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  • Community Land Trusts Build Climate-Resilient Affordable Housing

    December 01, 2022 |

    Yes! Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Big Pine Key, Florida

    Community land trusts are nonprofits that buy land, build homes, and ensure the long-term affordability of the homes they build. A trust in Florida is not only ensuring homes stay affordable after natural disasters it is also focused on building units that can withstand storms so families do not need to rebuild.

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  • Exchanging Plastics for Learning Resources: How This Non-profit Addresses Low-Quality Education

    December 01, 2022 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abeokuta, Ogun State

    The Recyclearn Initiative is a Nigerian nonprofit that arranges for students to work with its team members in collecting plastic to sell to recycling companies. The profits provide school materials to students in need.

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  • Indian farmers turn to solar-powered fridges to fight food waste

    December 01, 2022 |

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    Response Location: India

    Solar-powered cold storage units help farmers in India to store their harvests during extreme heat instead of discarding their produce or trying to sell it quickly for cheap to avoid waste. The solar-powered option is significantly cheaper than typical electric cold storage, making it more accessible to small-scale farmers.

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  • Can This Chicken Company Solve America's Food Waste Problem?

    November 30, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

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    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    Do Good Foods makes chicken feed from supermarket surplus foods to keep food from ending up in landfills emitting methane.

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  • Caring for kids with spina bifida can be difficult, but Nigerian parents are learning new ways of doing it

    November 30, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Festus Fajemilo Foundation teaches parents how to care for children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and helps fund treatment and surgery costs for families who can’t afford it. The foundation connects with parents through social media, radio, TV, and public lectures like its annual “Go-Folic” campaign which encourages women on the importance of folic acid and has reached 10,000 people so far.

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  • Media woman behind first accountability reporting initiative in Nigeria

    November 30, 2022 |

    African Women in Media (AWiM) |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Udeme project trains student journalists to track government constituency projects and write investigative reports holding officials accountable when planned projects are stalled or poorly executed. The participants, called U-monitors, also meet with local community members to inform them about the budget process and help them track constituency projects themselves.

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  • Free Fridges in The Bronx, Created as COVID Stopgap, Still Meeting Chronic Food Needs

    November 30, 2022 |

    The City |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Community fridges, like The Friendly Fridge, popped up during the pandemic as a way to get food to people in need, as the pandemic highlighted nationwide food insecurity issues. The fridges survive on donations from community members, other organizations and local restaurants and grocery stores. It’s estimated that about 250 people will grab something from The Friendly Fridge each day.

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  • Moving Entire Towns to Escape Climate Change

    November 30, 2022 |

    NBCLX |

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    Response Location: United States, Charlotte, North Carolina

    A buyout program in Charlotte, North Carolina, pays residents to move out of areas with high flood risk. The program is a form of managed retreat, a practice in which people choose to move away from climate-related threats.

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  • Why these health workers are spending their lives in South Africa's poorest villages

    November 30, 2022 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Hlabisa, KwaZulu-Natal

    The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation funds health education for students from poor, rural backgrounds. Upon graduation, these students are then more likely to practice medicine in the rural communities they call home, thus increasing access to care in those areas where it’s often scarce.

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  • Public sensitization of khat farmers in Mbeere South helping to keep children in schools

    November 30, 2022 |

    90.3 County FM |

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    Response Location: Kenya

    Uhamasisho wa wakaaji wa Mbeere Kusini dhidi ya kuwachisha wanafunzi shule ili wasaidie katika kilimo na biashara ya miraa inazaa matunda. Kupitia mikutano za hadhara ambazo zinaandaliwa mara mbili kwa mwezi na idara ya utawala katika vijiji kupitia machifu na manaibu wao, wananchi wamekuwa wakielimishwa na kuhimizwa kuhusu umuhimu wa elimu kwa watoto na madhara ya kuwahusisha katika shughuli za miraa.

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