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  • Le pass Culture, un dispositif qui prend de l'ampleur en Guyane

    October 01, 2024 |

    Guyane 1ère |

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    Response Location: French Guiana

    Le passe Culture permet aux jeunes de participer à des événements culturels et artistiques, tels que des festivals, des concerts et des expositions. L'initiative soutient également des programmes scolaires, notamment des résidences d'artistes et des salons du livre. En 2023, 9 373 jeunes ont utilisé leur passe Culture en Guyane et plus de la moitié des élèves ont bénéficié du programme lors de sorties scolaires.

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  • FEMA Is Going Door-to-Door to Help Vermont Flood Victims

    September 25, 2024 |

    Seven Days |

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    Response Location: United States, Vermont

    Federal Emergency Management Agency employees are knocking on doors across Vermont to demystify the financial assistance process and help people impacted by flooding apply.

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  • Slaughterhouse Workers Seek a 'Brave New Life' but Challenges Remain

    September 24, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Greeley, Colorado

    The volunteer-run Brave New Life Project is helping slaughterhouse workers in Colorado find less-grueling jobs that are meaningful and pay as well as the slaughterhouse. The nonprofit helps them create resumes, get transportation to new jobs, and access translation services.

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  • These Alabama Workers Were Swamped by Medical Debt. Then Their Employer Stepped In.

    September 19, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

    The PhiferCares Clinic and pharmacy offers its employees and their families free healthcare and prescriptions. Phifer, a global manufacturing company, opened the clinic five years ago as a way to prevent medical bills from driving coworkers into debt and keeping them from retirement. This no-cost access to healthcare has helped 90% of Phifer employees hit their retirement goals, up from about 75% five years ago.

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  • From Scooters to Microtransit, Cities Are Embracing Alternatives to Short Car Trips

    September 18, 2024 |

    Time Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States

    Getting to public transportation can be difficult for commuters. Microtransit is easing that burden and reducing emissions by replacing individual car trips. Partnerships between cities and companies ensure shared, on-demand scooters, bikes, or vehicles are available to help people reach public transportation.

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  • One community at a time; the ReachOut response to malnutrition in Lagos

    September 18, 2024 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    Operated by The Neo Child Initiative, the ReachOut Project provides nutrional counseling and screening to parents and their children in underserved communities, free of charge. Since 2015, the ReachOut Project has supported 20,000 people across 10 communities in the state.

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  • A Community Health Model Is Helping Latinx Immigrants Understand Their Reproductive Rights

    September 17, 2024 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, New Jersey

    Promotora de salud, or community health workers with the Abortion Justice Committee of New Jersey, help Latinx immigrants navigate and access reproductive healthcare. In a community survey, 42% of respondents said they struggled to access and understand reproductive health services, so the promotoras model helps share information with those who struggle to access it, advocates for expanding language access, and combats misinformation.

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  • The Farmers Abandoning Big Ag to Grow Mushrooms and Herbs

    September 17, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, North Carolina

    The Transfarmation Project is helping farmers transition away from factory farming and into healthier, more sustainable options like growing mushrooms. It runs pilot projects to develop blueprints for farmers to follow and connects them with consultants and resources.

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  • All Aboard the Electric School Bus!

    September 16, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States

    The United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean School Bus Program is funding zero-emission, electric school buses and low-emission buses for schools looking to make the switch from diesel.

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  • This city is hailed as a vaccination success. Can it be sustained?

    September 15, 2024 |

    Associated Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Louisville, Kentucky

    The Louisville school system is working to fill the vaccination gap among youth by establishing vaccine clinics at nearly all 160 schools, particularly those where immigrant students who are behind on their vaccinations are starting school. Since implementing these clinics, the vaccination rate during the last school year increased by 4%.

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