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  • Native nations with scarce internet are building their own broadband networks

    Madyson Fitzgerald

    January 17, 2024 |

    Stateline |

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    Response Location: Hopi Reservation, United States, Arizona

    In an effort to address a lack of broadband access, Indigenous communities are working together, and with local organizations, to acquire funding to bring internet access to their communities and close the digital divide.

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  • Nonprofit helps Minnesota youth touched by domestic violence

    Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten

    January 17, 2024 |

    Project Optimist |

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    Response Location: United States, Buffalo, Minnesota

    Rivers of Hope provides counseling and support services to youth who have experienced or witnessed violence at home. A primary goal of Rivers of Hope is to teach youth what healthy relationships look like and empower them to build and seek out healthy connections. The program started in 1991 and provides support and education to about 150 to 200 students each year, free of charge.

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  • 'It's very Philly, and it's very in your face.' Volunteers knock on doors to aid literacy

    Carly Sitrin

    January 16, 2024 |

    Chalkbeat Philadelphia |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Through community events, direct outreach, and resource sharing, Philadelphia’s reading captains help local kids build early literacy skills while supporting families to make reading part of their daily home life.

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  • Activists Win a Battle for Women's Reproductive Healthcare in a Rural Colorado Town

    Ilana Newman

    January 16, 2024 |

    The Daily Yonder |

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    Response Location: United States, Cortez, Colorado

    Local activists are joining together to protest the potential closure of Southwest Memorial Hospital’s birthing center, advocating and organizing to ensure the hospital stays open and locals can access the care they need in rural areas.

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  • Taiwan Learned You Can't Fight Fake News by Making It Illegal

    Nick Aspinwall

    January 16, 2024 |

    Foreign Policy |

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    Response Location: Taiwan

    Ahead of its 2020 presidential election, Taiwan tried to fight disinformation from Chinese actors in the courts, prosecuting citizens who were paid to disseminate fake news and fining pro-China news stations accused of broadcasting false information. But the tactics proved ineffective and raised concerns around free speech, leading the country to take a different approach during the onset of the pandemic and leading up to its latest election by making accurate information more widely available and bolstering its network of civic fact-checking organizations.

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  • Lab 4.0: Transformando la formación de ingenieros hacia la Revolución Tecnológica

    Ricardo Olave

    January 15, 2024 |

    La Tercera |

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    Response Location: Chile

    El Laboratorio 4.0 incorpora tecnologías avanzadas como la inteligencia artificial, la realidad virtual y la Internet de las cosas (IoT) para aumentar la educación de futuros ingenieros con el aprendizaje interactivo y la resolución de problemas. Los estudiantes del Laboratorio 4.0 se gradúan con mejores posibilidades de conseguir empleo.

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  • Houses that breathe: Vietnamese architects turning the tide to tackle climate change 

    Nhung Nguyen

    January 15, 2024 |

    Mekong Eye |

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    Response Location: Vietnam

    Architects in Vietnam are creating climate-resilient buildings with nature-based designs and materials that adapt to the local weather to reduce the building’s emissions throughout its lifespan by naturally regulating the temperature.

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  • The Cheap, Clever Promise of 'Water ATMs'

    Geetanjali Krishna

    January 15, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: India, Warangal, Telangana

    The nonprofit Safe Water Network is training entrepreneurs in India to treat and filter water so they can run water ATMs. These businesses supply safe drinking water to communities that lack access to it for about half the price of any other option.

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  • Giving Women Power: Elevating Self-Esteem to Advance Gender Equality

    Chinonso Kenneth

    January 15, 2024 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abia

    The Youngstars Foundation shares booklets with young girls of stories about women who have succeeded in their careers to inspire them to find a new sense of confidence and establish their own ambitious career goals. Between 2017 and 2019, 5,000 booklets were distributed to 4,500 young girls across 36 states. The Foundation also has an online module for the program, which over 18,000 young women and girls have signed up for.

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  • Tidal power: What's holding it back?

    Graihagh Jackson Jordan Dunbar Malene Jensen

    January 14, 2024 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: South Korea

    Researchers in South Korea and Ireland are harnessing the power from the up, down, and side-to-side motions of ocean tides as a source of renewable energy.

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