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  • This Push Group Promotes Social Media Skills Among SMEs

    June 22, 2023 |

    The Solutions Paper |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The BrandTell Nigeria Business Group is a WhatsApp group that provides daily interactive sessions on building online brand visibility to business owners with little to no online presence. Those subscribed to the group also have access to online tools for bookkeeping, graphic design and content creation to help grow their business.

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  • ¿Puede la bioeconomía tomar el relevo al petróleo en la Amazonia ecuatoriana?

    June 22, 2023 |

    El País |

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    Response Location: Ecuador

    Naku, un centro de ecoturismo creado por los sapara (una de las once nacionalidades amazónicas del Ecuador), protege la selva, comparte su cosmovisión y genera recursos económicos de manera sostenible. El proyecto emplea a más de 30 familias y los ingresos generados van a un fondo común para financiar la educación de los niños y brindar servicios de salud.

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  • Mr. Dad's Father's Club Aims to Build Up Chicago's Youth

    June 22, 2023 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Mr. Dad’s Father’s Club mentors local youth to nurture their social and emotional well-being, making them better equipped to handle the world around them. The Club also provides mentorships for fathers, helping them learn how to be more present in their children’s lives as research indicates the presence of positive role models can make youth more resilient when exposed to violent or negative environments. There are currently over 150 fathers who volunteer for events with the Club.

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  • Pennsylvania Could Be a Model for Solar-Powered Schools — If It Can Get Past Political Divisions.

    June 22, 2023 |

    Capital & Main |

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    Response Location: United States, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

    A solar panel array at the Steelton-Highspire School District generates enough energy to meet the schools’ needs, and the switch to solar is estimated to save the district $1.6 million over the next 20 years, which it can use to improve programming for students.

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  • ENUGU: gate pass to early marriage no more

    June 21, 2023 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu State

    The Women Information Network’s Right to be a Girl project provides scholarships to girls who would otherwise be forced to drop out of school, many of whom are vulnerable to child marriage. The program has supported 573 students in schools across Enugu state since 2021.

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  • ‘College should not be this expensive': Pitt programs aim to make education more affordable

    June 21, 2023 |

    The Pitt News |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Programs like Panthers Forward are working to help students and their families understand, prepare for and afford the cost of a university education. Group members can receive up to $5,000 of federal student loan debt relief and can also attend networking events, mentor discussions and access financial wellness resources. 150 students are accepted into the program each year.

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  • What Ohio's Co-op Evangelists Learned From Spain's Thriving Union Co-op Network

    June 21, 2023 |

    Next City |

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    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    Modeled after Spain’s Mondragon, an organization that helps develop cooperatively-owned businesses, Co-op Cincy is a nonprofit incubator helping businesses in Cincinnati, Ohio, do the same. The organization runs an educational course to teach teams everything they need to know, provides access to loans, and has ongoing technical assistance for its co-ops.

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  • How to build a zero-waste economy

    June 21, 2023 |

    Grist |

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    Response Location: United States

    Entrepreneurs are encouraging reuse models like return-from-home systems to transition towards a circular economy without single-use plastics. In this model, consumers pay a deposit to use takeout boxes, cups, and other containers. They get their deposit back when the containers are picked up from their home by a courier.

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  • Underpaid and unsupported, video game testers in Canada unionized against exploitation

    June 21, 2023 |

    The Real News Network |

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    Response Location: Canada, Edmonton, Alberta

    Video game testers built solidarity for their union effort by starting one-on-one conversations with coworkers in online chat servers. When it came time to vote, employees approved the union unanimously, giving them new legal protections while a contract is being negotiated.

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  • In addressing the health system inequalities, Nigeria has a lot to learn from Malawi and South Africa

    June 21, 2023 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    In an effort to improve inequities in access to healthcare, the local government partnered with forces in Germany to create a drone project that uses artificial intelligence to deliver medical supplies to remote, rural areas, including antibiotics, pregnancy tests and pain medicine. So far this collaboration has carried out 166 supply deliveries.

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