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Community Libraries Are Spreading Across Rural India

Geetanjali Krishna

April 21, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: India

In rural areas of India that often have limited access to reading material, communities are banding together to form small libraries where residents can read, study, take classes, or just use the wi-fi. One library has grown to about 2,100 registered members and has helped about 50 students pass their competitive exams.

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The Scramble to Save Rural Health Care From DOGE

Stephanie McCrummen

April 21, 2025 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Perry, Alabama

The Cahaba Medical Care Clinic is a community health center providing care to rural residents in need. Rural areas are often designated as “medically underserved” regions, but Cahaba has helped increase access to affordable care, reduce the county’s infant mortality rate and even created a revolving door for new medical professionals as they established themselves as a teaching hospital. However, the current administration and DOGE threaten to dismantle the funding and necessary systems that make rural healthcare of this scale possible.

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‘A Safe Place to Go': New Alamance crisis hub provides free mental health services that keep people out of jails, ERs

Taylor Knopf

April 21, 2025 |

North Carolina Health News |

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Response Location: United States, Burlington, North Carolina

The Alamance Behavioral Center aims to be a “one-stop shop” for mental health services, with a walk-in clinic, an urgent care facility, outpatient appointments, an on-site pharmacy, a mobile crisis team, monthly support meetings, and a peer living room where people can connect with peer support specialists without needing an appointment or screening. In January, nearly 1,000 people visited the center, and roughly 90 percent of people who have used the services would have otherwise ended up in the emergency room or jail.

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Missouri OATS Transit Offers Transit and Social Connection for Rural Residents

Kaitlyn McConnell

April 18, 2025 |

The Daily Yonder |

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Response Location: United States, Forsyth County, Missouri

OATS Transit has been helping people without a vehicle, driver’s license or other means of transportation to get around the region for more than 50 years at a subsidized rate. Despite funding challenges, OATS has grown into one of the country’s largest and longest-running rural transportation networks.

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One of the Most Effective Programs to Reduce Child Hunger Is Caught in DOGE Limbo

Bekah McNeel

April 15, 2025 |

Texas Monthly |

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Response Location: United States, Log Cabin, Texas

The USDA’s Meals-to-You program helped school districts deliver food boxes straight to low-income households during the summer months, a game changer for families who face transportation barriers trying to get to conventional summer meal programs held on school grounds. During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the program delivered roughly 40 million meals to students in 42 states, but administrative shakeups have left the program’s future in jeopardy in places like Texas.

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Ancient Himalayan Water Temples Are Meeting Modern Needs

Geetanjali Krishna

April 15, 2025 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: India

The Central Himalayan Rural Action Group, an NGO based in India, is restoring special Himalayan freshwater springs known naulas. Since 2008, the organization has been involved in the restoration of more than 6,000 springs.

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These ferries speed commutes and cut pollution — and they fly

Nicolás Rivero

April 15, 2025 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: Sweden, Stockholm

In Stockholm, an electric ferry that uses hydrofoils—underwater wings that increase the ship’s speed by allowing it to glide above the water’s surface—causes 98 percent fewer carbon emissions than a traditional diesel ferry. Other cities, such as Lake Tahoe and Berlin, are now considering implementing the technology.

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Where war once raged in Iraq, Yezidi women plant hope

Robert Bociaga

April 14, 2025 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Iraq, Khanke

The Clean Green initiative empowers Yezidi women who escaped the 2014 ISIS genocide to rebuild their lives and enviornment by planting more than 2,000 trees, specifically chosen to withstand Iraq’s shifting climate. The grassroots group started with just five volunteers, but now has more than 40 members.

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In Adamawa, female teachers inspire girls to stay in school—But barriers remain

Yahuza Bawage

April 14, 2025 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Vinikilang, Adamawa

Schools in Adamawa State are increasing the number of female teachers, which is inherently increasing the number of female students attending school. Previously, over 50% of girls in the area had not been in school, or dropped out, but with the increase of female teachers, the number of girls in school has dramatically increased.

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Global warming is melting Arctic ice. Can science refreeze it?

Matilda Hay

April 14, 2025 |

Grist |

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Response Location: Canada

Researchers from Real Ice, a United Kingdom-based climate-focused nonprofit, are piloting an ice-sheet conservation project that pumps ocean water to freeze on top of preexisting sea ice, aiming to reverse glacial melt.

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