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Clubfoot Feature Story

Byamukama Alozious

October 05, 2022 |

Maama FM 101.7 |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: Uganda, Mulago

The Mulago Clubfoot Clinic treats children born with clubfoot deformities with nonsurgical methods. There are currently 28 clinics scattered across regional hospitals, increasing access to treatment for those in need.

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Chess offers inclusion, new direction to marginalised kids in Nigerian slums

Adebola Makinde

October 05, 2022 |

Social Voices |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos State

Chess in Slums Africa uses chess to provide education and enrichment for marginalized children. The program typically lasts for about two weeks and consists of chess sessions, mental math, and discussions to get to know the children intimately. Then, some of the children are placed in shelters or reconnected with their families. The organization then pays scheduled visits to ensure the child’s needs are met. So far, the organization has helped 976 children across the state.

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HelpMum is training traditional birth attendants to mitigate maternal mortality

Abiodun Jamiu

October 05, 2022 |

Social Voices |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

HelpMum works to reduce maternal and infant mortality by training community birth attendants on modern and safe delivery methods, as most traditional birth attendants lack proper training. Along with training sessions, the group also provides birth kits, or resources to help with the delivery process. So far, HelpMum is present in six states and has trained over 2,000 community health workers.

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IDPs access basic healthcare from mobile clinic

Emmanuel Kutara

October 04, 2022 |

Radio Nigeria |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

The Wassa mobile clinic provides community members with access to healthcare services like childbirth, vaccinations, family planning, and treatment for diseases like malaria and measles. The mobile clinic services are affordable and easy for the community to access, eliminating the need to travel far for care.

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Risking Everything to Offer Abortions Across State Lines

Emily Bazelon

October 04, 2022 |

The New York Times |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Aid Access is a telemedicine service that connects people in red states with abortion pills. The goal of Aid Access — and similar nonprofits that have emerged since the overturning of Roe v. Wade — is to ensure that abortion pills are affordable and that the most vulnerable people can access them.

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For A Small Rural Texas Town, the Solution to a Teacher Shortage Is a Motel

Bekah McNeel

September 29, 2022 |

The 74 |

Text |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Fort Stockton, Texas

The Fort Stockton Independent School District in Texas is attracting qualified teachers with high pay and cheap rent at school-owned housing.

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'No matter the law, no matter the stigma, no matter the cost.' This European network helps people access abortions

Kara Fox

September 28, 2022 |

CNN |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Netherlands, Amsterdam

The Abortion Without Borders (AWB) network is a grassroots organization that helps people from restrictive countries access safe abortions in countries that legally provide them. From December 2020 to December 2021, AWB has helped 32,000 people from Poland access abortions across Europe – an almost six-fold increase from the previous year.

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How this Texas university helps farmworkers' kids through college

Valeria Olivares

September 28, 2022 |

Dallas Morning News |

Text |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Austin, Texas

The College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) is a federal program that was developed as a result of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Higher Education Act of 1965, which was aimed at helping students living in poverty navigate the education process. More than 2,890 students — mostly from low-income, Hispanic families who do seasonal farm work — have gone through the program over the past five decades.

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California's fire crisis requires carceral reform and a Just Transition

Ray Levy Uyeda

September 28, 2022 |

Prism |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, California

A California law is making it easier for firefighters trained while incarcerated to get the emergency medical technician licensing required to work at municipal fire stations once released. The new law helps formerly incarcerated firefighters expunge felony convictions from their records that would otherwise prevent them access to licensing.

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‘The Mary Lyon way': A Boston inclusion school's successful approach to re-engagement

Christopher Huffaker

September 27, 2022 |

The Boston Globe |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

The Mary Lyon School is a “full-inclusion school” designed to give students — especially those with special needs, including emotional and behavioral disabilities — the necessary resources and supports to see positive outcomes with their education. The Mary Lyon School uses community-based approaches and philosophies rooted in inclusion to stay connected with students and their families to help guide them toward their graduation day.

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