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  • La primera planta de tratamiento de aguas con microalgas

    Una iniciativa público-privada impulsada por la Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad de Buenos Aires (FAUBA), busca tratar aguas residuales urbanas y producir biofertilizantes a partir de organismos que se utilizan para suplementos dietarios humanos y animales.

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  • Native health program celebrates first four graduates

    The University of North Dakota’s doctoral program in Indigenous health, which is the first of its kind, takes an interdisciplinary approach to help students apply their research and academic knowledge to real-world projects in Indigenous communities. The program’s first class of graduates completed the program in 2023, with 60 more students currently enrolled.

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  • Community Regional offering breastfeeding education and resources to Valley mothers

    The Mother's Resource Center provides resources, education and a support system for women working to breastfeed their newborns. The Center has been open for 15 years — though it's recently been seeing an increase in moms in need of services — and all services and resources are available to mothers at an adjustable fee depending on their financial situation.

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  • In Borno, group helps Boko Haram survivors build trauma resilience

    The Yerwa Youth Initiative aims to improve children's mental health and well-being by providing support and hosting training sessions to teach youth how to manage their mental health in a positive way. Those who participate in the program are then encouraged to help start Mental Health Clubs in their schools to share what they’ve learned and connect with other youth in need of support.

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  • Burgers but no beers: Emigrant Gap restaurant is connected to drug-alcohol recovery program

    The Sierra-Pacific Teen Challenge program supports people in recovery from drug and alcohol abuse with robust skills training, employment, on-site housing, and peer support. Of those who complete the program, about 85% remain clean and sober after 5 years.

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  • The Rise of Indigenous Doulas

    In an effort to reduce maternal mortality for Native mothers, Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services provides free physical, emotional, educational and spiritual support to Indigenous mothers and their families throughout the entire pregnancy and birth process. Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services emerged in 2019 and since then its team of five Indigenous doulas has provided culturally-relevant care to more than 150 pregnant Native women with a maternal and infant mortality rate of zero.

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  • Hefty cigarette taxes cut smoking big-time. But there's a downside for children

    First 5 — a group of public agencies created by California’s Proposition 10 tobacco tax — provide funding for preschools, homeless family housing, pediatric dental and mental health care and infant-mother home visits to help parents in need. Home visit groups funded by First 5, like Welcome Baby, serve more than 15,000 families a year and provide necessary supplies like cribs and car seats as well as check-ins for child development.

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  • The INN Between: A place where no one dies alone

    The INN Between is a hospice center for people who are homeless, ensuring those who are terminally ill and unhoused don’t die alone or on the streets. The building first opened in 2015, providing palliative care, food, medication, a bed and community to those who need it most. Since opening, the center has supported 122 people through their final moments.

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  • Ukraine Starts Unpacking Mental Trauma as War Rages On

    The “Together with You” center employs psychologists to provide mental health care to civilians in need, including children. Similar centers have also emerged in the area to address rising mental health concerns, like Kimnara Pidtrymky (Support Room) to provide free psychological services to children, both in person and online. These centers — and others like them — often collaborate all in an effort to reduce mental health stigma in the country.

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  • California Leads the Way in Low-Carbon School Meals

    Schools in California are offering more plant-based options to make lunch more climate-friendly, healthier, and more inclusive for those with dietary restrictions or preferences.

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