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  • School laundry help aims to improve student attendance

    March 22, 2019 |

    Chalkbeat Colorado |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    Laundry machines are an increasingly common sight on the campuses of Denver elementary schools. "A lot of times our teaching goes beyond the academic piece,” one principal said. “Teaching kids how to do laundry is a life skill.” The easily accessible facilities are improving student confidence and attendance.

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  • Fans Can Register To Vote At Ariana Grande's Sweetener Tour & Say "Thank U, Next" At The Polls

    March 22, 2019 |

    Bustle |

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    Response Location: United States

    In an attempt to encourage voter turnout, Ariana Grande set up tables at concerts on her tour where fans could register to vote, or receive text alerts reminders for those who already had. The "ThankUNextGen" campaign, which plays on one of her song titles, has helped motivate younger voters.

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  • In Pakistan, dads taking part in maternal care could save lives

    March 22, 2019 |

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    Response Location: Pakistan, Punjab

    To combat holding the record for the world's most dire infant mortality rate, Pakistan is placing efforts on increasing paternal supports before, during and after childbirth through the implementation of a hotline. Directly addressing a lack of education that men receive around women's health care, the hotline has already seen significant success.

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  • Voter Turnout Contest

    March 21, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    In South Jersey's Cumberland County, election officials played on one of the state's oldest football rivalries to increase voter turnout by launching the Turnout Trophy. The competition put fourteen towns against each other to get the highest percentage of eligible voters to the polls. All towns except for one scored above the national average for voter turnout when the dust of the competition--and election--settled.

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  • Only 13 States Offer Medically Accurate Sex Education. Here's How to Fill in the Gaps

    March 21, 2019 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Kentucky

    In Kentucky, sex education offerings in rural districts is often inconsistent across schools. The “Sexy Sex Ed” workshop aims to provide students with information and resources about consent, safety, and anatomy. “If you provide the basic necessities for young women in public schools to get through their day, they can do anything else,” the founder of the workshop says. “You empower them to do anything else if you meet their basic needs.”

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  • Santa Cruz Ranchers Reforest the Banks of the Nandamojo River with the Help of an Organization

    March 21, 2019 |

    La Voz de Guanacaste |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Paraíso, Santa Cruz

    An environmental organization called Restoring Our Watershed, led by a team of ecologists from around the globe, has helped ranchers reforest riverbanks to better preserve their land over the past four years. Ranchers are also supported by the Green Center, their greenhouse, which helps with replanting. Donations, volunteers, and community support all help the local rivers remain sustainable.

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  • ‘Coal just isn't the future': Meet the Kentucky miners picking up a new trade

    March 21, 2019 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States, Harlan, Kentucky

    As jobs in America's coal mines dwindle, local Appalachian communities put resources and opportunity into the sustainable energy business. A nonprofit in Kentucky called the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development bridges the gap between the two industries by providing sustainable energy training and internships for former employees of the coal mining industry.

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  • Mobile Health Clinic Unveiled To Serve Uninsured While Lowering Emergency Room Use

    March 21, 2019 |

    KUER Radio |

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    Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

    In Utah, expanding health care access is taking shape in the form of RVs equipped with exam rooms, medical assistants and a nurse. Specifically designed to serve uninsured community members, the newest mobile health clinic offers "a specialized focus on women’s health, as well as mental health and substance abuse services, including medication assisted treatment which is used to help wean people of opioids."

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  • A women's squad in Odisha defends its forest for 20 years

    March 21, 2019 |

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    Response Location: India, Gundalba, Odisha

    Biodiversity and forest cover in Gundalba rebounded after a women-led group started using whistles and rotational patrols to scare away timber smugglers and woodcutters. The group also helped neighboring villages coordinate fuelwood gathering and avoid conflicts.

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  • Parkrun Could Save America From Itself

    March 20, 2019 |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, London, Greater London

    In the United Kingdom, an initiative known as parkrun, is working to bring people together for a weekly free 5K run in order to inspire physical fitness as well as community interaction. Although the US is not seeing as much success with its iteration of the initiative, there are several key lessons – such as corporate sponsorship and government involvement – that the advocates of the initiative can learn from.

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