Sentences with phrase «as food poverty»

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Food banks, Saul argues, serve as a kind of «moral release valve» for government, permitting it to appear as if it were doing something about hunger when it's doing nothing to address the poverty and social isolation that lead people to food banks in the first plFood banks, Saul argues, serve as a kind of «moral release valve» for government, permitting it to appear as if it were doing something about hunger when it's doing nothing to address the poverty and social isolation that lead people to food banks in the first plfood banks in the first place.

A family friend who works as a concert photographer saw the photo and put her in touch with board members of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, an organization that provides food, housing, and social services for those experiencing poverty and homelessness.

To be eligible for Lifeline, participants must have an income less than 135 % of the federal poverty level or qualify for one of several other programs for the poor, such as Medicaid or food stamps.

I had thought of these as the way the developed world intends to bring developing nations out of poverty and address such international challenges as food security and conflict resolution.

According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonpartisan research group that focuses on reducing poverty, 20 million children in the United States (nearly 1 in 4) will have received Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits — better known as food stamps — in 2016.

The official poverty measure is based on Census money income, which includes cash assistance but does not count non-cash assistance like SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) and rental vouchers.

From day one, children are facing poverty as parents with disabilities struggle to make ends meet and put food on the table.

The questions addressed the moral role of TV celebrity chefs in the food waste debate as well as body image, food poverty and the role of the Christian faith in the overall debate.

In tune with this global rhetoric, the United Front Government in its Common Minimum Program made eradication of poverty as its main emphasis along with a seven - point agenda for ensuring safe drinking water, primary education for all, primary health care, housing, food security, road networks and mid-day meals to be implemented by A.D. 2000.

As Pope John Paul said — There is n o need for starvation and extreme poverty when there is more enough food for everyone if it was SHARED fairly!

Not only are its people more polarized than ever over Puerto Rico's status question — whether to become a sovereign nation, become a state of the U.S. or stay as it is; it is the most impoverished North American territory, with an external debt of over $ 7 billion, an unemployment rate of more than 20 per cent, 65 per cent of its people on federal food stamps and 38 per cent who have an income below the poverty line.

Two years ago, the Czechs were in the streets of Prague facing Russian tanks, not because of compassion for human want and misery, but because they were not free; the Vietnamese continue to resist America, as they did Japan and France before us, not because of hunger for food but hunger to determine their own destinies; black militants are in the streets of our cities today, not because they are famished — though poverty and want still stalk our land, particularly black communities — but because black citizens, more than any others, have been politically isolated and impotent, unable to act in their own governance.

As life - threatening poverty has left Syria's war - torn families struggling to buy food, a Catholic charity... More

Their buildings can serve as food distribution centers, job training centers, or provide counseling around domestic violence issues that often skyrocket with the stresses of poverty.

Whether it's combating underlying causes of poverty such as unemployment and debt, or providing immediate help through food banks, the doors of many churches are wide open with Christians helping to meet a plethora of needs.

She hopes that as underlying causes of poverty are addressed, less people will be reliant on food banks for survival.

Poverty is about lack of essentials such as food, clean water, and basic health care.

The study, titled Impossible Choices, spoke to almost 200 teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 in 20 focus groups across 10 different communities — including big cities like Chicago and Los Angeles, as well as rural areas like rural North Carolina and eastern Oregon — who were members of families facing poverty and food insecurity.

It included short presentations and proof points from global dairy leaders as well as from Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on the contribution of the dairy sector to the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals such as ending poverty and hunger, and protecting the environment.

«It's important to incorporate C4 in rice because rice grows in places where other crops such as maize do not grow and because rice is the staple food of more than half the world, including many people who live in poverty.»

His talk stressed that as FWL is one third of the total food produced globally, reduction in FWL can bring multiple benefits such as poverty reduction, higher income for the producers and lower cost for consumers, as well as protection of precious resources and the environment.

As a result of these attributes, the United Nations named 2013 the «International Year of Quinoa,» celebrating the role that this supergrain's biodiversity and nutritional value plays in providing food security, nutrition, and the eradication of poverty.

The cooking school brings national as well as locally - acclaimed and beloved chefs to work directly with customers, and Southern Season's Share the Food non-profit foundation, a program that fights hunger and poverty, works with local charities to reach the hungry in the local store community.

Actions to advance breastfeeding as part of nutrition, food security and poverty reduction strategies galvanize efforts to achieve sustainable development goals.

SNAP, known as the Food Supplement Program in Maryland, provides monthly benefits to over 650,000 Marylanders to purchase food, and plays a critical role in reducing hunger and poveFood Supplement Program in Maryland, provides monthly benefits to over 650,000 Marylanders to purchase food, and plays a critical role in reducing hunger and povefood, and plays a critical role in reducing hunger and poverty.

I think teaching children food literacy (especially how what we eat is connected to so many things we all care about, including the environment, health and poverty) is one of the most important things we can do as parents and educators.

But the book is more than just a collection of interesting photos; rather, author Andrea Curtis uses school food as a starting point for age - appropriate discussions of larger societal issues like poverty and the environment.

As the new CEO for the Met Council on Jewish Poverty, he decided to do the same for the 180,000 people who rely on their Passover food donations, too.

Community Food Advocates, the main advocacy group behind the push for universal lunch, has argued that the current program discourages those eligible for low - income free lunch from accepting it when their peers see it as a sign of poverty.

Given that I live in poverty at the best of times delayed payment can have a significant impact resulting in having to walk to the university, which is quite some distance away, as well as go without food for the day.

The fact that large pockets of people across the world are still living in extreme poverty is being exacerbated by rises in global food and fuel prices, as well as climate change.

Social Liberal Forum campaigns on welfare and food poverty illustrate the need for that document to look forwards as well as back; to...

It would appear that forcing workers into poverty and having them rely on benefits to pay for basics such as rent and food is quite acceptable in David Cameron's «big society» Britain.

The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo - Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs as well as the operations of existing agencies like the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC)...

Social Liberal Forum campaigns on welfare and food poverty illustrate the need for that document to look forwards as well as back; to solve problems left by Conservatives» espousal of regressive policies.

«Leading efforts to reduce extreme poverty, food insecurity, and preventable deaths with initiatives such as Feed the Future and the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.»

The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo - Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs, the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) and others.

The contrasting responses reveal the government's struggle to react to growing food poverty even as economic recovery gathers pace.

The Bawku Central Member of Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has sued the Akufo - Addo administration at the Supreme Court over the implementation of some of its key initiatives such as the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP), Free Senior High School, Planting for Food and Jobs as well as the operations of existing agencies like the Microfinance and Small Loans Center (MASLOC) and others.

To better inform the tradeoffs involved in land use choices around the world, experts have assessed the value of ecosystem services provided by land resources such as food, poverty reduction, clean water, climate and disease regulation and nutrients cycling.

It would be a tragic mistake to dismiss the huge potential of new technologies for addressing some of the most enduring problems of poverty: drought - and pest - resistant varieties of food for poor farmers who have been bypassed by the Green Revolution; treatment for many tropical diseases, such as malaria and sleeping sickness; low - cost wireless computers that can break the information isolation of rural communities that rely only on the radio and word of mouth; and low - cost energy supplies for the vast majority of people in developing countries using dung and firewood.

Opportunities: The Power of Poverty 10 August 2007 Although he no longer shops the dented - food bin at the supermarket, the lessons Peter Fiske learned as a starving student have served him well in his professional life.

The federal poverty level, still the most commonly used benchmark for determining who is defined as poor or in need of public assistance, was created in the 1960s and is based primarily on estimates of minimal food costs.

Investing in healthy land can generate multiple benefits required under the SDGs, such as food, water and energy security, poverty eradication, resilience of rural communities and ecosystem restoration.

At USAID there are projects and programs in areas such as global health, food security, water and sanitation, poverty, climate change, environmental degradation, and civil disorder.

3 So soy is now sold to the upscale consumer, not as a cheap poverty food, but as a miracle substance that will prevent heart disease and cancer, whisk away hot flashes, build strong bones and keep us forever young.

But instead of returning to shacks to live in poverty and squalor as most District 12 residents do, the victors are granted lavish homes, riches, plenty of food, and all the latest conveniences this dystopic post-apocalyptic future has to offer, like telephones and in - air projection televisions.

Green Gone Wrong explores how the conversion from a «petro» to a «green» society affects the most fundamental aspects of life: food, shelter, and transportation and includes unintended consequences such as massive clear - cutting, destruction of native ecosystems, and grinding poverty.

A resolution condemning terrorism was unanimously passed, but the young diplomats didn't stop there: They called for more humanitarian aid in the form of food, health care, and education so that terrorism was not considered the only way out of poverty and oppression and so that countries could look beyond survival and consider issues such as possible terrorists in their midst.

Growing demand for processed products as street food and for supermarkets, and emergence of formal - sector enterprises (e.g. Fresh Cuts, Quality Cuts, My Choice) must give capable farmers and NGOs a reason to start investing in pig farming as an income generation activity and tool to fighting poverty.