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  • College felt impossible to this student in foster care. Then NYC offered to pay.

    June 15, 2023 |

    Chalkbeat |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    To help make college more accessible, New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services provides students in the foster care system with room and board, a $60 daily stipend, and up to $15,000 for tuition.

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  • This Nigerian School is Bridging Digital Gender Gap in Northern Nigeria

    June 14, 2023 |

    BONews |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    The Nigeria-based Bauchi Feminist Internet School is bridging the gender gap in digital literacy and safety in the country. The school teaches youth, primarily young women, how to safely use the internet and encourages them to advocate for change.

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  • In Minneapolis, three-fourths of kids with elevated levels of lead are children of color. These workers are trying to do something about that.

    June 13, 2023 |

    Sahan Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Minneapolis, Minnesota

    The Minneapolis City Health Department Health Homes team does community outreach in the neighborhoods with the highest elevated lead levels. Team members visit homes to inform parents about the dangers of lead, direct them to helpful resources, and test kids’ lead levels to help prevent long-term effects. If a house is deemed at risk of lead exposure, the team will inspect it and provide recommendations on how to eliminate the risk.

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  • Safe Spaces for Traumatized Children

    June 09, 2023 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Romania

    The Association for Victims of Sexual Crimes is creating child-friendly interview spaces at legal institutions in Romania so that young survivors of sexual assault can be interviewed in a more comfortable setting and avoid further trauma.

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  • Could access to child care be the key to helping parents clear arrest warrants?

    June 08, 2023 |

    The 19th |

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    Response Location: United States, Pontiac, Michigan

    Lawyers, clerks, and judges are voluntarily hosting warrant clinics around the United States to help people address active warrants for their arrest — typically small traffic violations and misdemeanors. The clinics offer childcare, too, which is a common barrier for parents looking to address warrants.

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  • Climate Change: How Nigerian Community is Adapting Farming Practices to Dry Season

    June 06, 2023 |

    DA News |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Likpata, Kwara

    Nigerian farmers are adapting their practices to the dry season to avoid disastrous flooding during the rainy months. They use techniques like drip irrigation to conserve water by delivering it directly to plant roots and are cultivating drought-resistant crops. The government helps supports farmers in this endeavor by providing seedlings and fertilizer, too.

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  • Wage Boosts for Local Workers

    June 06, 2023 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Scranton, Pennsylvania

    The city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, used some of its money from the American Rescue Plan Act to create a Wage Boost Grant for local businesses. The grant is used to raise hourly wages for two years allowing the business to save up money to keep the higher hourly rate after that. These raises are critical for small businesses trying to retain employees.

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  • How farming is saving Migori widows from wife inheritance 

    June 05, 2023 |

    Lake Region Bulletin |

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    Response Location: Kenya, Nyasoko

    To fight back against “woman inheritance,” a practice in which women are married off to a brother-in-law after the death of a husband, widows in Nyasoko formed a support group that raises awareness about HIV, provides microloans, and maintains shared land for farming. The group now has 36 members and has enabled widows to start their own businesses and take control of their health.

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

    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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  • A tweak to help potatoes withstand late blight disease

    June 01, 2023 |

    Daily Trust |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Researchers bioengineered potatoes to resist late blight, a disease that ruins harvests, so farmers in Nigeria can have reliable yields and incomes. The new potatoes were cultivated by combining the potatoes farmers like to grow with wild potatoes that naturally resist mold.

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