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In This District, Students Are Part of the Mental Health Response

Denisa R. Superville

June 05, 2023 |

Education Week |

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Response Location: United States, Uhrichsville, Ohio

The Peers Uplifting Peers program works to break down the stigma surrounding mental health and normalize having conversations about getting help. The program trains rural high schoolers in mental health first aid, teaching them how to communicate with their peers who may be experiencing mental health issues and how to connect them with trusted adults and mental health resources.

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Danish School Builds Network For Refugee, Migrant Women In Technology

Lilly Kersh

June 04, 2023 |

Grady Newsource |

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Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

The ReDI School of Digital Integration offers free technology classes to women with migrant and refugee backgrounds, as well as career resources such as mentorships, company visits, talent matching, and internship opportunities. More than 500 students have participated in the school's Denmark-based programs.

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What Happens to Locals' Jobs When an Abandoned Coal Mine Becomes a Tourist Spot?

Vivek Gupta

June 04, 2023 |

The Wire |

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Response Location: India, Bishrampur, Chhattisgarh

An abandoned, flooded mine in Bishrampur, India, is now an eco-tourism site where visitors can take a boat ride to a floating restaurant and locals breed fish. The new facilities offer employment for some of the residents who were left out of work when the mine closed.

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Cheshire County has the highest rate of dementia in NH. Here's what locals are doing to help.

Olivia Belanger

June 04, 2023 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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Response Location: United States, Cheshire County, New Hampshire

The Castle Center provides adults with dementia in need of assistance care during the day. Open five days a week, the center offers participants meals, medication monitoring, personal care assistance with the help of nurses and volunteers, socialization and activities like arts and crafts. The Center also offers time off for caregivers — like family members — who often care for people with dementia 24/7.

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A Nigerian Health Tech Startup is Making Medical Care Affordable

Owosho Ololade

June 04, 2023 |

Observers Mag |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Ekiti

JEAY Healthcare is an app that provides quick, accessible healthcare that is both convenient and affordable. People who sign up on the app can consult physicians through audio and video calls, perform medical tests, book lab appointments, get prescriptions and order medical equipment straight to their doorstep. Since the app launched in February 2023, there have been 130 daily users recorded between the ages of 18 and 24.

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Continuum of care: How one state coalition is bridging the gap on gender-affirming resources

James Rinker

June 03, 2023 |

Sentinel Source (The Keene Sentinel) |

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Response Location: United States, Monadnock Region, New Hampshire

The Gender Diverse Care Coalition of New Hampshire works to expand access to gender-affirming care through free training, consultations with providers, education and advocacy work. The Coalition also has a website that offers a database of resources on gender-affirming care in the state and surrounding area. Through its offerings, the Coalition is working to increase the number of providers in the state who are comfortable and capable of providing care to transgender patients.

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What Happens When Christians and Muslims Translate Scripture Side by Side

Rachel Pfeiffer

June 02, 2023 |

Christianity Today |

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Response Location: Chad

A Bible translation ministry, unfoldingWord, worked with the Church Growth Project of Chad to translate the Bible into 10 minority languages. The organizations held workshops to train those who speak the language that were interested in getting paid to translate the work, the majority of whom were Muslim, and worked in teams to do so.

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Chanja Datti – the Nigerian plastic waste pioneer

Ekpali Saint

June 02, 2023 |

Pioneers Post |

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Response Location: Nigeria

Chanja Datti, a social enterprise in Nigeria, turns recyclables into commercially viable products to sell for manufacturing, like pellets and bales. The company collects waste from various organizations and pays locals who collect trash and turn it in.

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Writing to belong

Geetanjali Krishna

June 01, 2023 |

Asia Democracy Chronicles |

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Response Location: Bangladesh, Cox's Bazar

To help preserve important cultural knowledge in the face of genocide, Rohingya Project digitized and designed a font for the Hanifi Rohingya alphabet, which was developed in the 1980s. The script has now been released as a Unicode and is taught to displaced Rohingya around the world in refugee camps, classrooms, Zoom meetings, and WhatsApp groups.

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'Earn while you learn:' Co-op programs gain appeal amid rising cost of living

Brett Bundale

June 01, 2023 |

The Canadian Press |

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Response Location: Canada, Waterloo, Ontario

Co-op programs such as those at the University of Waterloo allow students to get paid for hands-on experience in their chosen field while also completing academic coursework. Last year, the university facilitated roughly 25,000 work terms across six academic faculties.

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