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School Started by Refugee Students Now One of Uganda's Best

Tonny Onyulo

August 09, 2018 |

Al-Fanar Media |

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Response Location: Uganda

In 2005 refugee youth at the Kyangwali Refugee Settlement, founded the Coburwas school in order to provide students with a better education. Now, it is one of the best performing schools in the camps, ranking in the top four nationally, and has about 530 students. More importantly, students get a quality education, which is hard to come by at the camp where many of the schools are low performing.

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Vets on a Mission

Patrick Bilow

August 09, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Mission Continues is a national nonprofit organization that connects military veterans to service opportunities in their communities, while providing support and companionship with like-minded individuals in the process. The Philadelphia chapter is comprised of 275 veterans, and the national organization boasts over 40,000 members. By helping build up communities, the act of service also provides veterans with a renewed sense of purpose.

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Preschool playgroups offer rural families a head start on school

Liz Bell

August 08, 2018 |

The Hechinger Report |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Rocky Mount, North Carolina

In rural North Carolina, an organization holds bi-monthly playgroups to teach parents about the importance of "basic interactions between parents and their kids." Based on the principle of "child-directed play," the research-backed programming allows parents to connect and share and helps students prepare for the unfamiliar social setting of kindergarten.

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What San Diego High School Faculty Learned After a Year of Personalized Learning

Michael Elsen-Rooney

August 08, 2018 |

Pacific Standard |

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Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

A year after a San Diego high school was awarded $10 million to scale a successful personalized learning pilot model, administrators and teachers have seen improving attendance rates and certain academic positives and they have some takeaways to share. Changes run the gamut -- from furniture adjustments to the restructuring of students into smaller communities of houses to the addition of wellness courses. And from these, teachers emphasize two important characteristics essential to the success of personalized learning -- gradual implementation of changes and the right balance of technology.

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'A perfect circle of helping': 3 nonprofits join forces to feed people in Kensington

Michaela Winberg

August 08, 2018 |

Billy Penn |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In Philadelphia, a collaboration between three nonprofits is providing 500 free lunches, both filling a gap in nonprofit service on Friday afternoons and giving those recently entered into recovery for addiction a task and sense of purpose. How does it work? The Sunday LOVE Project, a hunger nonprofit, delivers extra food to First Stop Recovery, an addiction recovery center, where residents assemble and pack lunches. Those lunches are then delivered to people with addictions at Prevention Point Philadelphia.

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How a New Generation Is Saving Zambia's Lions

Vanessa Serrao

August 08, 2018 |

National Geographic |

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5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Zambia

Poachers are causing the population of lions in Zambia to decline at rapid rate. Conservationists working with the Zambian Carnivore Program are not only actively tracking the lions, but also teaching students about the importance of the species and how to contribute to the research in order to inspire the next generation to continue protecting wildlife.

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Creative thinking brings child care center to Jal

Sylvia Ulloa

August 07, 2018 |

New Mexico In Depth |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Mexico

In the past few years, an influx of oil field workers to Jal, New Mexico has put pressure on the town's child-care offerings. Several teachers are pioneering a creative solution. By using funding from several sources, Bright Beginnings Child Development Center has colocated in the local elementary school, cutting down on travel time for working parents and creating benefits across programs.

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How an army of volunteers helped Paraguay to conquer malaria

Laurence Blair

August 06, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Paraguay

Through a long-fought, concerted effort, requiring collaboration from government agencies, information distributers, and more, Paraguay has become the first country in South America to eradicate malaria. Most importantly, however, is the network of volunteers spreading information and awareness, and the sustained funding for anti-Malaria efforts through the social security program.

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Can Philanthropy Save a City?

Alana Semuels

August 02, 2018 |

The Atlantic |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Stockton, California

Stockton is courting philanthropists by billing itself as a budding hub of innovation for fighting poverty. The city is mitigating the risks of tapping private foundations to fund city services by identifying target policies and programs ahead of time.

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Colby for a Cause

Jill Harkins

August 02, 2018 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philabundance, a nonprofit organization aimed at fighting food insecurity, has a sustainable and creative solution. They launched a line of cheeses, known as Abundantly Good, and proceeds will help pay farmers to turn extra milk into cheese for people grappling with hunger. The process will engage ethically-minded consumers, support local farmers, make use of food waste, help the planet, and provide high-quality food to those who are food insecure. It’s a solution that benefits everyone involved.

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