Sentences with phrase «facing deep poverty»

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When Paul says that these churches were facing affliction and were in deep poverty, he means that the people themselves could not afford food and clothing.

In the face of arguments that say we should move away from talk of privilege, I simply ask this: If exposure to the developing world and poverty can create a greater sense of moral perspective and responsibility, can't a deeper interaction with the historic and contemporary forms of racial injustice in our country also lead to a deepened moral perspective and greater sense of stewardship and responsibility?

In that sense, to fall in love forces us to face our existential poverty: We can not give to ourselves the satisfaction of our deepest longing.

In response to a follow - up question from Gotham Gazette, Stringer's spokesperson said that the current city housing plan is not geared enough toward those in deeper poverty and with current subsidies favoring low - income households, those with extremely low - income or virtually no income face even more pressure, especially when the rezonings are taken into consideration, given that they can risk furthering the threats of displacement.

is RECOGNIZING that the mayoral control «reform» — like previous efforts to change the system's governance without clearly articulating the educational purpose of the reform or facing society's deep systemic problems of poverty and racism — still leaves the city with schools that fail to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of our students;

Charter Chains and legislators disregard the fact that struggling D or F schools face the deep effects of generational poverty that requires greater investment and support not «failure» labels and ridicule.

But speaker after speaker also cited deep problems in the schools and the city as a whole, with one teacher describing what she called the «rushing rapids» that children face every day in acity plagued by high crime and poverty.

According to the CIA Factbook, «comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep - seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production.»

Or over in south Asia, do you have an innovative solution to the enormous problems facing India's for - profit microfinance industry, which seemed such a great model for getting people out of deep poverty?