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Skate Brothers, the antivirus for gangs

Erlin Varela The bike rider makes a silhouette in the air before landing on the ground and undertaking a few complicated acrobatics. You can clearly see the satisfaction on his face. He is one of many young people who, in a troubled area of Honduras, have swapped misdemeanors for sports thanks to the Skate Brothers.“I do these tricks on bikes, but I am also a skater. I was on the wrong track for six years; I was looking for an adrenaline rush on the streets and found one here that doesn’t put my life at

One of the olives that was adopted in Oliete, Spain.

Environment

Saved by the godparents

Patricia Peiró, When rural residents moved out, olives in Spain faced a threat. But not for long

The initiative has produced successful entrepreneurs

International

Madagascar’s ‘youth first’ creates leaders

Lova Rabary-Rakotondravony For Olivia Malala Rakotondrasoa, creating and managing her own company had been a dream. But she had no clue on which industry to invest in before signing up to the Young Women Leadership Program (YWLP), created by the Madagascan NGO Youth First.YWLP invites women aged 15-24 to work in groups of four to develop and present a project. The projects are assessed at the end of the programme, and the top five are awarded 1.6 million Madagascan ariary ($500). Rakotondrasoa, a communications major,

International

Impact Journalism Day 2018 Matchmaking to strengthen society’s bonds

Yannis Palaiologos In the summer of 2015, Greece teetered on the brink of collapse after a disastrous six-month showdown with its creditors. Thom Feeney, a young Briton who had never set foot in the country, decided to launch the Greek Crowdfund, an online fundraiser campaign to help Greeks in their hour of need. The campaign raised 290,000 euros (USD 345,000) in two weeks. When Feeney sought the best way to make use of the money, he was led to Desmos (Greek for “bond”) - an innovative non-profit foundation that

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Empowering women by teaching them organic gardening

Hannifah Sawadogo In Africa, it is often said that poverty has a woman’s face. Rural women face discrimination just like those in other socio-economic sectors, particularly where access to land is concerned. But in Burkina Faso, the nonprofit association La Saisonnière (French for “The Seasonal One”) has developed a technique to help women to climb out of poverty while growing organic food.“When I started coming to La Saisonnière in 2006, I had no bicycle, no idea how to take care of a garden and no income

Agriculture

Impact Journalism Day 2018 Growing food in the Sahara Desert

Nadir Iddir When considering the need to develop agriculture in the world, to grow food for animals or people, the Sahara Desert is certainly not the first location that comes to mind. But it’s precisely here that such an activity is perhaps the most necessary. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the prevalence of undernourishment in Africa rose from 20.8 percent in 2015 to 22.7 percent in 2016, affecting 224 million people on the continent. In the refugee camps

A demonstration of the colour code system created by Miguel Neiva

Society

Painting for people who don’t see colour

Karla Pequenino Portuguese designer’s alphabet to describe colour is helping the colour-blind

A designer makes furniture out of plastic packaging.

Environment

Upcycling plastics into furniture

Jan Victor R. Mateo Interior designer Wilhelmina Garcia has spent years attempting to find solutions to the worsening problem of plastic waste. Recent studies reveal that approximately 8 million tonnes of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans every year, destroying marine biodiversity and causing significant environmental and economic damage across the globe.According to a report by the non-profit organisation Ocean Conservancy, the Philippines is among the top contributors of plastics dumped into the world’s

International

Impact Journalism Day 2018 Afghan women writing for their rights

Ramin Mazhar Rabia Balkhi was one of the first female Persian poets. She was killed by her brother, a king, hundreds of years ago for falling in love with a slave and daring to write poetry in a male-dominated culture. Much like her, women of modern-day Afghanistan still face violence because of their writing (namely journalists), or are murdered because of love affairs.In late 2016, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) investigated 5,575 cases of violent crimes against women, noting

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Skate Brothers, the antivirus for gangs

Saved by the godparents

Madagascar’s ‘youth first’ creates leaders

Impact Journalism Day 2018 Matchmaking to strengthen society’s bonds

Empowering women by teaching them organic gardening

Impact Journalism Day 2018 Growing food in the Sahara Desert

Painting for people who don’t see colour

Upcycling plastics into furniture

Impact Journalism Day 2018 Afghan women writing for their rights