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To Fight Deforestation, Amazon Guardians Embrace a Tech Boom

Gabriela Barzallo

May 16, 2023 |

Reasons to be Cheerful |

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Response Location: Indigenous A’i Kofán of Sinangoe, Ecuador

Members of the A’i Kofán de Sinangoe Indigenous guard keep watch over the part of the Amazon rainforest their community resides in. With the help of technological tools like drones and camera traps, they are able to prevent invasions and illegal activity on their land — which often goes hand-in-hand with preventing deforestation and pollution.

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Meals on Wheels Delivers Food and Climate Resilience for Seniors

Daniella Renwick

May 16, 2023 |

Yes! Magazine |

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Response Location: United States

Local Meals on Wheels programs are known for delivering food to low-income seniors, but during climate disasters, they are in the position to check in on the most vulnerable. The programs’ volunteers and staff do just that, whether that means giving fans to clients during a heatwave, tarping roofs after a hurricane, or making check-up calls.

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A journey of healing

Nika Bartoo-Smith

May 16, 2023 |

ICT News |

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Response Location: United States, Tulalip, Washington

The Native and Strong Lifeline aims to provide culturally relevant mental health care services and support to members of the Native community. Since launching, the lifeline has received over 1,200 calls from across the state, handled by its team of tribal crisis counselors, many of whom have their owned lived experiences with mental health struggles.

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Blue Zones comes to South Phoenix to target longevity

Alexandra Aley Logan Camden

May 16, 2023 |

Cronkite News - Arizona PBS |

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Response Location: United States, Phoenix, Arizona

Blue Zones is a national program that works to improve the health and quality of life in communities by focusing on enhancing aspects of the community like the types of food available and encouraging locals to make healthy lifestyle changes. Blue Zones identifies places around the world where people live longer and study why that is to then replicate those practices in other regions.

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Education through game-based learning: The impact of ‘Project Teach the Child'

Daniel Oyeniyi

May 16, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Dawaki, Abuja

Project Teach the Child was launched to empower disadvantaged students and address learning gaps exacerbated by the pandemic. By creating learning spaces where students can learn through play and interactive technology, Project Teach the Child made learning more enjoyable, relatable and effective for students.

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Yobe State: Striving for universal health coverage, accountability still a challenge

Baba Machina

May 16, 2023 |

Social Voices |

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Response Location: Nigeria, Yobe

The Citizens-Led Tracking Campaign bridges the gap between the implementation of the Basic Healthcare Provision Funds and the effective delivery of healthcare by sending citizens — called community champions — out on the grassroots level to track healthcare funding and ensure everyone who is eligible takes advantage of the care. Through the community champions’ efforts, 32,000 low-income and vulnerable individuals have been enrolled in the program.

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How indigenous women farmers in Mexico are using agroforestry to save the world's favorite drink

Magdalena Rojo

May 15, 2023 |

Unbias The News |

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Response Location: Mexico, Guadalupe Buenavista, Oaxaca

Coffee growers in Oaxaca, Mexico, are renovating their plantations into agroforestry systems to adapt to the effects of climate change. The new growing style integrates native trees and shrubs to diversify the fields. This makes the plants more resistant to unpredictable weather, diseases, and pests.

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Election Tech Could End Voting Malpractices In Nigeria, But Not Yet

Ndubuaku Kanayo

May 15, 2023 |

The Solutions Paper |

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Response Location: Nigeria

In an attempt to address fraud and malpractice, Nigeria introduced the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and the INEC Result Viewing Portal, which verify voters' identities using voter numbers, fingerprints, and facial recognition, and publicly shares election results in real-time. The technologies were successfully implemented in 76 percent of voting locations in one state in 2022, but voters and local officials say there are still issues with disenfranchisement and technical glitches.

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Local organizations offer climate education for Boston-area kids

Elisabeth Hadjis Cassidy McNeeley

May 15, 2023 |

The Scope |

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Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

Because Massachusetts has few requirements around incorporating climate change into school curriculums, organizations such as Eastie Farm, Climate Action Through Education, and Spring Forward work to fill the gaps both in and out of the classroom. Through hands-on learning opportunities, ready-made lesson plans, and youth-led workshops, the organizations aim to improve students' climate literacy in a way that feels relevant to their daily lives.

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An Appalachian model for building place-based community wealth

Frances Nguyen

May 15, 2023 |

Prism |

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Response Location: United States, Morganton, North Carolina

The Industrial Commons (TIC) strives to create an inclusive economy based on community between employee-owned social enterprises and industrial cooperatives, creating a more democratized, worker-centric environment. Since 2015, TIC has launched five cooperative businesses, employing more than 100 workers, and is working to grow the number of businesses to 75 by 2025.

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