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  • In Burundi, one-time combatants who razed forests now raise seedlings

    Communities that experienced decades of war worked together with the government, military, and police on a vast national reforestation program that planted at least 150 million trees over four years. The groups conducted a census and established nurseries where they grow saplings of the appropriate trees to plant.

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  • In French Presidential Election, Thousands More Vote from Prison

    Outside pressure and legal reforms made it easier for people who are incarcerated to vote. The small nonprofit, Robin des Lois, fought to install regular voting booths in prisons, just like any other precinct. After a long public and legal battle, French legislators approved measures allowing in-person voting in prisons, which significantly increased voter turnout.

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  • Indigenous knowledge and science team up to triple a caribou herd

    A collaboration between two First Nations communities, scientists, private businesses, and the Canadian government are recovering caribou populations in British Columbia. Because of their work, they have been able to triple the number of caribou in their herd over the last decades. While their methods of protecting the animals are controversial, they’ve been able to protect more than 7,000 hectares of additional land for caribou habitat.

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  • Las panaderas que se empoderan en comunidad

    Una panadería cooperativa ha permitido que cinco mujeres ganan autonomía, pero también está inspirando proyectos parecidos de café y caña. El grupo está por graduarse del apoyo temporal de la Confederación de Federaciones de la Reforma Agraria (CONFRAS), que les ha brindado capacitación y acompañamiento para desarrollar sus destrezas y confianza.

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  • University Students Repurpose Food Waste to Address Food Insecurity

    The UGA Garden works with Trader Joe’s to gather viable produce the grocery chain gets rid of each Sunday. Student workers go through the food each week, compost what has gone bad, and use the rest to make meals for those in need. The organizations has gathered over 330,000 pounds of food so far and deliver over 700 meals per month.

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  • Abuse prevention effort adapts over 30 years to keep kids safe

    Jewish Family Services (JFS) has been delivering the Child Abuse Prevention Program to local schools for 30 years. JFS presents the program at 150 area schools, curating age-appropriate presentations for each grade level. The program covers examples of safe and appropriate touching, as well as what to do if the child finds themselves in an unsafe situation and how to tell an adult.

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  • Wheels of Hope Increases Access by Providing Rides

    Wheels of Hope provides car rides to people who can’t drive due to illness, age or disability for no more than $20. Drivers provide more than just a ride and also provide company to the passenger and help with tasks if they need it.

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  • How Lifespan's Partners in Caring program is changing the perception of older adults with dementia

    The Partners in Caring Respite program pairs volunteers with people in the early stages of cognitive neurological disorders — like dementia — to offer care and companion programs, allowing them to build relationships and provide respite for family caregivers. Partners in Caring has expended to four counties across the state, serving over 400 families with its 70 on-call volunteers.

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  • Athens Foodbank Fights Food Insecurity

    The City of Refuge food bank supplies food and groceries to locals in need through mobile drives, school drop-offs and community deliveries each week. The food bank has about 60 volunteers who come in weekly to package about 250 boxes of food for local residents.

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  • Athens Area Diaper Bank

    The Athens Area Diaper Bank provides infant supplies to over twenty organizations that distribute goods directly to families. Since its inception it has supplied over half a million diapers throughout the local community.

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