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  • A crowdfunded community initiative evacuated over 6,000 South Sudanese citizens out of Khartoum

    July 20, 2023 |

    Aidóni |

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    Response Location: South Sudan, Juba

    The Citizen's Call for the Emergency Evacuation of the South Sudanese collective arose after a lack of government action to help evacuate people pushed locals to start a crowdfunding campaign to facilitate the evacuations themselves. Through the use of social media, community meetings and press conferences the collective called upon locals and organizations to donate to the cause. The money was then used to pay truck drivers to help transport evacuated people. So far, these efforts have helped 6,600 individuals.

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  • One college finds a way to get students to degrees more quickly, simply and cheaply

    July 20, 2023 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: England, Coventry

    At CU Coventry, students take just one course at a time for four hours each day, which allows them to finish a bachelor’s degree within three years. The fixed schedule and “no frills” tuition is often more convenient for nontraditional students who may have children or full-time careers outside of school.

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  • Indigenous wisdom meets Western medicine at this psychedelic therapy centre

    July 20, 2023 |

    The Discourse |

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    Response Location: Canada

    Roots to Thrive offers psychedelic-assisted therapy and through the Naut sa mawt Centre for Psychedelic Research the group works with universities across the country to advance the field of psychedelic-assisted therapy. Roots to Thrive specifically works to decolonize psychedelic-assisted therapy by forming relationships with Indigenous communities to learn from them. Psychedelic-assisted therapy has been shown to offer several benefits like treating symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD and allowing people to look inward to address past traumas.

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  • How Nigeria's $428 million ICT backbone project is enabling rural financial inclusion

    July 20, 2023 |

    Benjamindada.com |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Nigeria National Information and Communication Technology Infrastructure Backbone (NICTIB) Project is increasing rural financial inclusion and addressing the digital divide by funding projects that make it easier for telecommunications companies to expand their connectivity to rural communities, allowing locals to access digital banking services.

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  • La Importancia De Una Atención De Salud Mental Sensible a las Diferencias Culturales

    July 20, 2023 |

    NEW/NUEVA OPINION |

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    Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

    El Concilio, una organización sin ánimo de lucro con sede en Kalamazoo, Michigan, apoya terapeutas latinas, hispanohablantes y anglófonas que ofrecen una atención cultural y lingüísticamente apropiada para la población hispanohablante. El Concilio trabaja con otras organizaciones para encontrar comunidates y personas quien necesitan ayuda.

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  • Solar Industry Trainees Install Money-Saving Panels on Two Petworth Homes

    July 19, 2023 |

    The Washington Informer |

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    Response Location: United States, Petworth, Washington

    Run by a nonprofit dedicated to creating economic development opportunities in underserved communities, the Solar Works DC training program provides people interested in entering the solar industry with certifications. The trainees are paid and spend up to seven weeks learning in the classroom and on the job.

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  • 'A lifesaving tool': California's new mental health crisis line sees a surge in calls

    July 19, 2023 |

    CalMatters |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    The three-digit mental health crisis hotline — 988 — allows peop;le in crisis to get in touch with a counselor immediately. Since launching a year ago, the state’s 12 crisis centers have received more than 280,000 calls. Due to increased need, crisis centers are making plans to expand their services by hiring more staff and developing Spanish language services.

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  • Virtual fences can benefit both ranchers and wildlife

    July 19, 2023 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington

    Cattle ranchers are switching from barbed wire to virtual fences to cut down on costs, easily practice rotational grazing to improve pasture health, and benefit the local environment and wildlife. The virtual fence software uses GPS and radio towers, so boundaries can be drawn with a computer or phone. And the cows wear tracking collars that will administer a warning beep when a boundary is close and a small shock when a boundary is crossed to encourage the cow to turn around.

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  • Blue-state doctors launch abortion pill pipeline into states with bans

    July 19, 2023 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States

    Europe-based Aid Access is now allowing U.S. medical professionals in certain democrat-led states with abortion “shield” laws to prescribe and mail abortion pills to patients in anti-abortion states. There are currently seven U.S. providers working with Aid Access under the protection of their state’s shield laws and have since mailed 3,500 doses of abortion pills to those in need.

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  • En Guatemala, un colectivo de jóvenes artistas forma una familia con el cine

    July 18, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Guatemala

    La productora cinematográfica Desobediencia Perfecta reúne a colaboradores de mente abierta en un espacio inclusivo en Guatemala para producir trabajos artísticos sobre temas sociales difíciles. El grupo adopta un enfoque democrático para cada proyecto. Reúnen recursos entre ellos y se apoyan en la tutoría de figuras solidarias en la industria cinematográfica de Guatemala para darle vida a sus proyectos, que ya incluye dos cortometrajes.

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