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  • Supporting Women's Leadership for a Post-Conflict Syria

    “100 Syrian Women, 10,000 Syrian Lives,” is a scholarship program providing opportunities for Syrian women in higher education institutions. As a result of the Syrian war, the rate of women enrolled in universities and colleges dropped drastically and the nonprofit is helping to empower them to pursue their educational goals. The program is also hoping to expose Syrian women to conflict resolution techniques they can share in their communities.

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  • How one program is training mothers, aunts and grandmothers in the ABCs of child care

    In Colorado, more than half of young children rely on extended family members and neighbors for child care. In an effort to recognize this invisible labor force, which often includes undocumented immigrants, Providers Advancing Student Outcomes offers grant-funded courses to caregivers, legitimizing and enhancing their credibility and improving student outcomes in the process.

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  • How a 27-Year-Old College Dropout Is Simplifying Health Care

    Navigating the health care industry can be difficult, especially when care is unexpectedly necessary and seeking treatment is reactive instead of proactive. Rally Health, a digital health company, is trying to change this phenomenon by creating better efficiency and patient engagement.

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  • Getting Tried as an Adult Depends on Skin Color

    Many minors, especially those who are black or hispanic, are tried and sentenced as adults. A new New Jersey law requires minors to at least begin their sentence in juvenile facilities, but there are still problems.

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  • Native schools move forward by looking to the past

    A New Mexico network of native schools, called the NACA-Inspired Schools Network, addresses the failure of traditional schooling to incorporate native culture into lessons by designing a culturally relevant curriculum for students. Beyond cultural education, the network also requires students to take at least two Advanced Placement courses and apply to at least 10 colleges to help level the playing field for native students in New Mexico.

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  • Naperville family's creative home solution for son with autism

    Part 3 of the Caregivers Crisis series: In light of a shortage of state group living facilities in Illinois, one family is partnering with a non-profit to retrofit their home into a safe, independent living space for their autistic son, creating a future for him when his aging parents can no longer take care of his daily needs.

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  • Why are 63 million girls missing out on education?

    In Zimbabwe, a diverse group of leaders are tackling the persistent barriers to quality education for girls. By providing menstrual products, distributing bikes for transportation, and changing the perception of female education in the community, a combination of grassroots and big-picture efforts are gradually bringing some of the 63 million girls out of school into the classroom.

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  • San Jose Manufacturing Comeback Linked to Equitable Growth

    In San Jose, manufacturing jobs can help reduce the economic inequalities in the region. Youth from marginalized communities are being recruited to join a high tech manufacturing job with the potential for career advancement.

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  • In Uganda, Fostering a World without Adoption

    In Uganda, where international adoptions and orphanages are the most present form of child welfare, nonprofits like Reunite, Alternative Care Initiatives-Uganda, and CALM Africa are shifting the country to a welfare model focused on family reunification and community-based foster care. Although pilot programs are still small, there is also a focus on closing technical loopholes and providing practical support to encourage foster care programs.

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  • Staying on the Land

    A tax break for open space may help protect New Mexico’s farm land from development, preserving generations-old tradition and ownership, while maintaining valuable land for a future agricultural resurgence.

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