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  • A social initiative shows that remote working could feed the relocation to small villages

    Urbanites get the taste of small-town living through an initiative that is bringing digital workers to the countryside. Rooral is tapping into the remote work market to increase rural development while connecting people from cities to a way of life that emphasizes community and connection.

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  • Regenerar la vida. La esperanza para niños y niñas con desnutrición en Guatemala.

    El artículo hace un recuento de los proyectos de la organización 32 Volcanes, que tiene más de 30 años de funcionar en el país, y que ha permitido tener impacto en la desnutrición infantil y seguridad alimentaria para las familias en comunidades rurales de Guatemala.

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  • How ‘hockey hub' clinics are changing the vaccine game in Ontario

    The “hockey hub” mass-vaccination model uses large spaces, like sports arenas, to vaccinate up to 70 people per hour, compared to 6-10 with traditional systems. Rows of 30 cubicles, each with a single chair, allow a health professional and an assistant to visit each patient with their vaccine-laden cart and quickly get consent and administer the vaccine. Once they finish the row, the first person to get their shot has waited the required post-vaccine observation time. The model requires less staff and time spent disinfecting surfaces in between patients, which substantially lowers the cost per vaccine.

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  • School district grows leaders from within to battle housing pressure in hiring

    In order to develop the next generation of school administrative leaders, the Teton County School District created a leadership development program. The aim of the program is to create a pool of candidates who will become the next principals, curriculum exports and mentors. A sort of pipeline. The two year program includes a capstone, internships, and lessons. Five years since its inception, 36 people have graduated, half of those entered leadership roles in the district.

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  • Una iniciativa social muestra el teletrabajo como la antesala de una mudanza al pueblo

    En España, Rooral ofrece a nativos digitales urbanos la oportunidad de disfrutar la vida en pueblitos rurales —con buen acceso al internet. Rooral atrae a jóvenes a pueblos que los necesitan y conecta a los residentes urbanos a un estilo de vida centrado en la comunidad.

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  • Back to Life

    People Plus has begun to fill a vacuum left by the Belarus prison system's lack of reentry services aimed at giving people a better chance to succeed after prison. The NGO provides its "resocialization" counseling for incarcerated people in the six months before their release. In its first six months, the program counseled more than 1,000 people, helping prepare them to find housing and jobs and avoid substance abuse, which in many cases proved successful. Its peer counselors stay in contact with clients after prison through meetings and online forums.

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  • From Vail to Jackson Hole, Down Payment Assistance Tries to Keep More Workers Housed

    A pilot program in Jackson Hole is trying to make home ownership affordable for the local workforce. The program provides help with the down payment by granting $150,000 to families that meet the requirements. The initiative puts a cap on the appreciation value of the homes bought using the grant which ensures that the property values stay affordable over time. A similar program in Vail, Colorado has produced impressive results.

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  • Helpline Fills Gaps in Local Housing Assistance

    Bridging Resources is a helpline launched by a group of nonprofits that connects residents to existing services. Bilingual operators field calls and connect callers to agencies that can provide food, rental assistance, childcare, and legal advice among other services. The operators actually call the agencies with residents on the line to ensure the connection is made. Seventy-eight callers received assistance in the helpline’s first ten weeks, split almost evenly between English and Spanish speakers, which reinforced the importance of providing bilingual assistance.

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  • Nutrition Interventions Securing Livelihoods in Hard-to-Reach Areas of Borno

    Doctors Without Borders treats malnutrition in areas of Nigeria facing food shortages due to violence and insurgency. When safe, it runs a mobile clinic to provide basic health care, including nutritional support, particularly to children. When communities are not safe enough to enter, the organization trains community members in basic patient care and provides them the tools to run basic tests and treat malnutrition. Community health workers are also trained to treat patients, dispense medications, and educate caregivers about child nutrition.

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  • The tree cutting emissions from Brazilian beef

    A company in Brazil has found a new way to cut carbon emissions from growing beef by planting more eucalyptus trees. According to research, planting eucalyptus trees among the grazing areas reduces the carbon footprint, helps cows fatten faster, and offsets the cows' methane emissions.

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