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  • Syrian women find confidence and community in Canada through catering events

    Jenny Uechi

    March 01, 2017 |

    National Observer |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia

    A select group of women Syrian refugees are helping cater dinners in Vancouver, British Columbia. The dinner events, titled “Tayybeh: A Celebration of Syrian Cuisine,” help the women both earn a small living and create a support network. Anyone is able to buy a ticket, and attendee numbers have only grown since the first event.

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  • Almost all girls were cut in her Ethiopian village. Not anymore, thanks to her.

    Amy Yee

    January 26, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Ethiopia, Addis Ababa

    When Bogaletch Gebre was a girl she underwent a dangerous procedure, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). The practice requires the removal of all, or part of the clitoris. It can lead to scarring, bleeding, and sometimes even death. When she grew up and learned the harmful effects of the procedure, she and her sister decided to create a non profit to end the practice. “Today, KMG is credited with virtually eliminating FGM in Kembata, a region of 680,000.” What’s worked so well for the non profit? Community conversations. “Community conversations can work anywhere where human beings live together,” Gebre says. “

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  • Kha'p'o Community School Returns K-6 Education to Pueblo Control

    Ellen Berkovitch

    November 15, 2016 |

    Santa Fe Public Radio (KSFR) |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Santa Fe, New Mexico

    Kha'p'o Community School recently became the first of six Native American Community Academy schools in New Mexico and, after two years of planning, is now entirely under tribal control. Its educational model brings tribal language and project-based learning focused on tribal identity into the classroom. This model teaches the importance of cultural preservation and prepares the children who will someday be leading the very tribe that they are being educated in.

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  • Americans Are Getting Their Voluntourism Fix on a New Carnival Cruise

    Jacob Kushner

    November 07, 2016 |

    Vice |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Fathom is the world's first-ever cruise line for people who want to vacation and volunteer as a way of helping poor families in the Dominican Republic have concrete floors, water filters etc. However, the impact of this organization is unknown given a lack of data and contrasting anecdotal evidence.

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  • The last word: protecting our vanishing languages

    Lucy Purdy

    October 25, 2016 |

    Positive.News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom, Shropshire

    The world is expecting to lose half its languages by the end of the century. People are preserving the ancestral languages by collecting and utilizing the vocabulary within their families and using apps and technologies to learn new languages.

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  • Native schools move forward by looking to the past

    Leah Todd Lin

    October 08, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Santa Clara Native Reservation, United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    A New Mexico network of native schools, called the NACA-Inspired Schools Network, addresses the failure of traditional schooling to incorporate native culture into lessons by designing a culturally relevant curriculum for students. Beyond cultural education, the network also requires students to take at least two Advanced Placement courses and apply to at least 10 colleges to help level the playing field for native students in New Mexico.

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  • Earthbags Are Harnessing Soil to House the Nepalese

    Temma Ehrenfeld

    September 20, 2016 |

    Garden Collage |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nepal, Kathmandu

    In an effort to rebuild after Nepal’s devastating 2015 earthquake, Earthbags have become a growing method of sustainable, affordable construction. These bags are carefully filled with soil, and stacked on one another to build structures like homes and schools. Across the country, officials, local residents, and non-profits like Good Earth Nepal have embraced the method in a grassroots push to rebuild the country for and by themselves.

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  • CDFIs Can Help Native Populations Moving to Cities

    Johnny Magdaleno

    September 19, 2016 |

    Next City |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Rapid City, South Dakota

    In Rapid City, South Dakota, talking about money is taboo among Native American families. To help improve their financial situations Black Hills Community Loan Fund offers financial literacy classes. The organization is in the process to be certified as a Native CDFI, a program that will help expand their impact.

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  • Farmers, Chefs, and Lawyers: Building an Ecology of One

    Patrick M. Lydon

    August 21, 2016 |

    The Nature of Cities |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: South Korea, Hongcheon

    The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization provides some pretty grim predictions for the future of global food stability if modern, monoculture farming practices continue to degrade land, spread pesticides, and destroy natural habitats at their current rate. A revival in the "ecology of one" mindset is bringing many farmers, like Ryoseok Hong in South Korea, back to more natural, traditional methods of agriculture which place greater value on community relationships and farm-to-table transparency, as well as biodiversity and preservation of the greater ecosystem.

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  • A 700-year-old West African farming practice could be an answer to climate change

    Lily Kuo

    June 22, 2016 |

    Quartz |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: Ghana

    Recycled kitchen waste and charcoal ash makes for healthy soil healthy that is more resilient to climate change. For centuries, women in Ghana and Liberia have used this technique on their farmlands, which are renowned for their fertility. The technique has now attracted the attention of anthropologists and researchers.

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