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By bringing back traditional cattle herding practices, northern Botswana has cut livestock losses and stopped revenge killings that once wiped out half the region's lions in a single year. Now lion cubs are thriving and the population has jumped 50% in four years.
Fifth graders created an app to save stray animals while third graders built a robotic eyeshadow applicator at Georgia's Innovation Day competition. Teams from across the region are now headed to state championships at Georgia Tech.
A Bengaluru resident turned his apartment's water crisis into a solution that's now saving hundreds of communities over $1,200 monthly. His low-cost rainwater harvesting system uses simple disc filters instead of expensive equipment, and he installs it for free.
A global research team has cracked the code on how hatred spreads through societies and identified exactly where we can intervene to stop it. Their roadmap offers real solutions for building more peaceful communities worldwide.
A primary school teacher in India turned slum streets and courtyards into outdoor classrooms, bringing education to thousands of children locked out by poverty. His work just earned him a million-dollar teaching award and a blueprint for reaching kids everywhere.
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A South African metro is tackling a massive water leak problem head-on by hiring more engineers and contractors to save millions of liters from going to waste. Despite aging pipes and 6,000+ reported leaks, the city is taking concrete steps toward a permanent solution.
A Kenyan startup is formalizing the informal carpooling networks that commuters already use to navigate Nairobi's challenging transportation landscape. G-rani has attracted 7,000 users by making shared rides affordable, reliable, and community-focused.
Nine youth teams across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East just won funding to tackle a health crisis threatening 39 million lives. Their creative campaigns will help communities use antibiotics more wisely.
Iowa lawmakers are solving a surprising problem: thousands of constantly blinking red lights on wind turbines keeping neighbors awake at night. New sensor technology will make the lights activate only when aircraft approach, ending the nightly light show while keeping planes safe.
A South African engineering student taught himself to code and built an app that lets citizens photograph infrastructure problems and track whether cities actually fix them. CityMenderSA is now helping people across the country see past the complaints to measure real progress.
A farm-based program in Queensland is turning troubled teens into employed adults, with 87% jobless before and 59% working after. The approach replaces punishment with mentorship, team building, and hands-on work in nature.
Saru Salvi wants to solve Orange County's achievement gap with a bold volunteer plan. Her vision: community-based "mini academies" where local businesses, teachers, and neighbors tutor students on weekends.
Communities in India turned rooftops, check dams, and forgotten ponds into water solutions that raised groundwater levels within two years. Their methods cost less than emergency supplies and can work anywhere.
Entrepreneur Yi Li set out to build 1,000 climate-smart farms in Kenya with cutting-edge technology, but discovered the science wasn't enough. What she learned is changing how we think about solving environmental challenges.
A simple but revolutionary idea is breaking through South Africa's language education deadlock: multiple schools sharing one building. Each keeps its own language, leadership, and identity while sharing facilities.
New research reveals why young people join gangs and proves harsh laws don't work. Early intervention programs targeting friendship, family, and community connections show real promise instead.
Romulus Whitaker transformed how millions of Indians see snakes, building the country's first snake park and creating a model that now produces most of India's life-saving antivenom. His work started with a childhood promise never to kill a snake.
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Twenty young video journalists are telling a different story about Johannesburg—one focused on the residents fixing their city from the ground up. Their films reveal communities creating solutions when local government falls short.
A village in Assam transformed human-elephant conflict into peaceful coexistence by planting crops specifically for elephants to eat. Now 300 elephants pass safely through Hatikhuli each year without destroying farms.
Hawaii is converting 10,000 vacation rentals back into homes for residents who've been priced out by tourism. The bold housing plan aims to help local families afford to stay in the place they call home.
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