Sentences with phrase «local elders from»

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One tribal elder, Juma Gul, told the Times that «the Taliban escaped from the area last night and left us to ISIS with our women and children... there was no resistance by the Taliban against ISIS, and local tribes had no way to fight them anymore, so we just escaped.»

Marzak has historically been a stronghold for the insurgency over the past decade until the Afghan and U.S forces took advantage of the winter months to establish a local police force at the request of the elders and secure the village from foreign fighters who transit the area during the fighting season.

In an ultimate story of small business savvy enacting huge community change, a group of female elders from the Wirlu - murra Aboriginal community in Roebourne have translated a market stall selling local artwork into joint venture mining contracts worth over $ 100 million.

From a practical position can not a local Elder, Pastor, and Teacher maintain a job?

This completely excludes «women» from holding the position of «pastor, elder, bishop, overseer, etc.» in the «biblical» local church.

After him an elder of the local Arab Orthodox community took the flame from the patriarch's torch.

Succeeding the bishop in general oversight of the local group was the priest, the term itself actually deriving from «presbyter,» meaning elder.

Araoye, who said over 2,500 elders had benefited from the programme across the six local governments in the senatorial district, described the policy as a re-enactment of Fayemi's Social Security Scheme, where 25,000 people above 65 were paid N5, 000 per month.

There is also a cameo from the elder Winstone as the local butcher, though his peculiar accent and head gear does prove rather distracting.

Travelling from town to town and family to family, they hit upon their calling as Stephen, the elder brother, figures out a way to give the younger brother Bloom the normal life that he wants, and to turn a profit, making him befriend the local rich kids only to lead them astray in a racket organised with the local dry cleaner.

The eldest, Faruk, a dissipated historian, wallows in alcohol as he laments his inability to tell the story of the past from the kaleidoscopic pieces he finds in the local archive; his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgün, has yet to discover the real - life consequences of highminded politics; and Metin, a high school nerd, tries to keep up with the lifestyle of his spoiled society schoolmates while he fantasizes about going to America - an unaffordable dream unless he can persuade his grandmother to tear down her house.

The Powder Highway — originally a marketing vehicle cooked up by Chris Elder of Fernie Alpine Resort and Dave Nicholls of nearby Island Lake Catskiing — is a woven fabric of main roads, backroads, and sideroads in southeastern B.C that encompasses everything from deluxe cat - skiing operations to under the radar local ski hills to prestigious alpine touring lodges for skiers with big heart, lungs, and quads.

In addition to the possibility of helping you get traffic violations reduced or dismissed, a Box Elder South Dakota online driver improvement program teaches you invaluable safe driving skills that will keep you out of accidents, off the phone with your insurance carrier, away from court and out of the line at your local Box Elder South Dakota MVD office.

We then established our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Staff Working Group and an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Working Group which included leaders and Elders from within the local community.

They can engage with and learn from Elders, partner with Aboriginal organisations, and work with local champions who see the value of bringing evidence - based programs out of universities and into reality in community to give every child the best possible chance in life.

Federal Circuit Court to invite local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders / community members and staff from organisations such as local Aboriginal Medical Services and Local Aboriginal Land Counlocal Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders / community members and staff from organisations such as local Aboriginal Medical Services and Local Aboriginal Land Counlocal Aboriginal Medical Services and Local Aboriginal Land CounLocal Aboriginal Land Councils.

Strategies: Establishing early learning in IT training; accessing cultural education from local elders; develop effective mentoring and case management programs; create opportunities for youths to develop leadership skills in the community.