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Teachers Took Nail Cutters, Not Textbooks, to This Tribal Hamlet in Tamil Nadu. Two Years Later, 50 Children Are in... Schools
The Better India 2 days ago

Teachers Took Nail Cutters, Not Textbooks, to This Tribal Hamlet in Tamil Nadu. Two Years Later, 50 Children Are in...

When 82-year-old educator Padmini arrived at the Kombai tribal settlements in Tamil Nadu, she brought not textbooks but nail cutters - understanding that dignity must be taught before grammar can take root. Her "School on Wheels" programme, which began on Saturdays in 2024,...

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I’m a Pediatrician in Michigan Who Created Rx Kids, One of the nation’s Largest anti-poverty Programs – here’s What I’ve...
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At -20°C, Ladakh’s First Woman Gynaecologist Went Door-to-Door Delivering Babies
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The New Science of Plant Intelligence and the Mystery of What Makes a Mind – the Marginalian
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This Assam Man Turned Annual Floods Into Fish Farming for 300+ Families
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How Seniors Are Learning AI & Whatsapp in India with the Social Pathshala
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What If Giving Away a day’s Revenue Was the Best Day of Your year? Business
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What If Giving Away a day’s Revenue Was the Best Day of Your year?

Every September 11th, the trading floor of BGC Group fills with celebrities closing deals worth tens of millions -...

How Afghan Women Are Rebuilding Reproductive Health Care Community
Reasons To Be Cheerful 10 hours ago

How Afghan Women Are Rebuilding Reproductive Health Care

In one of the world's most dangerous places to give birth, a network of small community clinics staffed by local...

Kwita Izina: Rwanda Welcomes Baby Mountain Gorillas in Naming Ceremony | Ogn Daily Environment
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Kwita Izina: Rwanda Welcomes Baby Mountain Gorillas in Naming Ceremony | Ogn Daily

When Rwanda began naming baby mountain gorillas in 2005, borrowing from the Rwandan tradition of naming a newborn...

The Moving Story of the Dawn Redwood: How a Fossil Came Back to Life to Bring Humanity Together in the... Environment
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The Moving Story of the Dawn Redwood: How a Fossil Came Back to Life to Bring Humanity Together in the...

At the height of World War II, when the world was consuming itself with violence, a small group of scientists on...

How ‘Housing First’ Is Helping People Leave Rough Sleeping Behind Community
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How ‘Housing First’ Is Helping People Leave Rough Sleeping Behind

For years, conventional approaches to homelessness asked people to prove they were ready for stability before...

A Spoonful of sugar: How South Africa’s weigh-and-pay Shops Are Tackling ‘Poverty Tax’ Head on | Global Development | the... Community
Guardian 1 day ago

A Spoonful of sugar: How South Africa’s weigh-and-pay Shops Are Tackling ‘Poverty Tax’ Head on | Global Development | the...

In Johannesburg's Alexandra township, a social enterprise called Gcwalisa - "fill up" in isiZulu - has built...