model that includes dredging and cleaning the lakebed, planting native grasses and trees along the banks, and developing wetlands nearby.

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  • There's No Uber or Lyft. There Is a Communal Tesla.

    June 16, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Huron, California

    In rural Huron, California, an electric vehicle ride-sharing program, called Green Raiteros, provides free rides for low-income residents who need to get to medical appointments. The organization's 120 clients can call in advance, or just show up when they need a ride.

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  • Women in Nasarawa community utilize government's stipend to provide portable water

    June 15, 2023 |

    Radio Nigeria |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Nasarawa

    The Conditional Cash Transfer program provides a monthly stipend to low-income individuals. The program was implemented in six local government areas and benefits over 48,000 people. Thanks to the funds from the program, several local women were able to pool their stipends together to repair their area’s only borehole to ensure locals have access to clean water.

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  • How indoor residual spraying helping to fight Malaria in Rwanda

    June 15, 2023 |

    Panorama |

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    Response Location: Rwanda

    Indoor Residual Spraying is being used as an intervention to reduce the transmission of malaria. Trained teams spray the insecticide in about 10 homes a day. Since this method of prevention was introduced in 2007, there has been a significant decrease in malaria cases. From 2016 to 2022, malaria cases went from 409 per 1,000 people to just 76 cases and deaths fell by more than 89%.

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  • Lesbian bars have endured — with community, grit and a little reinvention

    June 12, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States

    Lesbian bars across the United States, like Femme Bar in Massachusetts and Lipstick Lounge in Tennessee, offer a safe space for LGBTQ+ people to connect, be themselves, and build a supportive community.

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  • Klean Kensington pays teens to clean and green their own blocks

    June 07, 2023 |

    Kensington Voice |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Klean Kensington pays teenagers $15 an hour to clean lots in the Philadephia neighborhood and prevents them from turning to dealing drugs to make money.

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  • What Happens to Locals' Jobs When an Abandoned Coal Mine Becomes a Tourist Spot?

    June 04, 2023 |

    The Wire |

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    Response Location: India, Bishrampur, Chhattisgarh

    An abandoned, flooded mine in Bishrampur, India, is now an eco-tourism site where visitors can take a boat ride to a floating restaurant and locals breed fish. The new facilities offer employment for some of the residents who were left out of work when the mine closed.

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  • From Darkness to Light: How Lajolo, Omupo, Communities Thrive on Solar Power

    May 29, 2023 |

    Diamond 88.5FM |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Lajolo, Kwara

    A solar-powered microgrid project brought electricity to Lajolo, Nigeria, which was previously without power.

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