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A private sector 'productivity tool' to eliminate poverty is catching on around the world

Kelli Rogers

April 27, 2017 |

Devex |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Paraguay, Asunción

Fundación Paraguaya is helping drastically redefine the way that poverty is identified, defined, and addressed. Through a simple, interactive, mobile-based survey called "Poverty Spotlight", workers can self-assess their level of poverty. They are then paired with microfinance agents to develop a plan to tackle their own unique challenges, with assistance in the form of training, technology, or small loans.

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These Undocumented Teens are Silent No More

Soni Sangha

April 26, 2017 |

Bright Magazine |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States

Undocumented immigrant youth are turning to activism to find their voice. Across the nation, young undocumented high school students are finding support within activism groups and fighting for change. “I started to see that when you’re organizing and you get people together, it all works out perfectly. The effect is not negative, it’s positive. It’s bringing people up, giving them hope.”

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Question: How do we get black men involved in their communities? Answer: They already are.

Courtland Milloy

April 25, 2017 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

An organization called The BMe Community (for Black Male Engagement) aims to combat the negative image of black men with hard facts and statistics of how they are actually improving their communities. Now operating in 6 cities, founder Trabian Shorters created a funding network that publicizes and supports the positive work that 194 black men are doing in order to change the narrative that black men are a problem only.

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The people making films above the 60th parallel

Valentina Valentini

April 25, 2017 |

BBC |

Multi-Media |

Under 800 Words

Response Location: Canada, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

By leveraging technology, artists living above the 60th parallel are increasing indigenous representation in filmmaking. In Yellowknife, Canada, aRTLess Collective’s Dead North Film Festival uses live streaming to reach thousands of residents across remote—and otherwise largely inaccessible—northern areas. The film festival connects and empowers indigenous northerners to represent themselves and their culture through film.

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How Teens Can Fight Math Anxiety

Terri Coles

April 21, 2017 |

Bright Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Canada, Toronto

Mindfulness and programs, such as Math Guru, designed to address student's anxiety are being implemented in several areas as a way of combatting anxiety and helping students talk through their fears so that it doesn't impede their performance or develop into a more severe issue. Particularly, in places where anxiety and mental illness is high, these areas are looking into the benefits of student mindfulness training.

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Saving seeds and stories at Taos Pueblo

Cody Hooks

April 20, 2017 |

The Taos News |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Taos Pueblo, United States, Taos, New Mexico

One small thing colonization destroyed was seeds. Indigenous communities used to pass seeds down from generation to generation, but according to some estimates, seed erosion has wiped off as much as 90 percent of agricultural crops. A global effort is being undertaken to save seeds, and also conserve tradition.

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How Poverty Changes the Brain

Tara Garcia Mathewson

April 19, 2017 |

The Atlantic |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Living in poverty can impact brain functioning due to the consistent stress and can lead to difficulty with problem solving, decision making, and goal setting. A Boston-based project, EMPath, addresses this issue by assisting families with identifying goals and taking the steps to accomplish these goals.

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Kenya learns to cook with solar power – even when the sun doesn't shine

Justus Wanzala

April 10, 2017 |

Thomson Reuters Foundation |

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Under 800 Words

Response Location: Kenya, Busia

Farmers with a Vision is a community group helping install solar-powered stoves as a cleaner form of energy. The upsides include saving time, saving forests, and decreasing injuries. The biggest challenge is money, so Farmers with a Vision is connecting community members with microlenders. The increased use of solar cookstoves is an opportunity to improve health and the environment.

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Appalachia's new trail: finding life after coal

Zack Colman

April 09, 2017 |

The Christian Science Monitor |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kentucky

Well-paying mining jobs used to be the bedrock of Appalachian coal country, but those jobs are increasingly hard to find. Local and national organizations are working together to help the region diversify economically by supporting local entrepreneurship with trainings and grant money.

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Where Pregnancy Isn't A Death Sentence

Linus Unah

April 06, 2017 |

Bright Magazine |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Ondo

In the Nigeria state of Ondo the maternal mortality rate fell by 40 percent after the state unrolled the Abiye vanguard program. Over 400 health vanguard’s were hired to ensure that pregnant women delivered their babies in healthcare facilities, rather than with traditional birth attendants. “94.7 percent of deliveries today are now handled by skilled attendants, compared to 38 percent nationwide.”

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