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How tech is putting the needs of impoverished Kenyans on the map

Fred de Sam Lazaro

August 06, 2018 |

Under-Told Stories Project |

Broadcast TV News |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

In Kenya, mapping technology is helping to raise the standard of living by ensuring that the location of urban slums are being recorded, along with locations of electric lines, water tanks, public toilets, and more. Residents are trained in how to enter locations in the map so that public and private entities can provide better services - and this is just one of many technological initiatives helping Kenyans living in poverty.

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How Can America Reduce Mass Incarceration?

Terry Gross

August 06, 2018 |

NPR |

Radio |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Newark, New Jersey

A community court program in Newark, New Jersey provides alternative sentencing options for low-level offenders rather than jail or release that include getting help for mental health issues and addiction. It's part of a multi-state effort by the Center for Court Innovation to address that high rates of incarceration in the U.S. by addressing the criminalization of behaviors that are usually driven by other underlying factors such poverty, addiction and homelessness.

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Nairobi set to establish breast milk bank at Pumwani

Aggrey Omboki

August 06, 2018 |

Nation Africa |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Nairobi

A hospital in Nairobi, Kenya is setting up the country's first breast milk bank with help from the government and an NGO to ensure infants get breast milk even if their mothers cannot provide it. The World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding children for at least the first six months of life and officials estimate the breast milk bank will reduce neonatal deaths by 10 percent. However the effort could still face skepticism by the public over the safety of donated milk.

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Minnesota's rural towns are fighting brain drain by rebranding

Anoush Darabi

August 03, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Madison, Minnesota

Minnesota officials are capitalizing on a population trend: despite negative population growth in rural areas among people in their twenties, people in their thirties and forties continue to move to rural places. Get Rural is a campaign to share information and opportunities to encourage families to make Minnesota their home, not just a tourist destination. By using marketing tactics and bringing different local groups to work together, the campaign hopes to see population changes in the future.

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A Public School That Not Only Keeps Children Safe, But Heals

Suzanne Bohan

August 03, 2018 |

Nonprofit Quarterly |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

Cherokee Point Elementary School in San Diego became a trauma-informed school in 2015, and since then suspensions have fallen to zero (and remained that way since) and they no longer need a campus police officer. The school's approach includes revised disciplinary practices, social-emotional instruction, free breakfast, school-wide training about trauma, strong parental engagement, and intensive individual support. They even partner with community organizations that all them to create and offer a wider variety of services than the school could on its own.

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Nosy, persistent, brave: the women who catch sex-traffickers red-handed

Gavin Kelleher

August 03, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nepal

In Nepal a team of people monitor border crossings to rescue young women being trafficked into brothels in India. The women are tricked into believing there are jobs waiting for them rather than brutal lives of sexual servitude. The volunteer interceptors work with the organization Love Justice, which says it makes about 90 successful interventions every month, to reconnect the young women to their families or to other organizations.

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Win For Wetlands: Program Helps Farmers Conserve More Flood-Prone Land

Nicole Erwin

August 03, 2018 |

Ohio Valley ReSource |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Kentucky

For landowners living in close to proximity to the Mississippi River, this means continuously facing the impacts of unexpected flooding. The Wetland Reserve Enhancement Program offers the farmers on these lands the opportunity to protect and restore the wetlands in order to reduce the side effects of living in flood territory.

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Carbondale market study to inform the future of artist live-work spaces

Carla Jean Whitley

August 02, 2018 |

Glenwood Springs Post Independent |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Carbondale, Colorado

Carbondale is one of several Colorado towns that is focusing on preserving affordability for local artists. Since a different town was selected for a state-run program called Space to Create, Carbondale had to get more creative. The town is now working with a consulting group called Artspace that specializes in affordable housing for artists. Though the project is still in the early stages, they have already conducted a feasibility study and have clear plans in place to the development of affordable housing sites.

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Instead of jail, “Hope Not Handcuffs” gets people into addiction treatment

Cynthia Canty

August 02, 2018 |

Michigan Radio |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Macomb, Michigan

In Michigan, the Hope Not Handcuffs Initiative has partnered with local police departments to ensure that people with addictions are given support and treatment instead of being sent to jail. Ninety-eight percent of people are placed in a treatment center within two hours of their arrival at a participating police station; they estimate they've placed around 1500 people in their 18 months of operation.

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Trinidad seizes artist pursuits as economic development strategy

Carla Jean Whitley

August 02, 2018 |

Glenwood Springs Post Independent |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Trinidad, Colorado

One small town in Colorado has spurred economic development by implementing a strategy that focused on the revitalization of creative industries. As a result, Trinidad, CO, has seen a twofold increase in lodging tax income and restaurant sales tax as well as a drastic increase in profits from commercial building permits. Local artists recognized the potential Trindad could have as a creative district and brought the plan to city officials who were eventually able to take advantage of state programs and collaborate with a nonprofit to generate creative business, revitalizing the local economy as a result.

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