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This California high school includes sustainability and green jobs in its curriculum

Anya Kamenetz

September 07, 2023 |

Grist |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Porterville, California

Students in Porterville’s Climate Action Pathways for Schools program participate in paid internships that teach them how to lower their community’s carbon footprint and help prepare them for careers in the green jobs industry. Through student-led energy audits and schoolwide efficiency competitions, the program has helped the district save roughly $850,000 in energy costs over the past several years.

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Fueling change through clean stoves

Yahuza Bawage

September 06, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Kaduna

The Clean Cooking Stove Entrepreneurship project offers two-week training programs to teach women how to practice safer, cleaner cooking practices as opposed to the dangerous open-fire cooking methods they’re most familiar with. Women who complete the training then return to their communities to advocate for and educate others on these new skills. Since starting in 2016, more than 9,000 women have received clean cooking education and access to stoves to practice these more sustainable cooking practices.

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Peers Help Peers Excel at Top Hungarian University

Peter Hobot

September 05, 2023 |

Transitions Online |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Hungary, Budapest

The student-led SzKTP program provides peer mentorship and application help to high school students interested in attending Corvinus University, with the goal of improving higher education opportunities for students from low-income and disadvantaged areas. Once they’re accepted to Corvinus, students in the program continue to receive support and guidance, as well as a stipend to help lessen the burden of university-related costs.

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A pad bank for girls to stay in school

Yahuza Bawage

August 30, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

The Pad-A-Girl project by the Citizen Participation Advancement and Awareness Initiative (CPAAI) helps those experiencing period poverty, particularly girls in primary and secondary schools and underprivileged women. CPAAI offers washable pads that are good for five years, installed pad banks in area schools and taught the women and girls how to create washable pads themselves. The program launched in 2020 and has since helped more than 7,000 women and girls across 25 schools and communities.

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Orphans, Vulnerable Children Are Getting A Chance At Education Despite Insurgency

Halima Bawah

August 29, 2023 |

HumAngle |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Borno State

The Attaqwaa Foundation provides scholarships to orphans and families affected by Boko Haram insurgencies, as well as food aid, sanitary items, and health care supplies. The organization is currently sponsoring more than 30 children to help them continue their education.

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Cyber students help protect civic institutions vulnerable to hackers

Mark Cox

August 27, 2023 |

RED |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Denver, Colorado

The Public Infrastructure Security Cyber Education System, or PISCES, pairs cybersecurity students from Metropolitan State University of Denver with civic institutions in need of cybersecurity help, such as fire departments, county governments, and school districts. So far, the program has provided services to 10 organizations while also allowing students to get real-world experience in their field.

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This Manhattan adult learning center is seeing a surge in African asylum seekers

Churchill Ndonwie

August 25, 2023 |

Chalkbeat |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

As an increasing number of asylum seekers arrive in New York, the Mid-Manhattan Adult Learning Center has expanded its services beyond English language classes to connect students with food aid, help them get official identification, and put them in contact with legal immigration services. The center’s enrollment increased by roughly 40 percent to 3,700 students this year, but it needs more funding and support to keep up with demand.

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A zest to nurture readers that have birthed triple solutions

Yusuf Adua

August 21, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria

Readers’ Pouch is a WhatsApp group designed to encourage adults to read with monthly book challenges and assessments. The group also does outreach in correctional facilities and donates books to ensure inmates have access to library materials.

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A woman-led initiative grooming STEM passion in Nigeria's north

Rejoice Taddy

August 17, 2023 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Gombe

Bloom Innovations or Bloom4STEM aims to inspire youth — particularly girls aged six to 15 — to pursue STEM education and careers to combat the shortage of female tech professionals in the area. Bloom4STEM visits local schools to introduce coding to students and teach them about web development, robotics and mobile app creation and also hosts mentoring sessions to help foster collaboration and personal and educational growth.

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In Alaska, a School of the Future 50 Years in the Making

Chad Aldeman

August 15, 2023 |

The 74 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Wasilla, Alaska

Mat-Su Central is a hybrid homeschool that provides a flexible, personalized learning environment for both students and their families. Each student receives an individual learning plan that takes the student’s strengths and weaknesses into account, while still ensuring they’re meeting course requirements for graduation. As a result of the pandemic and increased rates of bullying and anxiety among students, enrollment in this hybrid homeschool option has quadrupled over the past 20 years.

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