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Women's History Month: Local Instructor Empowering Women with Free Self Defense Classes
23+ hour ago (669+ words) We close out our women's history month segments'sponsored by the Community Foundation for South Central New York, with the story of a local jiu-jitsu'instructor who helps'women learn to defend themselves'with confidence. Christina Gould is a Jiu-Jitsu brown belt, soon-to-be black…...
Sacred leaf offers hope for Vanuatu's threatened forests
16+ hour, 14+ min ago (1284+ words) The feather-shaped namele leaf is being enlisted to protect some of the country's most important forests The feather-shaped namele leaf is so central to Vanuatu it features on the national flag, and now it is being enlisted to protect some…...
'Plundered': Senegal fishers feel sting of illegal, industrial vessels
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (1311+ words) Fisherman Ibrahima Mar, who lives in a fishing village in the Dakar suburb of Rufisque, says the lack of fish off Senegal's coast is causing people to lose hope A shortage of fish affects both food security and Senegal's national…...
UN appeals for more support for flood-hit Mozambicans
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (796+ words) The latest bout of flooding has claimed nearly 140 lives in Mozambique since October 1 The United Nations warned Friday of severe overcrowding in temporary accommodation shelters hosting an estimated 100,000 people displaced by flooding in Mozambique, and appealed for more international support....