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A French Village's Radical Vision of a Good Life with Alzheimer's

Marion Renault

November 23, 2022 |

The New Yorker |

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Response Location: France, Dax

The Village Landais is part of a movement to make memory-care units less like hospitals and more like small neighborhoods. The Village is currently home to 108 people and strives to provide those with alzheimers a place to live that still allows them to maintain a sense of autonomy and choice to help enrich their lives.

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In Átl'ḵa7tsem, a new generation of stewards are welcoming herring home

Lauren Kaljur

November 22, 2022 |

IndigiNews |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Canada

The Sḵwx̱wú7mesh People are helping herring return to spawning locations in Átl’ḵa7tsem through conservation efforts that prevent the fish eggs from dying. They keep a close watch on spawning locations to track any changes and address protection needs.

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These Local Governments Are Using Federal Aid to Cancel Medical Debt

Oscar Perry Abello

November 22, 2022 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States

With funding from city governments, the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt acquires and cancels medical debt by negotiating directly with hospitals. The only requirement is being under 400% of the federal poverty line and no application is necessary.

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Insurgency is pulling children away from school, but an NGO is giving them a chance at education

Promise Eze

November 22, 2022 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja

The FastTrack program aims to help students in camps for internally displaced people improve their literacy and numeracy skills. The program clusters pupils by level rather than age, provides dual-language instruction in both English and Hausa, and uses technology to improve language access, and roughly 2,500 children across six camps have participated in the initiative so far.

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To Boost Turnout, Some Cities Just Synced Up Their Local Elections With National Cycles

Alex Burness

November 22, 2022 |

Bolts |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

To boost turnout in local elections that often see low participation, cities such as Berkeley, Calif. and Ann Arbor, Mich. have shifted their election cycles to match up with higher-profile presidential contests. Researchers found that moving municipal elections to sync up with presidential elections boosts turnout by an average of 29 percent, and at least 11 communities approved similar measures this year to make the switch to even-year elections.

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The Tragic Testimony of the Daughters of Magdalene

René Ostberg

November 22, 2022 |

Sojourners |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Ireland

The Justice for Magdalenes Research organization is working to spread awareness and gain justice for the survivors of Magdalene laundries in Ireland throughout the 1900s. Women and girls were sent to laundries, kept there against their will, forced to work without pay, and severely mistreated.

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Alabama Women Put Their Bodies on the Line to Keep a Miners' Strike Alive

Kim Kelly

November 22, 2022 |

Jezebel |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Brookwood, Alabama

Union’s auxiliary members and miners’ wives work to support the miners on strike from Warrior Met Coal in Alabama by running a strike pantry, collecting donations, and planning strike activities and marches. In some cases, wives agreed to be arrested in the name of the cause. The bonds they’ve formed throughout the process are what keep them going.

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A second chance at education for teen mums in Cross River

Ogar Monday

November 22, 2022 |

Prime Progress |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Sankwala, Cross River

The Campus Babe Initiative helps girls in Nigeria who are not attending school because of teen pregnancy get back in school. The initiative provides financial support, school materials, and information. It also holds informational workshops to help prevent teen pregnancies.

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Literacy tutoring programs show promise in Oakland

Ashley McBride

November 21, 2022 |

The Oaklandside |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

Children Rising is providing high-dosage reading and math tutoring to elementary students at schools in Oakland, California, to make up for lost learning during the pandemic. This type of tutoring includes one-on-one instruction multiple times a week during the school day.

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Solar Powered Freezers: A Low Cost but High Impact Strategy Making Critical Vaccines Accessible in Southeast Kenya

Joyce Chimbi

November 21, 2022 |

Nigeria Health Watch |

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Response Location: Kenya, Makindu

The solar-powered freezer donated by Green Life Energy allows vaccines to be stored at the appropriate temperature, providing more access to necessary immunizations, specifically for those in rural communities. Nurses say the freezer box has the capacity to hold up to 500 doses of different vaccines, including polio, measles, tuberculosis, and the COVID-19 vaccine.

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