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  • Malaria scheme cuts child deaths during Sahel's rainy season

    June 24, 2016 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: Chad

    Malaria vaccine distribution systems in Africa's Sahel region are facing bottleneck in their supply chains, but are working to get help from the government and to piggyback on other aid systems.

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  • Voices of fighting joblessness and youth violence: Pathways to Peace

    June 09, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Some local programs see youth employment as more than just a workforce development issue. They also view jobs as a way to offer stability to young people, especially those from Cleveland area communities with high violence rates. The research bears them out. These are the voices of some of the voices speaking in favor of more jobs and less violence.

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  • Research shows link between joblessness and youth violence: Pathways to Peace

    June 09, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    A correlation exists in Cuyahoga County between the idle youth rate -- base on teens who are neither working nor in school -- and the youth violence rate, according to an analysis done for The Plain Dealer by Claudia Coulton, co-director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development at Case Western Reserve University and a professor of urban social research.

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  • Changing Kenya's Landscape for Wildlife and Jobseekers

    June 08, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    In the face of crippling unemployment, environmental degradation, and species extinction, communities in Southern Kenya joined with various stakeholders to establish REDD+ project. This project sells carbon credits on behalf of the community, distributing funds for necessary services, employing community members, and protecting the environment.

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  • Lesotho Taps Taxi Drivers to Fight HIV With Male Circumcision

    June 06, 2016 |

    Newsweek |

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    Response Location: Lesotho, Maseru

    Jhpiego, a US nonprofit, trains and funds local taxi drivers in Lesotho to educate their passengers about male circumcision which can be instrumental in preventing HIV.

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  • 'Pathways to Peace' explores solutions to youth violence

    June 05, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Cleveland is responding to its gun violence epidemic with a combination of effective policing, social service agencies, and former offenders deployed to break cycles of violence in their communities.

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  • The Surprising Success of Micro Hydro

    June 01, 2016 |

    International Rivers |

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    Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon, Yangon Region

    The Hydropower Empowerment Network takes a country-by-country approach to helping establish micro hydro and other technologies in rural places where electricity is difficult to come by. Micro hydro has even proven to be more durable and sustainable than solar, though solar is cheaper and quicker to install - the reason is the depth of community involvement required. When villagers participate on longer-term, complex projects, they develop pride in their work, learn invaluable new skills, and are empowered to engage with the solution.

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  • Researchers around the world are learning from indigenous communities. Here's why that's a good thing.

    May 31, 2016 |

    Ensia |

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    Response Location: Canada, Sahtú Region, Northwest Territories

    In the Northwestern Territories of Canada, wildlife biologists received unfavorable critiques from indigenous communities for how they were going about with their caribou studies. By forming relationships with the indigenous peoples, they were able to change their approach and learn from the local communities about what was already working.

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  • He Survived Ebola. Now He's Fighting to Keep It From Spreading.

    May 26, 2016 |

    The New York Times Magazine |

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    Response Location: Guinea, Faranah

    A doctor in Guinea trains health workers to halt the transmission of Ebola, but also must work to increase trust in and reliance on health care workers among villagers through a "community agents" network.

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  • How One City Is Working To Get An Overdose Antidote In Every Home

    May 09, 2016 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    To combat its heroin and prescription drug epidemic, the city of Baltimore is trying to make sure everyone has access to naloxone, a drug that instantly stops overdoses.

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