Artwork stating 'Education Destroys Barriers', 'We Demand Treatment', and 'I Need A Chance'

Search Results

You searched for: -

There are 421 results  for your search.  View and Refine Your Search Terms

  • El cálculo imposible de las ollas comunes: ¿cómo repartir cuatro pescados entre trescientas personas?

    Stefanie Pareja

    June 16, 2022 |

    Salud con Lupa |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Peru, Lima

    Las Ollas Comunes son comedores comunales que proporcionan almuerzo a los miembros de las comunidades aledañas de manera gratuita. Las ollas funcionan con el trabajo organizado y voluntario de las mujeres de las comunidades, quienes se aseguran de dividir los alimentos que logran recolectar, de manera equitativa.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Una ciudad con menos basura: reciclar en San Cristóbal

    Neiyer Angarita

    June 16, 2022 |

    Historias que laten |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Venezuela, Táchira

    En el 2020, ingenieros y arquitectos del estado se reunén para encontrar una solución a los problemas de manejo de desechos en sus comunidades y deciden crear un centro de recolección de desechos revalorizables y reciclaje. En el proceso crean además una escuela de reciclaje para educar a la población y además trabajan con los gobiernos locales para colocar una red de contenedores públicos para clasificación de desechos.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • How Nigeria's Only Biogas Mini-grid Project Failed With Lessons To Learn

    Chinonso Kenneth

    June 15, 2022 |

    Prime Progress |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Nigeria, Rije

    A local farm builds a biogas electric grid for its community to access electricity. The grid is powered with chicken feces through anaerobic digestion, which occurs when bacteria break down the waste into a gas.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Could more entrepreneurs help revive the heartland?

    Mike Sherry

    June 06, 2022 |

    The Kansas Leadership Center Journal (KLC Journal) |

    Text |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Ord, Nebraska

    The community in Ord, Nebraska, revived their town by supporting and encouraging entrepreneurs and making it easier to start small businesses.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Blackburn Middle Schoolers Grow, Sell Produce at Own Farmers Market

    Aliyah Veal

    May 20, 2022 |

    Mississippi Free Press |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    In Blackburn Middle School's Learning Garden, students get hands-on experience with planting, cultivating, and selling their own crops. The school also hosts a student-led farmers market and collard greens cook-off where they can show off the fruits of their labor.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • A Landlord ‘Underestimated' His Tenants. Now They Could Own the Building.

    Ronda Kaysen

    May 06, 2022 |

    The New York Times |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Thanks to teamwork and the help of a Housing Development Fund Corporation Co-Op apartment tenants will be able to buy their apartments for $2,500 each. This practice helps to combat rent hikes and creates generational wealth for individuals owning their apartment.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Salem looks to solution-based housing for those experiencing homelessness

    Blair Best

    April 26, 2022 |

    KGW-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

    Micro-shelters with on-site case managers give people experiencing homelessness a stable place to live while connecting them to medical care and job opportunities.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Jukyty: Una lucha ciudadana por la memoria histórica

    Andrés Colmán Gutiérrez

    April 25, 2022 |

    El Otro País |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Paraguay

    Asociación Cultural Jukyty, formada principalmente por docentes e historiadores, logra reinvindicar las tierra de su comunidad que fueron testigos de una histórica y heróica batalla de más de 3000 niños en 1869. Pero además, convierten esta iniciativa inicial en una manera de revalorizar y organizar el aservo cultural de su comunidad, a pesar de la falta de apoyo político y ciudadano.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Brasiliens Paketdienst in den Elendsvierteln

    Bianca Kopsch

    April 25, 2022 |

    Deutsche Welle (DW) |

    Video |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Brazil

    Millionen von Favela-Bewohnern in Brasilien sind vom Online-Shopping ausgeschlossen, da Lieferdienste Überfälle auf Transporter fürchten. Givanildo Pereira hat deshalb einen Paketdienst für sein Armutsviertel gegründet – und seine Erwartungen nach anfänglichen Schwierigkeiten bereits übertroffen.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

  • Public Libraries Are Making It Easy to Check Out Seeds—and Plant a Garden

    Bridget Shirvell

    April 25, 2022 |

    Civil Eats |

    Text |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Jefferson, Georgia

    More and more public libraries around the United States are creating seed libraries as a way to encourage gardening, combat hunger insecurity, and build community resilience. For example, the Jefferson Public Library in Georgia has seen the number of people using the seed library grow to more than 300 in 2021. It can be a lot of work to maintain the seed libraries, but some librarians see it as a way to engage the community.

    Read More


    Go to Original Story

Go to All Solutions in Focus