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  • The Case for Free Jewish Day School

    Mark Oppenheimer

    April 03, 2023 |

    Tablet Magazine |

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    Response Location: Canada, Toronto, Ontario

    In recent years, Jewish day schools such as TanenbaumCHAT in Toronto have worked to make their programs more affordable by leveraging philanthropy to reduce tuition and providing tools to help families calculate the financial aid available to them. In the six years since the program was launched, enrollment in TanenbaumCHAT's ninth-grade class has doubled.

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  • A 'game changer' for immigrants: Job-ready college classes in their native language

    Debbie Truong Jeong Park Selene Rivera

    April 03, 2023 |

    Los Angeles Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

    Los Angeles Community Colleges are now offering subject-matter courses taught in students’ native languages, including Spanish, Russian, and Korean. The tuition-free vocational classes allow students to earn certificates in a trade or work toward a GED, all while learning in the language they’re most comfortable speaking.

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  • Caste in India: Hip hop fights for Dalit rights

    Rudraneil Sengupta

    April 02, 2023 |

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    Response Location: India, New Delhi

    Dalit hip-hop musicians are using their art and social media to propel the Dalit rights and anti-caste movements to the forefront of mainstream conversation.

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  • Venice Is Saved! Woe Is Venice.

    Jason Horowitz Emma Bubola

    April 01, 2023 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Italy, Venice

    Venice, Italy, spent 50 years building 78 underwater seawalls that can be filled with air and brought to the surface to hold back high tides and prevent the city from flooding. The system, dubbed MOSE, was designed to rise up and down to maintain the passage of boats and water between the sea and the lagoon on the edge of the city of canals. It has been raised 49 times so far.

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  • Restaurant Revolution

    Joel Kotkin

    April 01, 2023 |

    City Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

    Small, local restaurants in Orange County, California, are thriving by taking advantage of the entrepreneurial and ethnic food culture to fill market gaps and appeal to diverse customer bases.

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  • Excluded for having sickle cell disease, she started a group keeping warriors safe

    Peace Oladipo

    April 01, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ilorin, Kwara

    The Damilola Sickle Cell Foundation provides emotional support and resources to people with sickle cell anemia. The group connects with those in need via WhatsApp and provides monetary support, connections to medical attention and treatment, and support from those who understand what it’s like to have the disease. The group has about 200 people that it checks on and provides free medications to each month.

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  • Bei Anruf Arzt: Ein digitaler Gesundheitsdienst in Uganda

    Leonie March

    March 31, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    In Uganda gibt es rund 30 mal weniger Ärzte pro Einwohner als in Deutschland. Das Unternehmen Rocket Health bietet deshalb Beratung und Diagnosen am Telefon sowie einen mobilen Labor- und Apothekenservice an. Dadurch entlastet es Krankenhäuser, verbessert die Prävention und beschleunigt den Zugang zu medizinischer Versorgung.

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  • Seattle set aside $100k for street sinks. Two years later, where are they?

    Anna Patrick

    March 31, 2023 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Several U.S. cities — and groups like the Clean Hands Collective — are obtaining funding to install public sinks to provide those experiencing homelessness access to better hygiene, thus combating the spread of disease. Some cities, like Portland, have even created portable toilets and other cities are installing public showers as well.

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  • First Place, Spectrum Courtyard aim to close autism housing gap

    Hayden Cilley Maria Staubs

    March 31, 2023 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    First Place offers supportive housing for adults with autism and Down syndrome and those who are neurodivergent. Along with housing, First Place also offers a residential transition program that teaches skills like budgeting and management to prepare residents to live independently.

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  • Cell Groups Helping to Reduce HIV among Rwandan Sex Workers

    Gaston K. Rwaka

    March 31, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Rwanda, Kigali

    Leadership groups formed by sex workers are helping to reduce HIV rates by traveling door to door and hosting meetings to educate people on HIV/AIDS awareness and how those with the disease can care for themselves, encouraging regular visits to clinics and antiretroviral therapy use. The program began in 2013 and now has 12,000 sex workers from around the country who are trained to provide aid and advocate for those with HIV.

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