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“Agency, Opportunity, and Safety”: How LifeStraw Aims to Help 250K Girls Combat Period Poverty by 2030

According to social impact company LifeStraw, the majority of girls in Kenya miss about 165 days over four years of high school for what might be a surprising reason: their periods. Sixty-five percent of women and girls in the country are unable to afford menstrual products — a symptom of period poverty, or the inability

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From Reading to Running Errands, Doing Just About Anything Is Better With a Friend: Study

The next time you have to hit the bank or post office, call a friend and make a date out of it: It’s good for you. That’s according to recent research linking happiness to companionship across over 80 different daily activities — from the mundane, like getting gas, to those that seem non-social by their

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“Born to Make a Difference”: The Best Teachers Share These 4 Traits

Dig deep into your school days, and we’d bet there’s a moment there that significantly helped shape who you are today — and a teacher attached to it. Maybe it was your fourth grade teacher who spun such an entertaining story about a historical event that your passion for the subject was ignited. Or perhaps

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor? The Power in Our Relationships With the People Next Door

In the summer of 2024, shortly after a young woman and her then-fiancé moved into a new house in Richardson, Texas, they were delighted to find that their elderly neighbor had dropped off a cake to welcome them to the community. The woman shared the sweet gesture on social media, and the video racked up

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Meet the Medical Debt Charity Where Your Donation Gets Multiplied by 100

This fall, Nice News is partnering with Undue Medical Debt for our Cause of the Season — a quarterly fundraising initiative spotlighting nonprofits making the world a better place. Click here to donate, and read on to learn about the essential work the organization is doing.  Undue Medical Debt has a clear and compelling hook:

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Want to Be Happier? An Expert Reveals the “Special Sauce” to Practicing Gratitude and Being More Content

Imagine you’re embarking on an early autumn trail walk: What do you notice? Is it the gloomy sky, the mud that’s now stuck to your socks, and the exhaustion you feel? Or is it the crisp, refreshing air, the coziness of your comfy jacket, and the simple joy of being outdoors?  All those observations can

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