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Lego Foundation and Sesame Street Team Up to Help Refugee Children

Karen Zraick

December 05, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Bangladesh

More than half of the almost 70 million people who have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced are children. The Lego Foundation and Sesame Workshop are teaming up with organizations in the countries surrounding Syria to offer play-based learning programs that teach resilience and respect of differences for refugee children six years old and younger.

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The for-profit company that turned around Maine's failing addiction treatment initiative

Jackie Farwell

November 26, 2018 |

Bangor Daily News |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Maine

Groups Recover Together is a for-profit clinic in Maine that helps treat people addicted to opioids. It prescribes buprenorphine, provides weekly counseling, and serves around 600 people a week at 60 clinics in the country. Its retention rates are well above the national average.

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These Performers Literally Play for Their Lives

Phillip Pantuso

November 23, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kingston, New York

For musicians and artists who don’t have traditional access to healthcare, one music festival has them covered. O+ (“O Positive”) is a music festival in Kingston, NY that invites musicians and artists from around the United States to perform, and in exchange they get free access to health care services. Doctors, dentists, and other providers are recruited as volunteers. At the 2018 festival, over 173 musicians and artists made 465 clinic visits.

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‘Like therapy, but better': The holiday dinner party that makes space for grief

Caitlin Gibson

November 21, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

To better grieve the death of a parent, two friends in Los Angeles created an organization known as The Dinner Party which aims to bring people of similar experiences together to better cope with loss. Although the hosts of the events are professional therapists, they undergo training in order to better offer support and resources for those in attendance.

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The Young Texans Helping Turn Refugees into Americans

Ethan Epstein

November 15, 2018 |

Politico |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Austin

The nonprofit GirlForward operates in Chicago and Austin, and is working to help young refugee girls learn skills and thrive in America. The intensive mentoring and tutoring program has shown results for girls who are otherwise navigating new responsibilities on their own.

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What San Francisco's Reform Of Fees And Fines Can Teach Chicago

Natalie Moore

November 08, 2018 |

WBEZ |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco

Recently, a coalition of community members and city government officials in San Francisco came together to rethink the way that the city issues fines and fees for minor infractions, which disproportionately impact low-income residents who already struggle in the country's most expensive city. Now, fees are reduced and can be paid in installments; the change has also been found to actually save the government money in administrative costs, rather than costing revenue as some critics expected.

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Three Guanacaste Organizations Take on Role of Schools As Teachers Remain on Strike

Noelia Esquivel

November 08, 2018 |

La Voz de Guanacaste |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica

As teachers at schools in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica begin their second month of strikes, several NGOs are stepping in to offer lesson plans and cafeteria meals to students who would otherwise be out of school and without sufficient food. "The safest and best place is in the classroom, not just for their education but also for their safety," the director of an organized called Abriendo Mentes says. “If they have a lot of free time it’s easy to get in trouble because in these rural towns there isn’t a lot to do.”

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Detroit indoor farming operation looks to grow food, create jobs, and feed the hungry

Brian Allnutt

November 06, 2018 |

Model D |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

A hydroponic farm called Planted on Detroit's East Side brings a comprehensive approach to the urban farm-to-table movement, combining sustainable growth practices with a non-profit distribution program. Planted also creates jobs for those in the neighborhood, training locals how a hydroponic farm works and how to best provide food to those who need it most.

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Melt Thy Rifles Into Garden Tools

Patricia Leigh Brown

November 06, 2018 |

The New York Times |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Raw Tools, is a nonprofit that converts guns into garden tools. The organization was created by Michael Martin, a pastor who wanted to do something after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School that resulted in the death 20 children and six educators. “You’re taking a weapon of death and turning it into the complete opposite, which is life.”

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Birth Control to Fight Poverty in Guanacaste

Noelia Esquivel

November 03, 2018 |

La Voz de Guanacaste |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Costa Rica, Huacas, Guanacaste

In the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica, a non-profit is donating IUDs to women, acknowledging that the lack of access to contraception and family planning services is part of a cycle of poverty for many women and families. So far, paired with education about the process and based off of similar programs in the U.S. and other countries, organizations have helped 60 women receive IUDs.

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