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Good Good Good’s collection of positive news stories

Putting a bandaid on after a vaccine

Hoping to Boost Vaccine Rates, One State Has Announced Grants for Primary Care Doctors

The program is designed to give primary care doctors—often a patient’s most-trusted and well-known medical provider—additional tools to encourage vaccination in their practices.
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Plunging crime rates in the country have left prisons empty, and many are closing down. But the government is now using some of these empty prisons to house refugees, a population that’s growing as more migrants arrive in the country seeking asylum.

Artists Turned Empty Dutch Prisons Into Colorful Homes for Refugees

Plunging crime rates in the country have left prisons empty, and many are closing down. But the Dutch government is now using empty prisons in The Netherlands to house refugees.
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Until now, Mukuru residents have had no option but to buy polluted water from informal vendors charging exorbitant prices

New Vending Machines Are Bringing Safe, Cheap Water to Nairobi's Slums

Until now, Mukuru residents have had no option but to buy polluted water from informal vendors charging exorbitant prices
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Tampons

Lawmakers Are Tackling ‘Period Poverty’ with Tax Cuts and School Supplies

As with many national social movements, young people have been on the frontlines of the menstrual equity push. In 2020, students across the country raised money, lobbied, held school assemblies, and launched social media campaigns to make period products free in their schools
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Refugees laughing and talking

Meet the Organization Helping Refugees Heal Through Storytelling

The group centers on the power of creativity and storytelling to help participants enhance and transform their psychological wellbeing and build resilience, leadership skills, and community engagement.
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Downtown Denver

How Denver Tackled Homelessness While Saving Money

The Denver study proves that highly vulnerable people living on the street will accept housing and, with help, stay housed for the long term. That’s good news at a time when homelessness is rising nationally.
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Lawmakers In Eight States Are Increasing Mental Health Funding

Lawmakers in at least eight states are using COVID aid to fund behavioral health services.
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Nail Art

Finally, Black Women Are Getting Credit and Recognition For Starting The Nail Art Trend

Nail art is a niche fashion trend that has become increasingly popular and more mainstream in recent years. However, the Black women responsible have historically seen little to no credit.
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Edible Coffee Cup

This UK Soccer Club is Trialing Edible Coffee Cups

Next year, we are being promised the world’s first carbon-neutral FIFA World Cup. Pulling this off will be no mean feat – from construction to travel and accommodation, Qatar 2022 is expected to produce up to 3.6 million tons of CO2.
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Illustrated plastic water bottle showing how long it takes for plastic to break down

Advertising Legend Julia Plowman On World-Changing Campaigns

Under the wing of The Nike Foundation, Julia Plowman built a brand for this complex approach of supporting girls to combat intergenerational poverty — with the goal of fueling momentum and sparking action. They called it The Girl Effect.
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Using biogas digesters to turn organic waste into electricity, communities are slashing their power bills as they cut climate-changing emissions

Waste to Watts: India is Generating Green Energy From Food Leftovers

Using biogas digesters to turn organic waste into electricity, communities are slashing their power bills as they cut climate-changing emissions.
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You Can Play Video Games and Heal Children

An initiative called Extra Life is uniting thousands of gamers to play games and heal children through their unique fundraising effort benefitting Children's Miracle Network hospitals across North America.
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