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A study gave cash and therapy to men at risk of criminal behavior. 10 years later, the results are in.

Sigal Samuel

May 31, 2022 |

Vox |

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Response Location: Liberia, Monrovia

Crime and violence went down by 50 percent in a group of at-risk Liberian men when they were offered therapy as well as cash - even up to a decade later. The long-lasting impact of the study has inspired a similar program in Chicago where youth are given access to therapy as well as job training. Criminal arrests have fallen by half in the group of men who took part in the Chicago initiative.

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He Made Lowly-esteemed Wheelbarrow Pushing Look Attractive; Now He Creates Jobs For Youths

Arinze Chijioke

May 31, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Delta

GEMDECONQ rents wheelbarrows to workers and trains them in proper conduct. This gives people who cannot afford their own wheelbarrow a chance to earn more than the average minimum wage and eventually venture into less demanding forms of work.

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Entre succès et nouveaux défis : entretien avec un coordinateur des aires protégés en Afrique

Valisoa Rasolofomboahangy

May 30, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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Response Location: Senegal

Au Sénégal, l’aire du patrimoine autochtone et communautaire (APAC) Kawawana est née en 2008 de l’initiative de pêcheurs autochtones Jola en Casamance. Cette aire côtière et maritime de 9 665 hectares est entièrement gouvernée, gérée et conservée par les communautés locales. En presque dix ans, ils ont réussi à restaurer une biodiversité presque disparue. Mais avec l'épidémie de Covid-19 elle a dû faire face aux braconniers peu contrôlés par l'Etat et ces espaces naturels sont affectés par le changement climatique.

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How Kaduna Women Finance Their Healthcare Through Recycled Wastes

Ibrahim U

May 29, 2022 |

Daily Patriot |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

SOSOCARE Healthcare Insurance provides low-income women with health insurance in exchange for recyclable wastes, which they convert to hedge funds to pay for the insurance expansion. The insurance offers different levels of coverage, with the basic one guaranteeing coverage of basic illness treatments for diseases such as malaria and typhoid, including in-patient hospital recoveries, for the women and their families.

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How Georgia's Latinx community is working to 'out-organize' voter suppression

Jaisal Noor, Jeffrey Moustache

May 29, 2022 |

The Real News Network |

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Response Location: United States, Georgia

Organizers and community leaders in Georgia are pushing back against restrictive voting laws that disproportionately affect communities of color. The Latinx community is mobilizing against those efforts by empowering its members to “unlock their political power.” Their efforts include voter outreach, translation services, and education.

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How poor, out-of-school children gain education in the FCT

Magdalene Offiong Ukuedojor

May 28, 2022 |

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Kano

The Knowledge Skills Solution and Creativity (KNOSK) N100-a-Day Charity School provides an education to children in the area who can’t afford to attend school. KNOSK provides STEM education, uniforms, books, sanitary supplies for girls and free meals to each student for just 30 cents a day.

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Nigerian Rural Community Stuck In Water Crisis. A Nonprofit Takes A Photo, And It Tilts The Narrative

Abiodun Jamiu

May 28, 2022 |

HumAngle |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Afon, Kwara

The Grassroots Aid Initiative uses the power of photography to bring safe drinking water to communities in Nigeria. The women-led nonprofit takes pictures of these villages and uses the images to crowdfund on social media. So far, they’ve been able to bring motorized boreholes in 15 communities to help combat water scarcity.

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The struggle to help LGBTQ foster youth aging-out of the system with housing continues in Sacramento

Ken Magri

May 25, 2022 |

Sacramento News & Review |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The Fostering Connections to Success Act was designed to help aged-out foster children in need of housing for up to three years. Foster children can choose whether they want to continue living with their foster parents, another guardian or transition into an apartment or college dorm. There’s a group of twelve specialized social workers who work closely with foster care youth to create Transitional Independent Living Plans, which help these aged-out youths transition into housing.

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3 lessons Washington can learn from how Arizona helps people in mental health crisis

Esmy Jimenez

May 24, 2022 |

The Seattle Times |

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Response Location: United States, Arizona

Arizona’s statewide integrated mental health crisis system includes a hotline, mobile teams, and centers for things like counseling and medication. The system has shown success in getting people with mental illness and substance abuse issues the care they need while keeping them out of jails and emergency rooms.

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How one New Hampshire sawmill is taking a stand against big timber

Whitney Bauck

May 24, 2022 |

FastCompany |

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Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

Timberdoodle Farm in New Hampshire provides locally logged and processed lumber for its clients, a stark contrast to larger timber companies which source wood all over the world. For example, the small sawmill produces about 100,000 board feet of wood per year compared with other companies that produce that much each day. The difference is that these smaller operations can better utilize lumber that would otherwise go to waste.

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