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  • What can be learnt from an NGO committed to overcoming childhood cancer?

    December 29, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Children Living With Cancer Foundation works to expand healthcare access for children with cancer through philanthropic efforts like its annual Walkathon, which fundraises to pay the medical expenses for children in the program. Along with expanding access, the organization also creates a sense of community for sick children and their families, having helped 300 children so far.

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  • 'This is not charity': A congregation attempts reparations

    December 29, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    A San Francisco Bay Area loan program called the Black Wealth Builders Fund provides low-to-moderate-income homebuyers in black neighborhoods zero-interest loans to cover the down payment on their first home.

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  • At this Texas school, every student is a teen mother

    December 29, 2022 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: United States, Brownsville, Texas

    Lincoln Park High School is one of the only schools in the U.S. that provides education and services exclusively for teenage mothers. The school has served teen mothers aged between 14 and 19 since 2005. There are currently about 70 students enrolled in the school but the number often fluctuates. Along with providing teen mothers with education and needed resources for their children, the school also helps to encourage the teens to go to college, something that often isn’t a reality for teen moms.

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  • Family planning helping to reduce maternal, neonatal deaths in Kakamega county Part 1

    December 29, 2022 |

    Science Africa |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Huduma za upangaji uzazi zinazotolewa kaunti ya Kakamega zimesaidia kupunguza vifo vya wajawazito na watoto wachanga.Wahudumu wa afya nyanjani walianza kuwaelimisha wakazi wa Kakamega kuhusu mbinu za upangaji uzazi.Kwa Sasa visa vya kina mama wanaojifungua na kufariki vimepungua.

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  • For decades, Chinatown has created a blueprint for fighting big development. Here's how they do it.

    December 29, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network) |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia’s Chinatown remains authentic and keeps its position downtown by organizing together to preserve the community through activism.

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  • Pawsitive impacts: Program aims to break generational cycles of poverty through pet grooming

    December 29, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    In Kansas City, the nonprofit Pawsperity trains parents facing financial instability to groom dogs. Students of the program learn the basics of dog grooming four days a week and like skills one day each week to help break the cycle of poverty and prepare them for a job in the field.

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  • Richmond's Bus Rapid Transit Has Been A Surprise Success. Other Cities Are Taking Notice.

    December 28, 2022 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Richmond, Virginia

    Since it began operating in 2018, the Pulse has become one of the most successful bus rapid transit services in the country, leading to other states adopting similar systems. The Pulse is a cost-effective public transit mode that has dramatically increased ridership despite a national trending decline. In June 2021, the Pulse had carried almost five million passengers and counting.

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  • How Jersey City Got to Zero Traffic Deaths on Its Streets

    December 28, 2022 |

    Bloomberg |

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    Response Location: United States, Jersey City, New Jersey

    Vision Zero is a traffic safety framework that works to eliminate traffic fatalities. Since adopting the program, Jersey City has gone a full year without a single traffic fatality. City officials have also been engaging residents to participate in viewing demonstrations of new, safe road developments and sharing their thoughts on what the city’s roads need to be safe and efficient as local leaders continue to make improvements to encompass more of the surrounding area.

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  • The Grassroots Fight for Housing Justice in Baltimore

    December 27, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    Parity Homes is an equitable development company that is working to rehab properties that will be available for legacy residents to buy or rent for an affordable price in 2023. The organization aims to prevent residents — specifically people of color — from being pushed out of the neighborhood by supporting wealth creation through homeownership.

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  • Canada's First Nations Protect Millions of Acres of Their Lands

    December 27, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: Łı́ı́dlı̨ı̨ Kų́ę́ First Nation, Canada

    Indigenous communities in Canada are setting aside millions of acres of land for conservation and research by making agreements with the Canadian government.

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