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  • How to Build a Perfect Refugee camp

    February 13, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Turkey, Kilis Merkez, Kilis

    Refugee camps typically look like a prison with squalid conditions and barbed wire tops. By contrast, the Kilis refugee camp in Turkey is orderly, secure, and clean; has schools for children; has grocery stores, and is powered with electricity. The camp is not run by the United Nations, but rather it is Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency that oversees every detail and pours billions of dollars into maintaining it every year.

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  • Improving Economic Diversity at the Better Colleges

    February 05, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

    Students with low-income that attend public schools can find themselves locked in a system that prevents them from getting into the best colleges, from being unable to afford tuition, to not having the ambition, to not knowing a school that would welcome them. Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA targets high-performing low-income students. The college provides outreach to high school students in poor communities, financial aid to low-income families, summer workshops, and on-site advising and academic support.

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  • Refurbished Wind Turbines to Power the Developing World at a Profit

    January 30, 2014 |

    Triple Pundit |

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    Response Location: United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, Emirate of Abu Dhabi

    The commercially-based Wind for Prosperity initiative may have devised a solution to meet growing demands for electricity in developing economies, where fossil fuels are expensive, difficult to access, and take a toll on environmental and human health. The venture works to refurbish wind turbines from Europe and re-deploy them in the developing world, providing clean and affordable power where it’s needed most.

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  • The Fayetteville Observer's search for crime solutions takes us to Memphis

    January 26, 2014 |

    Fayetteville Observer |

    Multi-Media |

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    Response Location: United States, Memphis, Tennessee

    In Memphis, “school officials, politicians, business leaders, preachers, nonprofit organizations and everyday residents” came together to fight crime in a strategy known as Collective Impact. Could this approach help other cities like Fayetteville fight crime?

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  • Helping Poor Defendants Post Bail in Backlogged Bronx

    January 22, 2014 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    What happens when people can’t afford to pay bail? They plead guilty. That’s what happened in the Bronx Court System, which has “one of the most backlogged big-city courts in the nation.” One nonprofit, Bronx Defenders, wants to help, by paying their bail.

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  • 4 Out of 5 Black Women Are Overweight. This Group Has the Solution.

    December 19, 2013 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Henderson, North Carolina

    Obesity has become a health crisis for many women in the African-American community, but a group known as GirlTrek is working to change this by making exercise a social norm and creating supportive connections between women with shared goals. This new organization, which works to identify barriers that many in this community face, channels African-American history to encourage black women to walk their way toward better health.

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  • TurboVote Aims to Make Voting as Easy as Renting a DVD

    December 13, 2013 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States

    TurboVote allows users to fill out voter registration forms online and then mails them the paperwork to sign along with a stamped envelope addressed to the user’s local election office. The site also sends email and text reminders for mailing deadlines and polling place locations to its over 200,000 registered users. TurboVote partners with 68 universities, where many students are first-time voters and/or need to register at a new address. Students at partner universities receive the forms for free (otherwise it costs $1.60 per form) and popup windows on university websites remind students to register.

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  • Education in Indian Country: Obstacles and Opportunity

    December 04, 2013 |

    Education Week |

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    Response Location: United States, Oglala, South Dakota

    Native American student graduation rates are much lower than that of any other demographic. The Red Cloud school teaches students on a reservation in South Dakota about the Lakota history to empower the kids and encourage resilience.

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  • How Houston Solved Its Rape Kit Problem

    November 20, 2013 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Houston, Texas

    Most U.S. cities are sitting on thousands of backlogged rape kits that have gone untested. Yet in 2010, Houston (under newly elected Mayor Annise Parker) began an effort that ultimately eliminated its own staggering backlog of 16,000.

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  • The women who bear the scars of Sierra Leone's civil war

    November 16, 2013 |

    The Telegraph |

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    Response Location: Sierra Leone, Binkolo, Bombali District

    The bloody civil war that tore through Sierra Leone for over a decade was one of the most devastating and violent in Africa's modern history. Those that suffered most were usually young woman, forced into combat, displaced, repeatedly raped and beaten. It has taken years for those who lived through the conflict to reclaim a normal life. One of the most powerful tools that many women leveraged were grassroots initiatives, funded by various NGOs, that the girls designed and led themselves, funding small businesses, support groups, and community projects.

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