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  • From Darkness to Light: How Lajolo, Omupo, Communities Thrive on Solar Power

    May 29, 2023 |

    Diamond 88.5FM |

    Radio |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Lajolo, Kwara

    A solar-powered microgrid project brought electricity to Lajolo, Nigeria, which was previously without power.

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  • Laudato Trees Planting Program Enlists Catholic Properties to Help Increase DC's Canopy

    May 25, 2023 |

    National Catholic Reporter |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    A collaboration between tree-planting organizations in Washington D.C. helps Catholic church properties to plant and care for trees. The free trees are an effort to combat urban heat and benefit the local environment.

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  • I-WASH: Improving Access to Water Sanitation and Hygiene Services in Kebbi State

    May 22, 2023 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Kebbi

    The I-WASH program aims to combat waterborne diseases and address challenges facing communities without access to clean water. The program has built toilets in schools, provided handwashing facilities, as well as a solar-powered borehole and educational services on sanitation practices and how to maintain the water points. Through the help of the I-WASH program, as of May 2022, 300 functional toilets had been built in households across more than 30 communities.

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  • Whanyinna: A floating school defying odds to educate Makoko's waterfront children

    May 21, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Makoko, Lagos

    Whanyinna is a floating primary school, providing education and opportunity to children in a town where fishing has historically been the top priority. With support from volunteer teachers, more than 300 students have received basic education in subjects like English, math and science, giving local youth a new sense of hope and self-worth.

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  • Blue Zones comes to South Phoenix to target longevity

    May 16, 2023 |

    Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

    Blue Zones is a national program that works to improve the health and quality of life in communities by focusing on enhancing aspects of the community like the types of food available and encouraging locals to make healthy lifestyle changes. Blue Zones identifies places around the world where people live longer and study why that is to then replicate those practices in other regions.

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  • The Puerto Ricans Illegally Occupying Land to Resist Displacement

    May 12, 2023 |

    Economic Hardship Reporting Project |

    Multi-Media |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Puerto Rico

    In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, several locals are joining together to occupy land and avoid further displacement. Community members have worked together to address food insecurity by creating community gardens and have also cleaned and repaired abandoned buildings in the community to turn them into food banks, housing options and resource centers for those in need.

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  • New Indonesia climate fund backs Indigenous forest guardians

    May 12, 2023 |

    Context |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Indonesia

    The Nusantra Fund provides financial support directly to community-led projects in Indonesia. The aim is to improve the livelihoods of Indigenous and local people while tackling climate change impacts and protecting biodiversity.

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  • The Matriarchs Who Helped Seattle's Urban Native Population

    May 11, 2023 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    The Seattle Indian Center, originally started by the matriarchs of the American Indian Women’s Service League, provides Native people in need with resources like food, clothing, financial and employment assistance, community outreach services and a sense of community where their heritage and culture are recognized.

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  • Latino advisory group works to bring more Spanish-speaking audiences to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

    May 10, 2023 |

    The Berkshire Eagle |

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    Response Location: United States, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

    The Spanish-Language Community Advisory Network works with a performing arts center in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, to bring in Latino audiences by showing culturally-relevant films, reducing language barriers, and even inviting the films’ cast and crew to the screenings.

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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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    Over 3000 Words

    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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