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A simple way to help a relative if they’re arrested
A group in California is teaching families how to help loved ones charged with crimes

Stopping child marriage with solar lanterns
Solar-powered lamps are giving girls independence and stopping them becoming child brides

Trieste’s mental health ‘revolution’
How Italy’s radical decision to close its mental asylums shaped the way we think today

The school that puts wellbeing first
One primary school has found a way to deliver therapy to about 10% of its students

Residents turn detective to fight crime
Neighbours in the US are using cameras that read car number plates to cut crime

Life-saving surgery, but not by a doctor
Nurses and midwives in Ethiopia are being trained to perform emergency operations

Portugal, drugs and decriminalisation
In 2001 Portugal decriminalised personal drug use to tackle a heroin crisis.

Can capturing carbon buy us time to tackle climate change?
The projects that are trying to take CO2 out of the atmosphere

Can sleep deprivation help treat bipolar disorder?
An Italian doctor asks patients to stay awake all night, to try to allay their depression

Audience takeover: Your plastic solutions
We hear what you, our listeners, are doing to tackle the problem of plastic waste.