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  • Ukrainian vegan cuisine: how volunteers in Uzhhorod organize healthy food for displaced people

    Ksenia Yanus Oleksandr Masovets

    July 14, 2022 |

    Рубрика (Rubryka) |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: Ukraine, Uzhhorod

    The volunteer-run Vegan Kitchen of Ukraine project provides vegan meals for displaced people in cities across the country and sends meal packages to soldiers. The volunteers prepare the food in their homes or during donated time at local kitchens.

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  • The new labor market: No bachelor's required?

    Lawrence Lanahan

    July 08, 2022 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    Employers across the United States are dropping the bachelor’s degree requirement from job listings, but workers need an alternative way to build necessary skills. The nonprofit Social Finance helps workers take time for skills training with financial aid for things like child care, rent, and transportation.

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  • Nigerian Rural Community Stuck In Water Crisis. A Nonprofit Takes A Photo, And It Tilts The Narrative

    Abiodun Jamiu

    May 28, 2022 |

    HumAngle |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Afon, Kwara

    The Grassroots Aid Initiative uses the power of photography to bring safe drinking water to communities in Nigeria. The women-led nonprofit takes pictures of these villages and uses the images to crowdfund on social media. So far, they’ve been able to bring motorized boreholes in 15 communities to help combat water scarcity.

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  • 'Community creates change' | New Knoxville nonprofit provides housing, support for homeless LGBTQ+ youth

    Shannon Smith

    May 23, 2022 |

    WBIR-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Knoxville, Tennessee

    The nonprofit Bryant’s Bridge gives LGBTQ+ youth experiencing homelessness a place to live and connects them to health insurance and job and life training to help them transition into adulthood successfully.

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  • Helping First-Generation Students Reach College — and Build Community on the Way

    Asher Lehrer-Small

    May 09, 2022 |

    The 74 |

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    Response Location: United States, Yonkers, New York

    Yonkers Partners in Education is a nonprofit making college more accessible for low-income students of color through mentorship and tutoring.

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  • ‘I had to be broken to be fixed': the courses trying to change abusive men

    Anna Moore

    May 09, 2022 |

    The Guardian |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom, Cheshire County

    LifeLine is an intensive, multi-week course that works with perpetrators of abuse to encourage behavior change in them. It is run by My CWA, one among a growing number of non-profits that have been accredited by Respect, UK's lead organization for programs for perpetrators, to run similar courses that follow carefully drafted principles. The aim has been to support survivors of domestic abuse more holistically by addressing the root cause, and now with compelling evidence to show that the approach works, the Home Office has also come aboard.

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  • Our Rivers' Keepers: How the Ohio River's trash collectors transformed the waterway

    Céilí Doyle

    April 22, 2022 |

    The GroundTruth Project |

    Multi-Media |

    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

    A nonprofit with a barge and a 10-person crew picks up trash and plastics across seven rivers in the U.S. Midwest. In one year, Living Lands and Waters collected over half a million pounds of trash. Over the years, they’ve attracted hundreds of thousands of volunteers to help their operation. “No matter who you are, where you’re from, how old, young or what political party you belong to – it doesn’t matter, because no one likes seeing garbage in the river,” said the cofounder.

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  • Wheels of Hope Increases Access by Providing Rides

    Anna Hughes

    April 20, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Wheels of Hope provides car rides to people who can’t drive due to illness, age or disability for no more than $20. Drivers provide more than just a ride and also provide company to the passenger and help with tasks if they need it.

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  • Improving Literacy Rates with Free Summer Books

    Kayla Green Elle Jacobsson

    April 18, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Athens, Georgia

    Books for Keeps works to increase the literacy rate of students by providing them with books to read during the summer when they aren’t at school. Since 2009, Books for Keeps has given away almost 800,000 books. A study by the nonprofit found that students gained almost 17% of a grade level more over the summer than students who didn't participate in Books for Keeps.

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  • Nonprofit Teaches Water Safety to Youth

    Kayla Green Elle Jacobsson

    April 18, 2022 |

    Grady Newsource |

    Broadcast TV News |

    Under 3 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Atlanta, Georgia

    SwemKids teaches children of color how to swim and increases access to water freedom while also helping them overcome fears and trauma they may have in regard to swimming.

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