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In this Manila 'baby factory,' why women put up with crowding four to a bed

Sonia Narang

March 09, 2015 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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Response Location: Philippines, Manila

Fabella Hospital in Manila is overrun with women in labor or recovering, it exemplifies the overpopulation of the area due to a lack of contraception and family planning access. The Philippines’ Reproductive Health Bill hopes to change this by allowing contraception to be available at public health places and allowing family planning services at these facilities.

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Asia Art Archive's Mobile Library travels to Myanmar

Enid Tsui

February 10, 2015 |

South China Morning Post |

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Response Location: Myanmar, Yangon

After decades of government repression and censorship, Myanmar’s civilian government has allowed for freer creative expression. The Hong Kong based Asia Art Archive is helping to develop the infrastructure of an arts community through workshops, meetings, and their “Mobile Library” of art books.

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Africa's quiet solar revolution

Lorena Galliot

January 25, 2015 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Response Location: Tanzania, Arusha, Arusha

Electricity is hard to come by in much of Africa. Now, skipping over the fossil fuel age, solar panels are bringing a cheap form of electricity to the continent.

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Scrooges of the World, Begone!

Nicholas Kristof

December 24, 2014 |

The New York Times |

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Response Location: Haiti, Port-au-Prince

Haiti suffered tremendous losses after the 2010 earthquake, exacerbating the devastation in an already impoverished country. In 2015, agriculture in Haiti is a growing business backed by the United States’ Feed the Future Initiative. Nourishment and health of mothers and babies has also improved with the encouragement of breastfeeding and sweet potatoes.

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Across the ocean, discerning Japanese customers take to Silky Pork

J. Andrew Curliss

December 10, 2014 |

The News & Observer |

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Response Location: Japan, Tokyo

After the success of North Carolina pork in Japan, the NC department of agriculture aims to help other local producers try their products in this foreign market to stimulate the state's economy.

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When a Community College Transforms a City

John Tierney

October 29, 2014 |

The Atlantic |

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Response Location: United States, Columbus, Ohio

In recent years, Columbus, Ohio's community college has taken a leading role in citywide economic development efforts. This has involved bolstering "career pathways" by better aligning high schools, community colleges, and local employers.

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MIT D-Lab promotes rural community innovations in Guatemala with Soluciones Comunitarias

Nancy Adams

October 10, 2014 |

MIT News |

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Response Location: Guatemala, Santa Maria Nebaj, El Quiché

Using "Creative Capacity Building," MIT's D-Lab established in impoverished, rural areas in developing nations a method of empowering and supporting individuals in rural communities to invent low-cost technologies specifically geared to address the problems or needs of their locale. In 2009, the D-Lab paired with SolCom, a Guatemalan community organizing enterprise, and an international development fund to bring this model to the isolated, impoverished area of Nebaj, assisting locals in creating a Makerspace, or "integrated workshop, demonstration site, training center, and retail shop to complement the activities of microentrepreneurs." The collaboration has fostered an environment for sustainable, grass-roots change, in which the social and intellectual capital needed to create the needed innovations and inventions originate in the community itself.

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How Did the Meadow Vole Cross the Road? Designing travel routes for wildlife

Benjamin Goldfarb

October 09, 2014 |

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Response Location: United States, Missoula, Montana

As a state with robust populations of wildlife, Montana has had its share of roadkill. Its Department of Transportation developed animal shelving, a type of wildlife crossing, to enable safe passage for small animals who need to cross the road. The measure, combined with other types of crossings, has reduced animal-vehicle collisions by half.

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In Tanzania, Coke improves medical distributions

Jacob Kushner

September 29, 2014 |

Public Radio International (PRI) |

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Response Location: Tanzania

Project Last Mile is a partnership between Coca-Cola and Tanzania’s Medical Stores Department that is helping to deliver medications to the most remote parts of the country. Due to this partnership, the Medical Stores Department has been able to leverage Coca-Cola's "geocoded software to identify the most efficient delivery schedules and routes," and significantly increase the availability of medicine throughout Tanzania.

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Saving India's mothers through mobile phones

Priyanka Borpujari

September 15, 2014 |

Al Jazeera |

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Response Location: India, Mumbai

Poor women encounter numerous hurdles during pregnancy and childbirth, many of which too often lead to the death of the baby, mother, or both. A pilot project in Mumbai called mMitra sends weekly voice messages to new and expecting mothers, providing critical information and advice on how to maintain their own health and that of their child. Hundreds of women have registered for the program, helping not only to increase the number healthy pregnancies and births, but creating additional, indirect impacts such as eliminating taboos against morning sickness and emphasizing the importance of women's health in general.

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