Sentences with phrase «as a disaster relief»

The Fund also supports humanitarian causes dear and near to DJ / Producer Steve Aoki such as disaster relief and animal - rights.

Acting as a disaster relief team, students plan and mount a rescue mission to the Philippines.

Thanks to its «outstanding performance in difficult driving conditions such as on rough - terrain and steep slopes,» the Mega Cruiser was also used by the Japanese Automobile Federation as a disaster relief vehicle.

Red Rover is a non-profit organization that provides emergency shelter, as well as disaster relief services.

More than just outreach and inclusivity campaigns, Everus is developing real - world initiatives that utilize cryptocurrency and smart contracts to solve problems in areas such as disaster relief, military applications, financial education, wealth disparity and governance.

As a disaster relief volunteer, Jill Rich is on call one week a month to help victims of fire, flood, and storms get back on their feet.

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Diamandis sees such a system as being helpful in disaster relief efforts, when sending in human rescue teams might be too risky.

As for civilian applications, Duncan adds that the technology could be used for disaster relief or in difficult climates.

As the advisory notes, a common scam during and after natural disasters is for fraudsters to pretend to set up relief funds and request donations.

Giving a presentation entitled «Navigating Ambiguity» on Wednesday at the Fortune, Time and Wallpaper * Brainstorm Design conference held in Singapore, the executive director of Stanford University's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, also known as the d.school, observed that people seem to feel a heightened sense of uncertainty across the board — in politics, retirement, medical, disaster relief, even the weather.

After Hurricane Maria savaged Puerto Rico, a man named Jesse Levin used what he'd learned as an entrepreneur and applied it to disaster relief.

Today's donation is Labatt's fourth under its Canadian Disaster Relief Program in as many years.

We couldn't be more thrilled for our team today as we just received two awards from ACT Canada for our Instant Issuance for Disaster Relief...

Google (GOOG) has set up a web page with a search function for missing persons, as well as links to official government information on the disaster and the relief effort.

Over the last couple of days, as the enormity of this storm was being realized, we have been working to organize relief efforts for the Houston area with our friend Franklin Graham and the disaster relief organization that he oversees, Samaritan's Purse.

But then, Larson said, there's the third and longest stage of disaster relief — the one in which federal and local government rebuild the infrastructure crippled by the hurricane, and try to get life as close to normal as possible.

Direct Relief is coordinating its response in Puerto Rico with the Asociación de Salud Primaria de Puerto Rico, National Association of Community Health Centers, National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters, as well as local public health officials.

Some of the supplies the company donated to citizens in need and disaster relief workers included easily portable, protein - rich nonperishable foods, such as peanuts and beef jerky.

, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, came as White House and congressional leaders discussed a plan to immediately pump about $ 6 billion into federal disaster relief efforts.

But Walker said he understands that members will have to square their previous votes on disaster relief with their positions on Harvey aid: «As far as saying, «Can you explain why you wouldn't vote here, but in this case you would?&raquAs far as saying, «Can you explain why you wouldn't vote here, but in this case you would?&raquas saying, «Can you explain why you wouldn't vote here, but in this case you would?»

Sailors, pilots, tour operators, international real estate specialists, NGO and disaster relief workers, and world travelers and adventurers have all written for International Living, and they were well represented around our meeting table as well.

As Congress continues to consider hurricane relief funding, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget re-released its «A Mini-Bargain to Improve the Budget» proposal with a new plan to help finance disaster relief efforts.

Tax reform faces an uphill battle, with an already packed legislative calendar set to become even more crowded as lawmakers begin to address disaster relief for the Texas Gulf Coast.

«The lack of transparency in assigning public funds and the discriminatory impact on how vulnerable communities in particular are devastated by austerity may become evident again as Puerto Rico awaits disaster relief funds, and communities await to see how those funds will be distributed,» she wrote.

At CDP, we focus on disasters full - time, 365 days a year and support the full cycle of disasters including planning, preparation, mitigation, recovery, and resilience, as well as short - term relief.

Right after Hurricane Irma, I flew down to St. Thomas as part of the advance team for All Hands Volunteers to help set up their disaster response relief effort.

For example, in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, hundreds of churches quickly formed the China Christian Action Love volunteer association to provide relief, which many disaster victims praised as besting government efforts in both speed and constancy.

World Vision has relief supplies already stocked in disaster - prone countries as well as in strategically located warehouses around the world.

Because goh - goh only needs water, the cereal is ideal for times when milk is not readily available, such as camping or disaster relief responses.

The company supports the communities it serves and gets involved with relief programs, as it did in the wake of natural disasters like the earthquake in Haiti and Hurricane Katrina, and recently for Superstorm Sandy.

More than 8,000 disaster victims have been assisted through more than $ 400,000 in donations to the American Red Cross and its National Disaster Relief, which offers shelter as well as food and emotional support to victims of ddisaster victims have been assisted through more than $ 400,000 in donations to the American Red Cross and its National Disaster Relief, which offers shelter as well as food and emotional support to victims of dDisaster Relief, which offers shelter as well as food and emotional support to victims of disasterdisaster.

As one of the region's largest employers, Paradise Beverages donated FJ$ 150,000 to the Government disaster relief fund and established an additional dedicated hardship fund to assist those employees worst affected.

All Arsenal fans everywhere probably breathed a big sigh of relief as Arsenal cruised to a 4 - 0 victory in the FA Cup Final on Saturday, and there was no sign of any nerves at all from the players, but Arsene Wenger admitted to a few nerves himself and that a defeat would have been a disaster for his side.

As part of disaster relief recovery, USDA granted free status for all students through September, giving Purvis time to apply for Community Eligibility which was granted in October of SY 2016 - 17, and by January she was piloting «Breakfast on the Go» for feedback and testing.

Of course, most of those troops may not be the same kind as would be used in disaster relief.

«We have to provide funding for community health centers and CHIP, as well as relief for the millions of Americans still reeling from natural disasters.

«As communities in New York recover from Hurricane Irene, will Representative Chris Gibson let his Republican Leadership hold disaster relief funding until draconian cuts are made to things like Medicare and education?»

Under the provisions of Section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. § § 5121 - 5207 (Stafford Act), and implemented by 44 CFR § § 206.36, I request that you declare an Expedited Major Disaster for the State of New York as a result of Hurricane Irene that began impacting the state on August 27, 2011 and continues.

Until Oct. 20th, join Speaker @CarlHeastie as he organizes a month long relief drive for survivors of this past month's natural disasters pic.twitter.com/AsqBPRE 6aD

The significant increase in funding in the Senate bill is expected to help shore up emergency disaster relief programs as Hurricane Irma races through the Caribbean toward Florida.

The House on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed $ 7.9 billion in Hurricane Harvey disaster relief as warring Republicans and Democrats united behind help for victims of that storm as an ever more powerful new hurricane bore down on Florida.

As of Tuesday morning, the unspent current disaster - relief fund stood at $ 9.25 billion.

All research is on hold as faculty members join forces with relief workers to dig out — and dry out — after the disaster.

As part of LORELEI, Schuler and his team are using the Ohio Supercomputer Center's Owens Cluster to develop a grammar acquisition algorithm to discover the rules of lesser - known languages, learning the grammars without supervision so disaster relief teams can react quickly.

As for disaster relief, «we won't be a fire brigade», says Eggenburg.

Understanding and predicting El Niño phenomena is a major goal of climate researchers as well as public health authorities and disaster relief organizations worldwide.

As far as what to expect from L. Avenue in the coming weeks, we plan to bring back some normally scheduled blog content starting next week but want y ’ all to know that we'll be donating 100 % of business profits to Hurricane Harvey disaster relief efforts from not through the end of the yeaAs far as what to expect from L. Avenue in the coming weeks, we plan to bring back some normally scheduled blog content starting next week but want y ’ all to know that we'll be donating 100 % of business profits to Hurricane Harvey disaster relief efforts from not through the end of the yeaas what to expect from L. Avenue in the coming weeks, we plan to bring back some normally scheduled blog content starting next week but want y ’ all to know that we'll be donating 100 % of business profits to Hurricane Harvey disaster relief efforts from not through the end of the year.

Well, I don't know if that's the role Chris Evans will be reading, but what I do know is that Scarlett Johansson is gathering her Avengers buddies, as well as some other celebrity friends, for a staged reading of Our Town, which will benefit Puerto Rico's disaster relief effort.

This is a snapshot of what Special Studies Program master's candidate Alaina Bearden witnessed on the ground as she engaged in disaster relief work immediately following Hurricane Sandy.

In the US alone some 62.8 million people act as volunteer, and various independent organisations are actively involved in disaster relief [15]: