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  • How to reuse a demolished building

    Charlotte Horn

    March 23, 2021 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Switzerland, Winterthur

    A warehouse in Switzerland is being transformed into new creative workspaces. The catch: It’s being constructed out of reused building materials. About 70 percent of it is being made from old materials like wood floorboards, steel beams, and windows. A network of treasure hunters are on the lookout for used materials that can be used in constructing these buildings. The workspace is nearly complete and it already has tenants for all of the spaces. They were also able to cut the building’s carbon emissions in half.

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  • Meet the Black Mambas, South Africa's all-female anti-poaching unit

    Emma Gregg

    March 23, 2021 |

    National Geographic |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: South Africa

    The Black Mambas are an all-female anti-poaching and ranger unit based in South Africa’s Balule Nature Reserve. They patrol on foot and by vehicle to remove bushmeat snares and look for evidence of illegal poaching activities. They also run the Bush Babies Environmental Education Programme, which teaches local school children about wildlife and conservation. The group combines anti-poaching enforcement with efforts to ensure local communities have food security and understand the economic and employment benefits of tourism as a way to protect wildlife. The Mambas are seen as role models within the community.

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  • Babyl Rwanda bridging healthcare gap through mobile technology

    Daniel Nzohabonimana

    March 23, 2021 |

    Rwanda News Agency |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Rwanda

    Babyl Health provides over 3,000 daily e-health consultations to bridge the gap between Rwandan providers and patients. The two million registered users can dial *811# to book an appointment and are triaged, with those needing more extensive care referred to one of the 483 partner clinics around the country. The country’s universal health coverage pays for 90% of the appointment and the patient pays 200 RWF. The platform works on an app available on most citizens’ phones and doesn’t require an internet connection. When needed, patients receive prescriptions via SMS that they can bring to a local pharmacy.

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  • A village to nourish a child: FHI360 community structures provide nutrition for children in Borno

    Thelma Chioma Abeku

    March 23, 2021 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

    FHI360 is an initiative, supported by grassroots and international partnerships, providing healthcare to Internally Displaced Peoples in four locations. The nourishment of pregnant and lactating mothers, as well as their children, is a main focus. The group disseminates information and provides nutrition counseling in both one-on-one and community support group settings. They also offer vitamins and micronutrient supplements to women and children and create safe breastfeeding spaces and safe spaces for women who have been victims of gender-based violence.

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  • Guaranteed Income in Jackson Designed By Black Moms for Black Moms, Showing Results for Black Moms

    Oscar Perry Abello

    March 23, 2021 |

    Next City |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Beneficiaries of a guaranteed income program in Mississippi have received monthly cash payments that they are free to spend however they need to. Known as Magnolia Mothers, the program has allowed mothers to pay off debt, invest in business, avoid predatory loans, and consider educational opportunities that can help increase their income and quality of life.

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  • Fighting the Mafia on Its Own Turf

    Rhodri Davies

    March 23, 2021 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Italy, Alto Belice Corleonese

    La Placido Rizzotto is one of nine farm co-ops in a network of properties that were seized from Sicily's Mafia and reused to create a productive alternative to the area's crime-based economy. Part of the Libera Terra (Freed Land) network, La Placido Rizzotto employs 22 people and its farm, winery, and tourist inn generated nearly $900,000 in sales in 2019. The government has confiscated thousands of properties in its effort to hurt the Mafia economically, but managing the properties remains a challenge that the "social use" movement addresses. Libera Terra's model has been copied by an Argentinian co-op.

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  • The Power of Bike Education to Transform Lives and Communities

    Marianne Dhenin

    March 22, 2021 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Germany, Berlin

    Bicycle education programs around the world are helping those who want to become cyclists overcome that fear while also addressing problems in their communities—from pollution to racial injustice. #BIKEYGEES in Berlin helps women learn how to ride, or learn how to teach someone how to ride bicycles without need for registration. In the U.S. In Los Angeles, Sustainable Streets is helping adult learners while also turning the tide on the prevalent car-minded culture in the city.

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  • Michigan caregivers got a $2 hourly boost in COVID. Should it be permanent?

    Robin Erb

    March 22, 2021 |

    Bridge Michigan |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Michigan

    The Michigan state legislature temporarily boosted the pay of direct caregivers working with seniors and people that have disabilities by $2 an hour in recognition of their essential and sometimes risky services during the coronavirus pandemic. With about half of direct caregivers living at or near poverty, the pay bump was temporarily renewed at the slightly higher rate of $2.25 an hour, but it is set to expire again in September 2021. The governor has proposed making permanent a pay raise of $2 an hour, which helps the caregivers meet their own basic needs a little better.

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  • Georgia Daze Strives to Increase Black Student Applicants

    Tylar Norman

    March 22, 2021 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Georgia Daze is a student-led organization at the University of Georgia actively working to increase the Black student population on campus by focusing efforts on Black student applicants. Through biannual recruitment weekends, affirming Black culture on campus, and personal relationships, the organization has been able to increase the number of Black student applicants who commit to UGA.

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  • What WA can learn from Native communities' vaccination plan

    Manola Secaira

    March 22, 2021 |

    Crosscut |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Washington state’s Native communities have led the way in distributing the Covid vaccine to their communities' most vulnerable and are now helping to vaccinate those who are outside of their tribes. Their success is due to a combination of factors, including direct outreach to those who needed the vaccine the most. According to the Seattle Indian Health Board CEO, “That’s the difference between state, county systems and other public health systems They’re not serving people [directly] every day.”

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