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I love this story - a college student from Idaho who had learned about the inequity around the world when it comes to girls who miss out on education for lots of reason - including being shamed out of school for not having a uniform - solved the problem for students in the African nation of Togo with adjustable uniforms. You can read the full story here on CNN.
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Basically there's some extra fabric built in to the hems and cords on the sides so the dresses can be adjusted to fit a girl for 3 years and up to 6 sizes - and then it can be handed down to another girl.
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The non-profit is called SHE (Style Her Empowered) and the founder, Payton McGriff, is raising money through GoFundMe. Her business model, which was part of a college project, employs 20 seamstresses who work full-time between two factories - earning an average of 75 percent more than Togoâs minimum wage. They get benefits, including paid maternity leave, and free childcare.
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When McGriff realized that most of the seamstresses had little formal education, she started a âpaid to learnâ program to help teach them basic literacy, math, and financial skills.
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Stories like this remind me that there are solutions to all the world's problems. We need to boldly pursue them, support them and promote them.
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Expect cloudy skies, breezy conditions, increased humidity, and occasional showers and thunderstorms with a high of 79 degrees feeling like it's 84 degrees.
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Thanks to some finagling, phone calls and emails sent to the proper places, Manchester Ink Link Kid Reporter Little Bean landed a back stage tour of Cirque du Soleilâs latest show at SNHU Arena. Called OVO, or Portuguese for egg, our tour guide proudly let us know that this was the only Cirque du Soleil show about bugs!
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 As Thursday's road race on Elm Street was about to begin a group of kids found out the hard way that actions have consequences.
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Renovation funding for SNHU Arena could be approved as early as September following deliberations by the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) on Tuesday.
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The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (12-21, 42-59) and Erie SeaWolves (20-15, 58-44) were held off the field at Delta Dental Stadium on Thursday night, due to inclement weather. The Fisher Cats and SeaWolves will make up for Thursdayâs postponement with a doubleheader on Saturday, August 10, with game one scheduled to begin at 4:05 PM EDT.Â
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On August 9, Hell Beach will be releasing a new album called âBeachworldâ and they have two shows happening in support of it. The first one is happening on the night of its unveiling at The Press Room in Portsmouth and the second is a hometown proper release show at Candia Road Brewing.Â
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The Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) approved a variance request for a sober living home on Orange Street on Thursday night, but not after lengthy discussion and an amendment from the sober home operatorâs original request.
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Boys & Girls Club of Manchester (BGCM) is proud to announce that our Keystone Club took first place in the Career Preparation category at the National Keystone Conference in Atlanta in late July.
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Above: Doors open for the 67th Annual NH Antiques Show on Aug. 8. MANCHESTER, NH â Some things never get old. Other things are most valuable because they are so old - and (fill in the blank) beautiful, quirky, rare, exquisite, historic, charming. Such is the wonder of an antique show, where there's something for everyone under one roof. Back âŚ
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