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  • 音楽スタジオ、薄型テレビ、コンドーム…世界一人道的な刑務所、ノルウェーの方針転換

    ノルウェーの「世界一人道的」と呼ばれる二つの刑務所を取材した記事。自然に囲まれた比較的自由な環境、そして更生に向けた取り組みで、再犯率が劇的に下がった背景を伝えています。

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  • District buy-in crucial to making Fredericktown latchkey program work

    A latchkey program made possible by a variety of community support provides a place for elementary students to be cared for before and after school if their parents cannot drop them off or pick them up at the designated times.

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  • Movable kraals to restore degraded land, boost crop production

    Farmers in Chinyika, Zimbabwe, participate in movable kraals by adding their cattle into a community herd and allowing them to graze different areas on a rotation. The animals’ hooves loosen the soil and their waste fertilizes it to combat soil degradation and poor water retention.

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  • How Telementoring Programme Aided Sudan's Fight against COVID-19

    To make healthcare more accessible and relieve overwhelmed medical centers, Sudanese American doctors used telementoring to train over 400 medical students across Sudan in the necessary skills to serve their local communities.

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  • Abuja startup training children robotics, coding for free  

    The free summer boot camp organized by the Dumena Foundation teaches young students how to build and design circuits and also educates them in tech fields like robotics, engineering, and programming. Since launching in 2019, the organization has trained over 3,000 students across 22 schools in the region in order to bridge the gap in tech education and get students on track for careers in the field.

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  • It's past time to celebrate migrant-led labor organizing

    The Coalition of Immokalee Workers developed a framework called the worker-driven social responsibility paradigm, which is designed to help protect migrant employees who often don't have the right to unionize but are vulnerable to workplace manipulation and abuse due to their immigration status. The paradigm targets the supply chain, using legal agreements to require that migrant workers have a direct say in designing and enforcing workplace protections, and the model has been implemented in initiatives such as the Fair Food Program and the Milk With Dignity Program.

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  • Czech School Pioneers Peer-to-Peer Instruction

    To enhance learning, Smart Primary School has integrated peer-mentoring in its curriculum through the Buddy program. Each student in the first grade is paired with a fifth grader who tutors and guides the younger one with lessons and activities for the next four years. The program has not just helped them improve their language, communication, and mathematics skills, but also helped enhance the school atmosphere through the trust and bonding students build in the process.

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  • How a city eliminated pedestrian deaths

    A few critical changes have led to an elimination of pedestrian deaths for the past five years. When studies showed that most deaths in Hoboken occurred in intersections and involved either walkers or bikers, the city took action to look for solutions. Bike racks and planters were added to street corners so walkers didn’t have to peer around cars. Red lights for both sides have also been extended so walkers can safely cross.

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  • Kids saving kids: How statewide reporting tools can help prevent, stop school shootings

    Safe2Tell is a unified statewide system where students can anonymously report concerns or threats, since research shows other students often know about a threat before it is carried out. Teams trained in risk assessment intervene before an attack can happen by contacting parents, making a welfare check, and/or talking with students. The success of the system led to the adoption of similar programs in Oregon, Nevada, and Wyoming.

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  • Doctors use a new approach to treat obesity

    Some medical professionals are revising the way they address obesity and treat patients with the disease by addressing stigma and prescribing new anti-obesity medications. These new medications yield 15% to 20% weight loss over six months or longer, compared to their less effective counterparts.

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