Today in Squirrel News, a Rajasthan girls’ movement focuses on education to fight child marriage, a voicemail app for inmates ensures communication with loved ones, and Guinness promises to go green for stout production in Ireland.
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#16: Empowerment Avenue – bringing solutions journalism into prisons
There are few places where it is more difficult to be heard than in prison. One of our guests in this episode, Emily Nonko helps incarcerated people to publish stories on solutions by pairing them with outside editors – while our second guest, Ryan Moser is serving a ten year sentence in prison himself, and tells us what writing in prison means for him, things that he’s learned and how he is preparing for a well-paying job in sustainable industries.
Tokens for the homeless, health groups support diabetics, first woman cured of HIV
In today’s edition of Squirrel News we have a family that developed tokens for the homeless, community health groups providing diet support to low-income diabetics, and the first woman to receive successful stem-cell transplant for HIV.
Edible cutlery, “poop posts” in Japan, blood test for mental conditions
Today in Squirrel News we have stories about an Indian startup using edible materials as an alternative to plastic cutlery, a local Japanese business owner who creates pet waste stations to drive change in her city, and a new diagnostic blood test which delivers faster and more reliable mental health results.
#15: Adversity to University: degrees for homeless people
In this episode, we’re talking to two special guests, Becky Edwards and Darren Higginson. Becky has established a pioneering programme at the University of Chichester that opens up access to higher education for people who have experienced homelessness. Darren is one of her students and on the path to doing a sociology degree.
Nepal’s vulture restaurants, crows picking up litter, Afghan universitiy reopens
In today’s edition of Squirrel News, Nepal’s vultures dine well with community help, Sweden enlists crows to clean the streets, and Afghan women may be able to study at university again.
