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  • Is Brazilian jiujitsu making policing safer for everyone?

    March 03, 2022 |

    NewsNation |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    The St. Paul Police Department is one of a growing number of such departments which have integrated training in Brazilian jiujitsu for officers as a way to reduce not just civilian injuries but also the amount of money spent on lawsuit settlements as a result of police misconduct.

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  • From a Fact-Finding Visit to Providing Safe Water for Sauka Community

    February 07, 2022 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sauka

    The international organization Riders for Health provided an electric generator to a community in Nigeria to power their water pump and get them access to clean drinking water.

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  • The Answer to our Youth Mental Health Crisis?

    February 03, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    To provide mental health care to students, a pilot program at Girard College meets students where they are at with practices based on integrated behavioral health, adding mental health care into conventional health care settings.

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  • The ‘AI-Powered Midwife' Helping Pregnant Nigerian Women and Newborns Stay Healthy

    January 24, 2022 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos State

    Encouraged by her own pregnancy experience, medical technology expert Abisola Oladapo worked with two of her colleagues to create Sister Agnes. It is an AI system that delivers periodic, timely information to pregnant women by calls and texts in local languages to empower them with information about their health. 79 percent of the women who used the service delivered in health centers, were four times more likely to survive the pregnancy, and the survival rate of their children was 33 percent higher than the national average.

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  • Back from the Brink

    January 24, 2022 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Zambia

    The North Luangwa Conservation Program provides financial and technical support to protect and grow the population of black rhinos at North Luangwa National Park in Zambia.

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  • ‘Boys and girls have equal freedom': Kerala backs gender-neutral uniforms

    January 02, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: India, Kerala

    In an attempt to provide ease of movement to girl students while playing, Valayanchirangara primary school introduced "gender-neutral" uniforms for all its 756 students that eliminated the earlier requirement for them to wear skirts. It has since inspired several other schools in Kerala to similarly change their uniforms and snowballed a movement, supported by the state's education minister no less, where more such measures to promote gender equality in schools are being encouraged and adapted.

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  • Digital Debris: How an App Is Changing the Trajectory of Athens' Litter Abatement

    November 15, 2021 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Athe, Georgia

    Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful uses the Marine Debris Tracker app to motivate locals to reduce and clean up litter. The app collects information from locals about the type and location of litter they see to inform what abatement efforts are needed there.

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  • This library lets you borrow people instead of books. It just may help bridge our bitter divisions

    November 14, 2021 |

    CNN |

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    Human Library is a nonprofit learning platform that allows people to borrow “human books” instead of books. Each person represents a group that faces prejudice or stigmas because of their lifestyle, ethnicity, beliefs, or disability. The group has held in-person and online events in over 80 countries where participants can ask difficult questions that they might feel embarrassed to ask otherwise. The experiences encourage empathy and are nonpartisan. The library has over 1,000 “human books” who speak over 50 languages and has provided speakers for major corporations conducting diversity trainings.

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  • Nigeria is struggling to end open defecation, but a grassroots campaign is trying to change that

    September 24, 2021 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Open Defecation Free Nigeria works to stop people from disposing of human waste in public areas by building public toilets. The organization has built 66 so far and manages a group of volunteers who educate residents about the dangers of public defecation. Encouraging behavioral change is key to ending the practice of open defecation. Fundraising and the sale of private household toilets funds the public toilets, which are tailored to the needs of a community. Most contain a biodigester system that turns waste to liquid or compost manure, which can last for decades and is easy for communities to maintain.

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  • Switching to Good Health: Nigeria's Mama Put Turns to LPGAs Use

    September 19, 2021 |

    News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    Gas To Health Initiative (GTHI) raises awareness about the dangers of certain cooking methods like kerosene and firewood, due to the air pollution it causes indoors. The organization advocates the use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas for cooking and works with food vendors that produce food to make the switch. GTHI works with over 600 vendors, providing a required handling safety workshop and teaching the health and financial benefits of making the switch. Then, it provides the vendors with gas cylinders, industrial single/double burners, and all other equipment needed for safe use.

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