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  • Bronx Residents Got Rid of Their Gas Stoves. Their Air Quality Improved.

    January 31, 2023 |

    The City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    A pilot program in New York City improved public housing residents’ air quality by swapping their gas stoves with electric induction stoves.

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  • How building toilets helped Embu county manage Cholera Part 2

    January 31, 2023 |

    90.3 County FM |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya

    Ili kukabiliana na ugonjwa wa Kipindupindu, zaidi ya kuhimiza wakaaji kujenga choo, kaunti ya Embu pia inaelimisha wanakijiji kutumia choo na kukuwa wasafi kupitia wanafunzi, viongozi wa vijiji na madaktari wa nyanjani. Kupitia mbinu hizi idara ya afya imeweza kupunguza kesi za kipindupindu.

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  • Rehabilitation of Yatta Canal Helping increase access to water downstream

    January 31, 2023 |

    90.3 County FM |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya

    Kukarabatiwa kwa mtaro wa maji wa Yatta na serikali ambao uko na ukubwa wa kilomita 50 umeongeza uwezo wa upatikanaji wa maji kwa wakazi wa Yatta kaunti ya Machakos.Maji hutoka mto Thika kaunti jirani ya Kiambu,kisha kutiririka kupitia mtaro huo hadi kaunti ya Machakos. Mtaro huo umekarabatiwa kwa kujengewa kuta kandokando kwa kutumia saruji ili kuzuia kuziba kwa mtaro huo.

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  • Yams, cassava: The Nigerian free school run from farm produce

    January 31, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Ebenebe, Anambra

    The Anam New City School, a tuition-free school that serves children in remote villages in southeast Nigeria, helps support its operating costs by cultivating crops and livestock on the school grounds. About half of the agricultural yield is used to provide meals for students, while the remainder is sold to fund administration costs.

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  • ‘Mutual aid' is a radical ideal. Some live its communal spirit.

    January 30, 2023 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Community-run mutual-aid groups in Boston are helping neighbors connect and support each other. Volunteers organize and run programs like food pantries, relief fund collections, and connections with lawyers and advocates.

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  • Eat-Learn-Play: Bridging the Nutrition and Education Gap for Wassa's Displaced Children

    January 30, 2023 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Wassa

    The Transitional Learning Center provides children ages four to 14 with free education, school supplies, and one meal per day to not only encourage school attendance but to also address the issue of malnutrition. The beauty of the Center is that it’s a semi-permanent structure that can be moved to different locations where there may be school children in need. Since the Center was formed, over nine million students from 54,619 schools have benefited from the program.

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  • Can Community Programs Help Slow the Rise in Violence?

    January 30, 2023 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Community violence intervention programs like the interrupter model and groups like Cure Violence are deploying knowledgeable people — specifically those with experience in crime and the legal system — into neighborhoods to help steer people away from gangs and violent crime. The purpose with groups like Cure Violence is to treat violent crime — like gun violence — like an epidemic, deploying those with credibility into vulnerable populations. When Cure Violence was first launched in Chicago in 2000, shootings declined by 68%.

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  • Anti-Discrimination Toolbox

    January 30, 2023 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Poland

    The Center for Belarusian Solidarity provides legal advice, information, and support to Belarusian migrants who face discrimination in Poland due to their country's relationship with Russia. Lawyers from the center can help advocate for refugees at visa centers or refer them to the Commissioner for Human Rights in more severe cases of discrimination.

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  • Austin Eats: Community Takes Action to End 'Food Apartheid' There

    January 30, 2023 |

    StreetWise |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Over 20 organizations in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago work together under the name Austin Eats to improve healthy food access with food pantries, community gardens, and grocery stores.

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  • In California, women learn how to protect their ancestral lands with fire

    January 30, 2023 |

    AZ Central (The Arizona Republic) |

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    Response Location: Ishraamhírak, United States, California

    The WTREX program runs prescribed burn camps to provide hands-on training for Indigenous women. This training allows them to reclaim parts of their culture and bring cultural burns back to their land in a safe learning environment.

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