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  • School network takes turbocharged approach to education for refugee students

    December 23, 2019 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

    Fugees Academy, with schools in Ohio and Georgia, offers specialized and trauma-informed instruction for refugee students. The school aims to get students up to speed with accelerated English instruction.

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  • Volunteers step in to keep asylum seekers healthy on border

    December 18, 2019 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: Mexico, Tijuana

    In Tijuana, many asylum seekers are left without access to health care while they await a decision on their cases so medical professionals are volunteering their time to try to help those that need it. Although they are faced with a myriad of barriers, their pop-up clinics that promote “border-less medicine,” have grown to hundreds of volunteers who have seen more than 9,000 patients.

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  • Asylum-seekers find compassion, resources at "House of Peace" once released from Aurora immigration center

    December 12, 2019 |

    The Colorado Sun |

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    Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

    When asylum seekers are released from the Aurora, Colorado immigration center, many seek help and community from the nonprofit organization, Casa de Paz. Based in Denver, the nonprofit offers these individuals and any visiting family members a place to stay and helps connect them with community resources.

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  • In Search of the Lost Pulse

    December 07, 2019 |

    DoR |

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    Response Location: Romania, Sibiu, Transylvania

    A private healthcare facility in Romania is helping to bring specialty surgeries to the region's children by arranging for doctors from other parts of the nation and world to convene on a rotating, but regular, basis. The surgeons, many of whom specialize in pediatric corrective surgery for congenital heart defects, perform hundreds of surgeries per year financed by the Polisano Foundation.

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  • Can a diverse neighborhood now integrate its schools? In Mount Airy, it's happening.

    December 06, 2019 |

    The Notebook |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A diverse neighborhood in Philadelphia is working to make its local public schools reflect the same diversity. By working with community partners and ensuring black and white parent voices both help shape the school, the community is trying to find a balance between improving the local resource and preventing any displacement of the longstanding school population. The model is showing early promise.

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  • 'We've become like a family': innovative groups help refugees settle in US cities

    December 05, 2019 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    With a decrease in government aid for refugee resettlement programs in recent years, nonprofits and other groups have stepped up to fill the gap. In Cleveland, Refugee Response offers in-home tutoring, a program for high school students, and work opportunities on an urban farm.

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  • Planning to Donate? Know What Your Dollar Buys

    December 04, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Evaluating evidence of an organization’s impact informs charitable giving. Ratings organizations like ImpactMatters and Charity Navigator provide transparency to donors by reporting on the effectiveness of charities and social programs. The organizations make comparisons by analyzing the tax forms of nonprofits. Some, like GiveWell conduct further investigations and provide in-depth evaluations.

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  • Turning kids into entrepreneurs Audio icon

    December 03, 2019 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    In Uganda, which has high youth unemployment rates, schools are starting to incorporate entrepreneurship lessons into traditional curricula to prepare students for life and an unstable job market after school.

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  • Boston's free CultureHouse pop-ups may be on their way to Philly

    December 02, 2019 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    A Boston nonprofit is transforming vacant properties into free community spaces. Now, Philadelphia is considering opening up similar "public parks inside."

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  • It takes a school, and a community, to save this rare Philippine hornbill

    November 28, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: Philippines, Sebaste, Antique

    In order to protect the endangered rufous-headed hornbill, endemic to the islands of Antique and Negros in the Philippines, an organization has teamed up with local schools to extend its conservation efforts. Each school has used varying methods like morning announcements, mural-painting, and even putting on theater plays to raise awareness, all with the hope that students develop an appreciation for the species that aids in its survival.

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