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  • How investments in Black businesses can help close KC's racial wealth gap

    November 25, 2022 |

    The Kansas City Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    Generating Income For Tomorrow, or GIFT, works to foster economic prosperity and wealth in Kansas City’s Black community by providing grants to Black-owned businesses. Since its launch, GIFT has distributed $687,000 to 42 Black businesses and GIFT recipients have so far created more than 60 new jobs.

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  • Ancient invention may safely move fish across barriers while blocking invaders, study finds

    November 23, 2022 |

    Great Lakes Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Traverse City, Michigan

    Researchers in Michigan are using the Archimedes screw, which is a rotating blade inside a cylinder, to transport fish upstream where there are barriers in the water.

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  • A second chance at education for teen mums in Cross River

    November 22, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sankwala, Cross River

    The Campus Babe Initiative helps girls in Nigeria who are not attending school because of teen pregnancy get back in school. The initiative provides financial support, school materials, and information. It also holds informational workshops to help prevent teen pregnancies.

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  • Insurgency is pulling children away from school, but an NGO is giving them a chance at education

    November 22, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The FastTrack program aims to help students in camps for internally displaced people improve their literacy and numeracy skills. The program clusters pupils by level rather than age, provides dual-language instruction in both English and Hausa, and uses technology to improve language access, and roughly 2,500 children across six camps have participated in the initiative so far.

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  • Solar Powered Freezers: A Low Cost but High Impact Strategy Making Critical Vaccines Accessible in Southeast Kenya

    November 21, 2022 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Makindu

    The solar-powered freezer donated by Green Life Energy allows vaccines to be stored at the appropriate temperature, providing more access to necessary immunizations, specifically for those in rural communities. Nurses say the freezer box has the capacity to hold up to 500 doses of different vaccines, including polio, measles, tuberculosis, and the COVID-19 vaccine.

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  • Tucson House staff, partners help young residents prepare for school

    November 21, 2022 |

    Arizona Daily Star |

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    Response Location: United States, Tucson, Arizona

    Tucson C.A.R.E.S., through the public housing community Tucson House, provides resources and services like pop-up pet vaccine clinics, food assistance, eviction prevention and connections to physical and mental health care, to residents in need. Tucson C.A.R.E.S. referred about 700 residents to various service providers in its first year.

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  • Nasarawa counts gains of BHCPF two years after launch  

    November 19, 2022 |

    International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Nasarawa

    The Basic Health Care Provision Fund establishes government health facilities that allow people to access care for free. WHen the fund started in 2021, it had 16,000 enrollees and as of October 2022 there were 38,600 enrollees in the state.

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  • Lack of child care forced her to delay cancer treatment. Then this Dallas group stepped in.

    November 19, 2022 |

    Fort Worth Star-Telegram |

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    Response Location: United States, Dallas, Texas

    Annie’s Place is a childcare center on the Parkland Health and Hospital System campus that provides free, drop-in childcare to Parkland patients and backup childcare for Parkland staff. Run by the nonprofit Mommies In Need, Annie’s Place makes it possible for patients to get the care they need, whether it be simple check-ups or chemotherapy, by providing an affordable, easily accessible childcare option.

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  • DC receives funds to help homeless students. Why are so many schools missing out?

    November 16, 2022 |

    Street Sense Media |

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    Response Location: United States, District of Columbia

    The McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 allows the U.S. Department of Education to provide states, including D.C., funding to support equal access to public education for homeless children and their families. McKinney-Vento dollars are often scarce, so other solutions, like The American Rescue Plan and creative efforts from educators, are also helping students and families in need access the necessary resources to get an education.

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  • Making homes more accessible

    November 16, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

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    Response Location: United States, Georgia

    Volunteers with the Madison County Rotary Club build accessible ramps for people who need help getting in and out of their homes.

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