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  • Helping Homeless Artists Turn Around Their Fortunes

    February 17, 2016 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    It's often difficult for the disadvantaged portion of the population to find meaningful and rewarding work. The start-up ArtLifting takes pieces created by homeless and disabled people, finds buyers and shares the proceeds with the artists.

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  • São Paulo Is Betting Better Urban Planning Can Solve a Housing Crisis

    February 08, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, São Paulo

    The Western Hemisphere’s biggest city has developed a model blueprint for progressive housing policy in developing countries, in large part by affirming squatters' rights and demanding a certain percentage of low-income housing in new developments.

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  • Jobs for the Homeless

    February 02, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    An Albuquerque program pays panhandlers to clean up city trash—and gets them needed help, pairing city services with a jobs program.

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  • How can coffee become a better tool for development?

    January 28, 2016 |

    Devex |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Butembo, Nord-Kivu

    All over the world, new fair trade projects or approaches are sprouting up to foster trading relationships that pay off for farmers, giving them more adequate wages and rights.

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  • India Offers Training, Funding to Spur Growth in Tibetan Entrepreneurs

    January 20, 2016 |

    Voice of America (VOA) |

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    Response Location: India, Dharamsala

    Tibetan youth face high levels of unemployment in India, and an entrepreneurship training program is trying to change that by helping young people start their own companies. TED, the Tibetan Entrepreneurship Development Initiative, offers seed funding and business training to aspiring founders with the hopes of fostering economic growth to the Tibetan community in India.

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  • Impressive New Scores for Newark Charters Raise an Awkward Question: Did City Pick the Wrong Strategy?

    January 12, 2016 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

    Impressive PARCC scores for Newark charters beg the question—did city choose wrong strategy? The charter schools were able to bring in students' parents and fill holes in students' knowledge by starting with the basics in math and reading.

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  • Innovators Changing Education, Health By Thinking Outside The Box

    December 18, 2015 |

    The Huffington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Camden, Maine

    This year’s Poptech Conference, a 19-year-old gathering for thinkers and world-changers, celebrated hybrid thinking across industry sectors, or “when disciplinary boundaries fall by the wayside" - four of their projects are discussed.

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  • In one of Africa's largest slums, these girls saved to solve a problem

    December 14, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi, Nairobi

    Girls from the Nairobi slum of Kibera had a problem: They could not attend school because they could not afford sanitary pads. Absent government help, they decided to form a savings group, depositing and investing money.

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  • For Young Saudi Women, Video Games Offer Self-Expression

    December 09, 2015 |

    NPR |

    Radio |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, Riyadh Province

    In Saudi Arabia, female gamers were barred from gaming conventions so an all-female gaming convection was born, offering women a place of self expression and encouraging careers in science and computer programming.

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  • Building Greener Ships, to Keep the Sea From Rising

    December 08, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: Puerto Rico, San Juan, San Juan

    With projections that global shipping could account for 16 percent of carbon emissions by 2050, experts are looking to natural gas and so-called "slow steaming" to limit energy consumption.

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