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In Türkiye, Girl Villages Have Become a Lifeline for Education

Ahmetcan Uzlaşık

January 08, 2025 |

The Solutions Paper |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Turkey, Istanbul

To help relieve the burden of ancillary education costs such as transportation, supplies, and meals, with the ultimate goal of preventing girls from dropping out early, the Korunuck Foundation operates two housing campuses for Turkish girls where they receive comprehensive support for their studies. The programs currently serve 125 students, and 36 girls have been accepted into universities.

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When AI Meets Conservation

Manon Verchot, Sanshey Biswas

December 19, 2024 |

Neighbird |

Video |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Gabon

Okala, a technology company, has developed smart camera traps equipped with a mini-computer and a satellite connection that, with the help of artificial intelligence, send researchers real-time notifications about which species pass by. Real-time camera alerts are not only helping researchers, but also surrounding communities intent on keeping people and crops safe from wild animals.

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Southern Black Farmers Sow Rice and Reconciliation

Nicole J. Caruth

December 17, 2024 |

Civil Eats |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Jubilee Justice, a nonprofit helping small-holder Black farmers in the South grow specialty rice with a “dry-land” method developed in the 1970s and 1980s (rather than growing rice in flooded paddies, farmers treat rice like a vegetable, irrigating it as needed), now supports 10 farmers from Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Kentucky; together, they have lowered the global warming potential of their rice production by 25 percent on average.

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Resilience in the Sundarbans: How Shrimp Farming is Helping Communities Adapt to Climate Change

Joydeep Dasgupta

December 02, 2024 |

News Sense |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: India, Sundarbans

Communities in the Sundarbans have adopted shrimp farming as a sustainable livelihood strategy; the approach has proven successful, with environmental benefits and many farmers earning a good income.

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How Keene's community air monitoring project could be a national climate solution

Elijah de Castro

November 29, 2024 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Keene, New Hampshire

A professor at Keene State College, her students, and community volunteers installed affordable, commercial air monitors throughout the New Hampshire town to fill gaps in available data. The monitors help them track air quality in real time and alert the public when pollution levels rise.

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New work program in Atlantic City for homeless people

Briana Vannozzi

November 27, 2024 |

NJ Spotlight |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Atlantic City, New Jersey

The Hope Work Initiative by Atlantic City's Homeless Outreach Unit connects unhoused community members with temporary employment cleaning up the city streets for three days a week, making $75 a day.

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Thread and Thrive

Hannah Morgan

November 12, 2024 |

Chicoco Radio Viral Times |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Nigeria

Formed in 2019, the Tailor’s Life Coach training initiative has helped over 200 people, particularly women, learn tailoring skills to pursue their passion for fashion design and open tailoring businesses of their own. The skills training from the initiative is free; participants only need to purchase the materials they use.

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Restoring vision, restoring lives

Ayman Anika

October 26, 2024 |

The Daily Star |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh

NGOs like The Fred Hollows Foundation and Vision Spring provide vision screenings and free or low-cost corrective glasses to empower marginalized workers, including tea pickers and garment factory employees, to regain their productivity and independence. Workers who received glasses saw an increase in their daily tea-picking output of about 21.7%.

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Half a billion people need reading glasses. Why can't they get them?

Adrian Ma, Sylvie Douglas

October 09, 2024 |

NPR |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Mexico, Zacatecas

RestoringVision addresses the global shortage of reading glasses by tackling supply and demand challenges. On the demand side, they partner with local NGOs and governments to provide vision screenings and free initial glasses, particularly for those in regions who either don’t know reading glasses are an option or don’t realize they’re losing their vision. On the supply side, they work to build retail networks and educate employers about productivity benefits, as workers receiving glasses show productivity increases up to 32%.

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Can the U.S. Make Prisons More Rehabilitative? Here's a Major Test Case

Maurice Chammah

September 26, 2024 |

The Marshall Project |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, South Carolina

The national initiative Restoring Promise works with states to create criminal justice reform initiatives that draw inspiration from rehabilitation-focused German prisons. The program at Lee Correctional Institution in South Carolina allows participants to customize their individual cells and focuses on mentorships, educational classes, and self-governance.

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