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Raise or retreat? Home elevation aims to protect historic houses

Adrienne Mayfield

April 15, 2022 |

WAVY-TV |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Virginia

As waters continue to rise and flood homes at sea levels, some homeowners are spending thousands of dollars to raise their homes off the ground. This solution that has been tried in Charleston is expensive, but some people think it can also work in Virginia. One industry expert started the Home Raising Academy, a workforce development program, to train architects, engineers, realtors, and government officials on floodplain management, insurance, and financing for home elevations in the area.

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The Future of Work Is Green Jobs in New York

Lissa Harris

March 31, 2022 |

The River |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hudson, New York

Several organizations in the Hudson Valley provide workforce development training geared towards increasing the number of qualified workers who can go into the emerging green jobs sector. Ulster BOCES provides vocational programs for high school students that include on-the-job training and certificates relevant to the clean energy sector. NYSERDA’s clean-energy on-the-job training program provides training assistance and partial reimbursement for the wages of new hires.

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Opium production down as communities in Mexico's Golden Triangle turn to forestry

Rodrigo Soberanes

March 29, 2022 |

Mongabay |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Mexico, Durango

Four communities in Durango, Mexico, turned to sustainable forestry practices to earn their livings and stop dependence on illegal crop production.

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'Pain In My Heart': Fighting Unemployment From A Nonprofit Perspective

Chidera Eze

March 16, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Enugu

A Nigerian nonprofit is providing skills to unemployed youth who are facing a tough job market with rising unemployment rates. The Kennedy Care Foundation offers free training in various skill sets: hair styling, makeup artistry, photography, video editing, and baking as well.

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Switching Charcoal Burning To Beekeeping To Protect Environment

Jejje Muhinde

February 22, 2022 |

Rwanda Dispatch |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Rwanda

Former charcoal producers in Rwanda are leaving behind an environmentally taxing livelihood and make a steadier livelihood by learning a new trade — beekeeping. In 2021, an organization known as The APIARY started training people in six Rwandan districts, where over 28 people were trained to train others in their communities. So far, those who have switched have seen their income triple.

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A Program for Youth Is Reshaping Arts Education in Chicago

Francia Garcia Hernandez

February 21, 2022 |

Yes! Magazine |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

The National Museum of Mexican Art’s Yollocalli Arts Reach provides space for young people to collaborate with each other, work with mentors, and gain exposure to different art forms and creative skills. Yollocalli serves Chicago’s youth in predominately Latino neighborhoods and focused on free art programming, mentorship, and career support. The programming emphasizes creativity as a tool for youth to learn to express their needs, share their ideas, and influence their environment. Nearly 3,000 teenagers and young adults have participated in Yollocalli’s programs with forty lead artists.

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Making IDPs dream of moving out of camps possible

Chika Mefor

February 07, 2022 |

Media Career Development Network |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

The Skilled Women Initiative trains women trains displaced women living in camps on various skills they can use to make money and find jobs, empowering them to one day leave the camps. The initiative has trained about 700 people in skills like textile upcycling, crochet, sewing, and soap making. It also educates those in the program on how to develop a business plan to sell their goods and services and connects them with job referrals outside of the camps.

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Driving change: the all-female garage shifting attitudes in northern Nigeria

Abiodun Jamiu

January 12, 2022 |

The Guardian |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Sokoto, Sokoto State

An all-female mechanic staff is turning heads in Nigeria. Their workshop provides jobs to dozens of women who have limited work opportunities in the region. The female staff also breaks barriers in a society where only men have typically worked as professional mechanics.

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This NGO's Strategy Helps Ex-convicts Avoid Repeating Crime

Ekpali Saint

December 13, 2021 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Benue

In the nine years since its founding, Dream Again Prison and Youth Initiative has helped more than 2,000 incarcerated Nigerians prepare for success in work and life after they leave prison. Using mental health support, vocational training, and financial aid after graduates leave prison, the program works in six prisons in an effort to combat the country's rising recidivism rate. Much of the focus is on helping would-be entrepreneurs start their own businesses rather than rely on existing businesses that may not want to give the formerly incarcerated a second chance.

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How role-playing helps police do their job without firing their guns

Caren Chesler

December 12, 2021 |

The Washington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

Training courses based on role-playing that supplement classroom teaching have helped some police departments reduce incidents of unnecessary use of lethal force. In response to protests over police shootings, more departments are using a variety of courses that train officers to seek alternatives to shooting when they perceive a threat. The most expensive and intensive course uses live actors. Others use video and virtual reality headsets. The key to effectiveness is the realism of a training that lets officers repeatedly act out the lessons so that they become second nature.

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