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Virginia students learning strategies to avoid bad behavior, more suspensions

Jenna Zibton

May 10, 2023 |

WSLS-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Lynchburg, Virginia

The Restorative Suspension Center provides a space for students facing suspension to work with staff to change their behavior. The Center provides mentoring and group sessions with their peers and also teaches coping skills to prevent those bad behaviors. Since starting the program, the Lynchburg City School District has seen an 86% decrease in discipline referrals.

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The ballet school giving girls hope in a tough Nairobi neighbourhood

Robbie Griffiths Flavian Mbusi

May 10, 2023 |

The Evening Standard |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

Through Project Elimu, children in the Kibera neighborhood of Nairobi can take free dance classes that help them develop confidence, teamwork, self-expression, and physical fitness. The organization provides free meals to participants and also offers programming around sexual health, a crucial resource in an area where rates of teen pregnancy are high.

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Educational mentorships: How to give time to children

Lex Kleren Laura Tomassini

April 27, 2023 |

Lëtzebuerger Journal |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Luxembourg

The Up Foundation sponsors a mentorship program in which adult volunteers meet with a child 21 times over a full year to provide a positive adult relationship and help them build soft skills not covered by formal education. Two children are being mentored in the pilot program so far, and their teachers report that they are more active and excited at school since joining the program.

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Nigerian man with diabetes teaches kids with the disease how to live longer

Quadri Yahya

April 20, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Isara, Ogun State

Talabi Diabetes Centre provides support and education to children living with diabetes in Nigeria, including through an annual camp weekend where participants learn about healthy foods, exercise techniques, and self-injection of insulin. Roughly 60 kids have participated in the camps since 2015.

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Tech education for deaf community in Jos—here's how DTF confronts odds

Johnstone Kpilaakaa

April 19, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Jos, Plateau State

Deaf Technology Foundation offers weekly activities to train Deaf students in programming, robotics, and other computer science skills. The sessions, which are taught using sign language, have served roughly 1,600 students so far.

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Action Civics for the Win: Philly High School Students Offer Hope

Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

April 19, 2023 |

The Philadelphia Citizen |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

At Philadelphia’s inaugural Civics Day competition, students from high schools across the city presented their work to address issues important to their community, from countering sexual assault to improving safety on public transit and preventing gun violence. The students were part of a pilot project by Generation Citizen designed to teach youth how to actively participate in political and civic life.

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Our home is where we live: volunteering school for teenagers

Alice Smahina

April 17, 2023 |

Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ukraine, Vinnytsia

The Donetsk Regional Children and Youth Center runs the Technology of Good Volunteering School, a program designed to help teenagers build social and civic skills and learn how to contribute to their communities. Graduates have spearheaded projects such as creating a children's room for a local hospital and sewing baby clothes for new mothers.

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Youth Sports Are More Important Than Ever for Kids' Mental Health

Allison Torres Burtka

April 12, 2023 |

Global Sport Matters |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

Studies have found that youth who play sports have higher levels of self-esteem and social support and lower levels of depression and loneliness. Several organizations — like Girls on the Run and DC Scores — have emerged to provide sports programming that doubles as a space to teach interpersonal skills, problem-solving and how to talk about feelings and ask for help.

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'He's never gonna be the same again' What type of support does a child need to recover from the trauma of being shot? A Kalamazoo mother is on a lonely search for that answer.

Kristie May

April 11, 2023 |

NowKalamazoo |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kalamazoo, Michigan

The Victim of Violence Program uses hospital social workers to connect with youth in the hospital for cases of interpersonal violence by helping them cope with trauma, and any other psychosocial concerns that may arise as a result within the year that youth and their families are required to participate in the program. An individualized, holistic treatment plan is developed for each patient, whether that be helping them graduate high school, learn how to communicate better with family or manage the symptoms of their trauma. In 2021, the program had 11 patients and a 100% completion rate.

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Battling addiction and stigmas in the East African community

Sheila Mulrooney Eldred

April 10, 2023 |

Sahan Journal |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Daryeel Youth helps East African youth on the streets, particularly those struggling with drug abuse, by providing free pizza and a chance to connect with others. At the plaza — now known as Daryeel Corner — parents can also receive education on addiction issues and how to best help their children and how to destigmatize addiction and treatment in the East African culture.

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