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  • From a Fact-Finding Visit to Providing Safe Water for Sauka Community

    February 07, 2022 |

    Nigeria Health Watch |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Sauka

    The international organization Riders for Health provided an electric generator to a community in Nigeria to power their water pump and get them access to clean drinking water.

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  • Off the coast of Italy, a radical approach to battling illegal fishing: a seafloor sculpture museum

    February 07, 2022 |

    National Geographic |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Italy

    An unlikely sculpture museum is helping to battle illegal fishing off the coast of Italy, but this one museum you'll have to dive to see. Over 39 sculptures make up this underwater exhibit and serve as a physical barrier to seafloor trawling.

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  • The Town That QAnon Nearly Swallowed

    February 07, 2022 |

    The Nation (New York) |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Sequim, Washington

    The Sequim Good Governance League (SGGL) formed in response to right-wing agitators taking over positions of power and spreading misinformation. SGGL recruited progressive and moderately conservative candidates who successfully defeated incumbents with the help of dozens of volunteers they trained. Volunteers worked around the clock, sent out emails, put up signs around the town, and used their most effective tool: having one-on-one conversations with other residents. SGGL-backed candidates now hold the majority of government offices.

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  • Making IDPs dream of moving out of camps possible

    February 07, 2022 |

    Media Career Development Network |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

    The Skilled Women Initiative trains women trains displaced women living in camps on various skills they can use to make money and find jobs, empowering them to one day leave the camps. The initiative has trained about 700 people in skills like textile upcycling, crochet, sewing, and soap making. It also educates those in the program on how to develop a business plan to sell their goods and services and connects them with job referrals outside of the camps.

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  • More youths are becoming home caregivers. Experts say they need more help and support

    February 07, 2022 |

    WXXI |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Palm Beach County, Florida

    Programs like the American Association of Caregiving Youth (AACY) advocate for and provide support to youth caregivers who are responsible for caring for sick, elderly, or adults with disabilities at home. AACY’s Youth Caregiver Project provides support in school and at home by offering customized services based on each student’s needs, including tutoring, counseling and even connections to food resources or school supplies. AACY serves about 600 students in 30 schools each year. Since the Youth Caregiver Project began in the late 1990s, about 2,000 youth have completed the program.

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  • Cómo los drones pueden ayudar a disminuir la contaminación por plásticos en el mundo

    February 06, 2022 |

    Infobae |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Cada año, 13 millones de toneladas de plástico terminan en el océano. Aunque hay mucha evidencia acerca de la contaminación plástica en todo el mundo, aún faltan datos de calidad para obtener soluciones efectivas. Mediante un sisema de drones desarrollado por una empresa británica, es posible encontrar y mapear residuos plásticos en diferentes terrenos y clasificarlos por tipo, tamaño, origen o marca, de manera de obtener información certera y comparable para impulsar la toma de decisiones.

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  • Zero Tolerance to FGM in Okpala Umukwune

    February 06, 2022 |

    Stories That Matter NG |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Nigeria, Okpala Umukwune

    A community in Nigeria educated residents about the dangers of female genital mutation and implemented a fine to stop the practice.

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  • Ein Dach für alle – Wege aus der Obdachlosigkeit

    February 05, 2022 |

    ZDF |

    Broadcast TV Programs |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Germany

    Mehr als 400.000 Menschen in Deutschland sind wohnungs- oder obdachlos. Doch neue Konzepte versprechen Abhilfe. Die Stadt Bamberg etwa vergibt Wohnungen ohne Vorbedingung. Und eine Stiftung in Spanien vermittelt leerstehende Häuser auf dem Land.

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  • ¿Cómo lograr que una ciudad sea amigable con envejecer?

    February 04, 2022 |

    El Colectivo 506 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica

    Una alianza público-privada entre organizaciones no gubernamentales y gobiernos locales está fomentando la transformación de las ciudades en Costa Rica para que sean amigables con las personas mayores y consecuentemente promotoras del envejecimiento saludable.

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  • “It Was Just So Magical”: These Groups Are Helping Refugees Rediscover Nature

    February 04, 2022 |

    Outside |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Migrants fleeing their homes in search of safety are finding refuge in nature. A Chicago nonprofit, REACH, is helping refugee families “find community, support, and confidence via wilderness adventures.” Wilderness experiences are providing recreation and the therapeutic effects of nature.

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