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  • A program helping parents navigate Arizona's education system as leaders and advocates for their kids

    May 18, 2023 |

    Arizona Luminaria |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    The Parent Educator Academy provides training in Spanish and English to help Latino parents in Arizona navigate a complex education system and advocate for their children at school. The program is now in its fifth cohort and has served parents from more than 30 schools in three counties.

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  • School alert system gives students added layer of safety

    May 17, 2023 |

    The Oglethorpe Echo |

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    Response Location: United States, Oglethorpe County, Georgia

    The Oglethorpe County School System implemented a platform called Anonymous Alerts that allows students and parents to report issues such as bullying, safety concerns, and suspicious activity. The system has logged 66 submissions since it was launched in December.

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  • How solar power is keeping Lebanon's lights on

    May 17, 2023 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Lebanon

    People in Lebanon are installing their own rooftop solar panels and batteries to have constant access to energy instead of relying on expensive and unreliable community diesel generators.

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  • Education through game-based learning: The impact of ‘Project Teach the Child'

    May 16, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Dawaki, Abuja

    Project Teach the Child was launched to empower disadvantaged students and address learning gaps exacerbated by the pandemic. By creating learning spaces where students can learn through play and interactive technology, Project Teach the Child made learning more enjoyable, relatable and effective for students.

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  • To Fight Deforestation, Amazon Guardians Embrace a Tech Boom

    May 16, 2023 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: Indigenous A’i Kofán of Sinangoe, Ecuador

    Members of the A’i Kofán de Sinangoe Indigenous guard keep watch over the part of the Amazon rainforest their community resides in. With the help of technological tools like drones and camera traps, they are able to prevent invasions and illegal activity on their land — which often goes hand-in-hand with preventing deforestation and pollution.

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  • Yobe State: Striving for universal health coverage, accountability still a challenge

    May 16, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Yobe

    The Citizens-Led Tracking Campaign bridges the gap between the implementation of the Basic Healthcare Provision Funds and the effective delivery of healthcare by sending citizens — called community champions — out on the grassroots level to track healthcare funding and ensure everyone who is eligible takes advantage of the care. Through the community champions’ efforts, 32,000 low-income and vulnerable individuals have been enrolled in the program.

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  • Election Tech Could End Voting Malpractices In Nigeria, But Not Yet

    May 15, 2023 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    In an attempt to address fraud and malpractice, Nigeria introduced the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and the INEC Result Viewing Portal, which verify voters' identities using voter numbers, fingerprints, and facial recognition, and publicly shares election results in real-time. The technologies were successfully implemented in 76 percent of voting locations in one state in 2022, but voters and local officials say there are still issues with disenfranchisement and technical glitches.

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  • With a mobile application, Nigerians can report and fight social injustice

    May 14, 2023 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The AFF Flagit app allows Nigerians to report crimes directly to federal agencies and the police to make the process easier, faster, and more effective. App users can choose to remain anonymous and submit any evidence they have with the report.

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  • India's solar power push delivers an unexpected bonus - empowering rural women

    May 11, 2023 |

    The Fuller Project |

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    Response Location: India, Rajasthan

    With the help of funding from foundations and charities, Indian women’s groups such as the Dooni dairy cooperative are leveraging solar power to simplify their work and help their businesses grow. Since purchasing solar-powered fridges to store extra milk, most women in the dairy cooperative have seen their profits double.

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  • A Perfect Storm: How the deadly 2022 Durban floods hold crucial lessons for the future of the city and others like it

    May 10, 2023 |

    Daily Maverick |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Durban

    A community-based, early-warning system for flooding in Durban, South Africa, gave community members an early enough evacuation order so that no lives were lost. The system uses information from Weather Service reports to know when and where to monitor real-time local conditions. When a community member or member of the disaster management unit sees the conditions are becoming dangerous, they use messaging apps to warn the community.

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