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  • Can direct cash transfers shift how local organizations are funded?

    July 24, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Donors are cutting out intermediaries and funding local organizations through direct cash transfers to ensure a higher amount of aid goes directly to the people who need it. The flexibility also lets communities prioritize their needs as they see fit, as they know what will work best.

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  • With ₦200 Per Trip, Residents Of Sokoto Can Commute In Air-Conditioned Taxis

    July 17, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto State

    The Sokoto State Transportation Authority has deployed 70 low-cost transportation vehicles (a mix of buses and cars), added bus stops, and assumed mechanical and financial support for drivers—altogether benefiting multiple sectors of Sokoto's working population, including commuters, drivers, students, and women.

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  • Chicago's "People's Cooling Army" Is Giving Tenants Free Air Conditioners

    July 16, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A group of volunteers in Chicago called the People’s Cooling Army repairs air conditioning units and installs them for free for low-income tenants, as the city continues to experience extreme heat.

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  • Can New York City Treat Its Food Scraps As More Than Trash?

    July 15, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    New York City’s Compost Project supports a network of community compost operations to reduce the waste sent to landfills. Each composter operates differently based on local conditions and needs. BK Rot, for example, employs local Black and Brown youth to collect organic scraps from homes and businesses and sells its compost.

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  • How Ecotourism Became an Unexpected Climate Solution in an At-Risk Guatemalan National Park

    July 15, 2024 |

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    Response Location: Guatemala

    The community living in Northern Guatemala’s Sierra del Lacandón National Park monitors the landscape for fires set by people looking to clear the forest illegally and is trained to prevent them from spreading. They’re focusing on ecotourism as an alternative way to earn a living.

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  • Four Decades to Build 70,000 Affordable Homes? Count That as a Success.

    July 13, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Mount Laurel, New Jersey

    In 1975, community members organized to urge the New Jersey state government to require cities to build their fair share of affordable multifamily housing. Dubbed “The Mount Laurel Doctrine,” the legislation, backed by local advocacy groups, has helped build 20,000 affordable housing units.

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  • Austin food equity program eyeing long-term solutions to continue operations

    July 11, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    With a primary focus on rural areas in Travis County, Texas, the Supplemental Emergency Food Access Network provides individuals and households experiencing food insecurity with culturally relevant, nutritionally dense foods.

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  • Swim program aims to keep kids safe in the water, and becomes a national model

    July 11, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Greensboro, North Carolina

    Community groups like Swim For Charlie and Learn to Swim are teaching local youth to swim in an effort to promote water safety and combat high rates of drownings, particularly within low-income and minority communities. Since forming in 2020, Swim For Charlie has taught more than 2,100 second graders how to swim, while Learn to Swim served about 3,000 students across 48 schools just last year.

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  • Pennsylvania Legalized Speed Cameras. You Won't Believe What Happened Next.

    July 08, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    A pilot program tested speed cameras on one of Philadelphia’s most dangerous roads to reduce traffic injuries and fatalities and found speeding violations decreased by 90%. The program works by using the cameras to issue warnings to anyone driving 11 miles or more over the speed limit and then issuing fines after a 60-day grace period. Following the program’s success, it’s beginning to gain momentum in other cities, too.

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  • Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation

    July 07, 2024 |

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    Response Location: United States, Ten Mile, South Carolina

    Ten Mile, a community in South Carolina settled by freed slaves after the Civil War, is fighting climate gentrification and flooding by preserving land through forestry projects, land trusts, and greenbelt initiatives. Saving green spaces this way maintains the character of the historic Black neighborhood while promoting flood resiliency.

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