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  • Helping the children of sex workers

    March 18, 2025 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: India, Kolkata

    The DIKSHA youth club looks after the children of sex workers when their mothers are working. The club teaches youth about their rights, bodily autonomy and empowers them to take control of their futures and avoid joining the sex trade themselves. The club started in 2001, and over the past two decades, it has helped prevent young girls from joining the sex trade, reduced rates of trafficking in the area and also helped reduce the stigma children of sex workers face.

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  • Federal program helping Louisiana expand broadband paused

    March 18, 2025 |

    The Current (Louisiana) |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Louisiana

    Through Granting Unserved Municipalities Broadband Opportunities, referred to as GUMBO, small internet service providers have been able to bring fiber broadband to roughly 65,000 homes, businesses, and community organizations in Louisiana. However, the next phase of the program is in limbo after federal grants allocated to support it were put on hold.

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  • Iceland Embraced a 4-Day Workweek in 2019 – Now, Nearly Six Years On, All Gen Z Forecasts Have Materialized

    March 17, 2025 |

    WECB |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Iceland

    Nearly 90% of Icelandic workers enjoy a four-day, 36-hour workweek, with no loss in pay compared to the traditional 40 hours. Despite initial concerns about a drop in productivity, reports indicate that productivity remained stable and even increased in some sectors. The four-day workweek also leads to less stress and improved work-life balance, and countries like Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom are currently testing four-day pilots.

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  • How Nigeria's Biggest Party Made HIV Testing Cool

    March 17, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Calabar, Cross River

    The Wise Up Campaign works to increase HIV testing rates and reduce transmission of the disease through educational efforts and connecting with young people, a particularly high-risk group, to spread awareness and connect them with necessary resources. Since forming, the campaign has reached over 500,000 young people with HIV counseling and testing, as well as condom distribution, and has even trained several young volunteers to continue spreading the message to their peers.

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  • The rough road to sustainable farming in an Amazon deforestation hotspot

    March 17, 2025 |

    Mongabay |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Brazil, Altamira, Pará

    In Brazil's Amazon deforestation hotspot BR-163, small farmers and entrepreneurs are working to implement sustainable farming alternatives like agroecology, beekeeping and converting cattle pastures to grow local fruits to create a “bioeconomy,” despite a lack of institutional support.

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  • Yanda taimakon kamfanin mai zaman kanta ya haifar da samun lantarki a asibitin Zamfara.

    March 15, 2025 |

    Gold City FM 105.5 |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Gusau

    Samun lantarki ta kara kuzarin jama'a zuwa samo lafiya a asibitin Zamfara. Kamfanin zaman kanta ta bunkasa gwaji cututtuka ta hanyar fadada wutan solar.

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  • Yadda hukumar Zakah da Wakafi ta rage radadin kudin samu lafiya ga jama'ar Gusau.

    March 15, 2025 |

    Gold City FM 105.5 |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Gusau

    Jamar Gusau sun samu rangwami biyan kudin asibiti daga Hukuman Zakah da Wakafi.

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  • Hadan karfe da karfi don samun wadda tacchen ruwa a anguwan Tudun Wada a Gusau

    March 15, 2025 |

    Gold City FM 105.5 |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Gusau

    Yan anguwan Premier a Tundan Wada sun shawo matsalar rashin ruwa da cututtuka tattare da hakan. Kamfani jari ta tallafa manu da kudi don samun wannna matsayar.

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  • As the Colorado River Shrinks, Southern California Is Embracing Water Recycling

    March 14, 2025 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Orange County, California

    Large-scale wastewater recycling is emerging as a crucial response to water shortages in Southern California, exacerbated by the declining Colorado River. The Orange County Water District's Groundwater Replenishment System has successfully produced over 450 billion gallons of recycled water since 2008, creating a reliable, drought-resilient local water source, despite high costs and issues surrounding initial public perception.

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  • The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump's Purge

    March 14, 2025 |

    The New Yorker |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    After President Donald Trump’s administration began removing key research and datasets from government websites, archivists, librarians, and organizations banded together to form the Data Rescue Project, which is coordinating efforts to preserve vital information. The movement has recruited volunteers from a subreddit forum called r/DataHoarder that’s frequented by hobbyists with IT knowledge, and so far the project has cataloged more than 400 publicly available backups of government data compiled by volunteers.

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