Sentences with phrase «about extreme poverty»

The organization has invited a group of nineteen artists from around the world to create small - scale replicas (16x 8 inch) of the houses that are built by TECHO throughout Latin America to raise awareness about extreme poverty and its effects.

It may seem super niche, and about extreme poverty in a tourist town, and the symmetry there, but it's actually a universal story about what a family is or can be when you don't necessarily know the grass is greener.

Yes, we should try much of what Sachs envisions; there is no doubt we must do something about extreme poverty, and his plan qualifies as something.

Although fans may learn to show concern about extreme poverty and sign up for the One Campaign, they may also receive the message that an economically privileged lifestyle, in which they buy CDs (promoted shamelessly by some of the performers) and enjoy expensive iPods, is morally acceptable.

Not exact matches

«I often talk about there being two crises: one is the crisis brought about by extreme poverty, and the other crisis is brought about by the absence of meaning,» says Nathan George, founder of Trade as One.

Paul wanted the Corinthians to know about the grace that God had given to the Macedonian churches, about how their overflowing joy and extreme poverty had welled up in rich generosity.

If we're serious about ending extreme poverty for good, then this is an all - hands - on - deck situation in which we can't afford to be snobs.

If, however, our scenario had been a different topic — say, a student had experienced extreme poverty for the first time, or realized the magnitude of the global AIDS crisis and wanted to talk to her pastor about how her faith speaks to that — I imagine the response would have been easier for our students to get out and distinctly Christian.

I may be mistaken about the voting, but he certainly cares more for zygotes than he does for pregnant women or for the unwanted children who may be born with a devastating birth defects, or in extreme poverty, violence or ill - health.

«I think many Londoners felt uncomfortable about the bus operation of one of the world's financial powerhouses being funded by the people of a country where many people live in extreme poverty,» Mr Johnson said.

To calculate the cost of eradicating extreme poverty, the researchers first set about estimating the carbon footprints of the world's poorest and richest people.

The Florida Project is a film about broken people, people who live in extreme poverty in a country that should be looking out for them.

The world can now attest that there is quantifiable knowledge about what can work towards alleviating extreme poverty, and also about what can not work.

According to the UN High - Level Panel report «every day, poverty condemns 1 out of 7 people on the planet to a struggle to survive;» The UN High - Level Panel reports notes that «continuing on current growth trends, about 5 % of people will be in extreme poverty by 2030, compared with 43.1 % in 1990 and a forecast 16.1 % in 2015» (2013:44).

The on - going consultations and gathering of information about the post-2015 development gears towards a decision point in a few months, stakeholders including governments, civil societies, academicians and The United Nations are now realizing that to lift some of the 1.1 billion from extreme poverty there is need to link extreme poverty alleviation efforts with sustainable peace.

The event is giving pupils the opportunity to learn about the issues faced by many children around the world trying to access an education while living in zones affected by conflict, natural disasters or extreme poverty, and who lack the basic tools and teachers they need to learn.

How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character introduces extensive research about the paramount role of non-cognitive skills — or character work — in children's success, and proposes a new system to support children in extreme poverty.

«In the case of MPS, so much of their strategic planning [is about] the effort to provide appropriate education services to a student body suffering from extreme poverty and other negative factors - and they have the dual issue of trying to maintain or enhance competitiveness with charter and choice schools,» Henken says.

About half of them, some 7.1 million children, lived in extreme poverty, meaning a family of four existed on less than $ 12,000 per year.

One in 4 children experiences a mental health disorder annually, 73 and half of those who will have a mental health disorder at some point in their life will first be diagnosed at age 14 or younger.74 Furthermore, about half of all children will experience a traumatic event — such as the death of a parent, violence, or extreme poverty — before they reach adulthood.75 And as the opioid epidemic continues to grow, students are coming to school affected by a parent's addiction as well as the havoc and instability that it can wreak on family life.76 In addition, as students experience other issues — such as puberty; family matters, like divorce; and bullying — having supportive trained adults to talk to in school is critical for improving their well - being and attention to learning.

Some people enjoyed learning about the people and culture in Otuam, Ghana: It was refreshing to read a story regarding Africa where the main theme was not about war, violence, extreme poverty, child soldiers, and «just falling apart.»

We routinely hear talk about the one percent and the growing divide between the rich and the poor, yet it is difficult to fathom just exactly what extreme poverty looks like or how it can manifest itself.

I wanted to learn more about the defining issues of our time, extreme poverty, AIDS, women's inequality.

I'm talking about when a blogger writes about how annoying beggars in Cambodia are and fails to so much as mention the country's bloody history and the Khmer Rouge regime created a cycle of extreme poverty that endures today.

«One of the things that preceded the failure of the nation - state of Syria and the rise of ISIS was the effect of climate change and the mega-drought that affected that region, wiped out farmers, drove people to cities, created a humanitarian crisis that created the symptoms — or rather the conditions of extreme poverty — that has now led to the rise of ISIL and this extreme violence,» the former Maryland governor said, fielding a question about foreign policy from Bloomberg.

About Blog CPAN works to keep international attention focused on the fight against extreme and chronic poverty, to identify and understand which policies are effective for poverty reduction - and why.

Colorado, USA & Uganda, Africa About Blog BeadforLife creates sustainable opportunities for women to lift their families out of extreme poverty by connecting people worldwide in a circle of exchange that enriches everyone.