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  • Una iniciativa social muestra el teletrabajo como la antesala de una mudanza al pueblo

    June 30, 2021 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Response Location: Spain

    En España, Rooral ofrece a nativos digitales urbanos la oportunidad de disfrutar la vida en pueblitos rurales —con buen acceso al internet. Rooral atrae a jóvenes a pueblos que los necesitan y conecta a los residentes urbanos a un estilo de vida centrado en la comunidad.

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  • A social initiative shows that remote working could feed the relocation to small villages

    June 30, 2021 |

    Revista Haz |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Spain

    Urbanites get the taste of small-town living through an initiative that is bringing digital workers to the countryside. Rooral is tapping into the remote work market to increase rural development while connecting people from cities to a way of life that emphasizes community and connection.

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  • 'What most kids need': How one school community got SMART when its rural hospital closed

    June 21, 2021 |

    Reckon |

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    Response Location: United States, Pickens County, Alabama

    School Health Model for Academics Reaching All and Transforming Lives (SMART) clinics are school-based clinics that fill in rural healthcare gaps. SMART clinics are fully funded for three years and then must be self-sustaining. Nurse practitioners and physicians provide routine medical care, like checkups and treating minor illnesses and injuries. Licensed social workers assess the needs of each student and provide onsite counseling, which has reduced the stigma of seeking mental health treatments. Care is free to all students, while community members who use the clinic are billed a co-pay.

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  • Inside Elephant Territory

    May 24, 2021 |

    Outriders |

    Multi-Media |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Sri Lanka

    New tactics are being implemented to prevent elephants from approaching farmland in Sri Lanka. Clashes between people and elephants have increased with the expansion of small farms encroaching into elephant habitats. One solution to prevent damage to crops and to protect people has been electric fences. The fences deliver a small shock - enough to deter the elephant without harming it.

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  • Non-profit grocery store Jubilee Market in Waco fills a gap for affordable, nutritious food

    April 28, 2021 |

    Dallas Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Waco, Texas

    A community-based grocery store is bringing nutritious and affordable food to residents in Waco, Texas. Jubilee Market is located in an economically disadvantaged neighborhood which previously lacked a grocery store. The store’s success has inspired a similar project in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas.

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  • People Fixing the World - Pedal power: How bicycles can change lives

    April 20, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    Response Location: Zambia

    Long distances and lack of transportation present steep obstacles to education, healthcare access, entrepreneurship, and economic mobility in general for Zambians. Onyx Connect is an initiative that provides affordable bicycles to women and youth who live in rural Zambia. A study of the outcomes showed an increase in enrollment at the local school.

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  • Pedal power: How bicycles can change lives

    April 20, 2021 |

    BBC |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Zambia

    Onyx Connect sprang from the imagination of one entrepreneur who saw how poor roads and poverty made bicycles the only practical alternative to walking great distances in southern Zambia. Onyx sells sturdy bikes with a monthly payment plan that makes them affordable but also gives bike owners a personal stake in maintaining their own investment, instead of just having it donated to them. Bikes have given girls greater access to education and farmers more income because they can deliver fresh milk or other goods more often, more quickly, at greater distances than before.

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  • People Fixing the World: How a bicycle tripled one woman's income

    April 19, 2021 |

    BBC |

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    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: Zambia

    Bicycles are improving mobility for Zambians living in rural areas. Access to affordable bicycles has increased their business profits, drastically cut their travel time to school, and improved access to health facilities in the countryside. Residents are able to pay small monthly installments for the bicycles, which have drastically improved their quality of life. The majority of Zambians living outside of cities live over 1 mile away from a good road.

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  • When gold is green

    April 16, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Costa Rica, Osa Peninsula

    Sustainable rural tourism on the Osa Peninsula has been combined with economic prosperity in a campaign known as Caminos de Osa. A mentorship program matches experts with local entrepreneurs to successfully set up travel destinations. 35 small businesses have been vetted and promoted by travel agencies and the project has created a tourism chain in rural Costa Rica, generating a source of income for small business owners.

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  • Rivers of Milk, Islands of Prosperity

    April 13, 2021 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Ukraine, Andriyivka

    A dairy cooperative in Ukraine has brought jobs to farmers in the region and allowed them to work together to sell their milk on the market. An international nonprofit helped the Andriyivka Prosperity cooperative get off the ground. While villagers were skeptical of joining at first, and there are still challenges with operating the cooperative, there are 129 members that sell their milk. “The cooperative has halted the extinction of the village, allowing young people to stay in their homelands and have jobs and a livelihood,” says one of the villagers.

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