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  • Is There Anything 'Solar Meadows' Can't Do?

    Elizabeth Hewitt

    March 31, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Ramsey, Minnesota

    Pollinator-friendly solar arrays, also called solar meadows, feature meadows of native flowers around the solar panels instead of turf or gravel to support pollinators.

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  • Edo IDP Camp: Displaced by insurgents, they found refuge thousands of kilometres from home

    Gbeenga Salau

    March 31, 2023 |

    The Guardian Nigeria News |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Uhogua, Edo

    The Home for the Needy Foundation’s camp offers accommodations and support for people who are displaced in Nigeria due to terrorism. Along with housing, clothes, food, healthcare, and general support, those staying at the camp receive help and encouragement to continue their education, apply for college, or learn a trade.

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  • Un programa de ASU está abordando la brecha de diversidad y la retención de maestros en la fuerza laboral educativa de Arizona

    Beatriz Limón

    March 31, 2023 |

    Arizona Luminaria |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    Los nuevos programas educativos multilingües y multiculturales como el de la Universidad Estatal de Arizona (ASU) ayudan a preparar a los futuros maestros para satisfacer las necesidades de los estudiantes latinos y disminuir la crisis de retención de maestros en el estado.

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  • Seattle set aside $100k for street sinks. Two years later, where are they?

    Anna Patrick

    March 31, 2023 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Several U.S. cities — and groups like the Clean Hands Collective — are obtaining funding to install public sinks to provide those experiencing homelessness access to better hygiene, thus combating the spread of disease. Some cities, like Portland, have even created portable toilets and other cities are installing public showers as well.

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  • Cell Groups Helping to Reduce HIV among Rwandan Sex Workers

    Gaston K. Rwaka

    March 31, 2023 |

    Panorama |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

    Leadership groups formed by sex workers are helping to reduce HIV rates by traveling door to door and hosting meetings to educate people on HIV/AIDS awareness and how those with the disease can care for themselves, encouraging regular visits to clinics and antiretroviral therapy use. The program began in 2013 and now has 12,000 sex workers from around the country who are trained to provide aid and advocate for those with HIV.

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  • How Undergraduate Female-led Initiative is Closing Menstrual Awareness Gap for Girls

    Abubakar Abdulrasheed

    March 30, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

    Girls&More educates girls on menstruation, puberty and menstrual hygiene. The group travels to schools and throughout rural communities to talk to girls and provide them with sanitary pads and other resources they may struggle to access.

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  • Detroit's WSU makes it easier for former students to return, finish degree

    Mark Richardson

    March 30, 2023 |

    Detroit Metro Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    Wayne State University’s Warrior Way Back program allows former students who left college without a diploma to re-enroll and have up to $4,000 of their student debt forgiven.

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  • Responding to Oregon youth mental health needs with evidence-based approach

    Dave Miller

    March 30, 2023 |

    Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) |

    Podcast |

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    Response Location: United States, Oregon

    LifeWorks NW is a non-profit that provides mental health services and treatment programs, like the Adolescent Day Treatment program, focusing on teens and young adults who show early signs of psychosis. Mental health professionals have been working with youth and their families for 60 years and have programs in almost every county across the state.

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  • Clinic Throws Survivors Of Violence A Lifeline In Nigeria's Adamawa State

    Saduwo Banyawa

    March 30, 2023 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Numan, Adamawa

    Hope Center offers free medical services, including psychosocial and counseling services, for victims of sexual and gender-based violence. The Center also collaborates with the legal system to work to achieve justice for survivors.

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  • The Benefits of Greening Affordable Housing

    Erica Sweeney

    March 30, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    The Denver-based Triple Bottom Line Foundation funds projects to retrofit low-income, multi-family properties that house underserved groups. The projects include energy-efficiency upgrades, solar power installations, and weatherization upgrades among others.

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