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  • Preventing learning slides over summer vacation

    Michael Doty

    November 16, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Books for Keeps hosts free book fairs to keep children and their families reading year-round. In 2022, the organization gave away more than 58,000 books, the most it has ever donated in a single year.

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  • Farmers in India are fighting climate change using nature

    Sibi Arasu

    November 16, 2022 |

    Euronews |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: India, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh

    The Accion Fraterna Ecology Centre nonprofit works with over 60,000 farmers across 300,000 acres of land, supporting individual farmers to restore unproductive land across the entire region by using regenerative agriculture practices. Techniques include using natural fertilizers and planting crops alongside trees and other plans to prevent desertification.

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  • Learning life skills through art

    Aria Surka

    November 16, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    At Lovecraft, adults with disabilities have the opportunity to create and sell their art while learning important life skills such as communication in the process. The organization has served 40 adults since opening in 2018.

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  • Solar-powered town shines on as powerful Hurricane Ian damages surrounding areas

    Vic Micolucci Josh Beauchamp

    November 14, 2022 |

    WJXT-TV |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Babcock Ranch, Florida

    Babcock Ranch, Florida, weathered Hurricane Ian with minimal damage and full power because of development decisions like installing solar power, underground infrastructure, and building every building above code.

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  • PWDs Faced Challenges at Airports, but CARE Nigeria has Come up with Change Intervention

    Blessing Oladunjoye

    November 14, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Center for Ability, Rehabilitation, and Empowerment (CARE) helps people with disabilities navigate the boarding and departing process at airports by setting up a disability desk with resources including people trained in navigating the challenges people with disabilities often face at airports.

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  • The Benevolents

    Sarah Baril Gaudet

    November 14, 2022 |

    The New York Times |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

    At a call center in Montreal, Tel-Aide, staff members are trained to be active listeners without providing guidance or advice to callers looking for someone to talk to.

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  • A growing club: Membership-based direct primary care reimagines health coverage

    Olivia Belanger

    November 12, 2022 |

    Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Peterborough, New Hampshire

    Healthcare providers are turning to the direct primary care model to avoid being overbooked and to provide their patients with more personalized care. In this model, a membership fee is paid directly to the provider instead of billed to insurance agencies.

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  • "Brave to Rebuild": how volunteers are helping to rebuild Kyiv region after russia's invasion

    Inha Pavlii

    November 11, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Ukraine

    A group of volunteers in Ukraine created the Brave to Rebuild initiative to clear debris and make necessary repairs to homes that were destroyed in the war so their inhabitants can spend the winter in them.

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  • Unions offer graduate student workers a stronger platform to secure living wages and reasonable workloads

    Sravya Tadepalli

    November 10, 2022 |

    Prism |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Corvallis, Oregon

    Graduate student unions, like Oregon State University’s Coalition of Graduate Employees, use collective bargaining to allow student employees to successfully negotiate for fair wages, reasonable hours, and other terms of employment.

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  • Amid conflict and chaos, a reforestation project surges ahead in Haiti

    Jeremy Hance

    November 10, 2022 |

    Mongabay |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Haiti

    Nonprofits and communities in Hati are working together to reforest land with native plants. Using a public-private land approach, the nonprofits bought land around, and in, Grand Bois National Park to create a private reserve and avoid potential bureaucratic complications.

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