Sentences with phrase «children in the developing world»

And its «one for one» business model — which initially had the company donate a pair of shoes to needy children in the developing world for each pair it sold — has inspired scores of copycats.

Just attempting to distribute millions of laptops to children in the developing world is ambitious enough.

I still don't see these huge dangers that formula presents for most children in the developed world.

There is real evidence that extended breastfeeding benefits children in the developing world, where young children are challenged by malnutrition and greater exposure to infectious diseases, which is why the World Health Organization recommends breastfeeding for two years.

Assuming a world that is slow to adapt to climate change and focused on regional self - reliance, the researchers found that children in the developing world — which are the countries expected to provide the bulk of population growth to nine billion or more by mid-century — will be hardest hit.

The proportion of children in the developing world who receive standard vaccines is now bordering on 75 percent.

Underwood, German, and their colleagues believe it will have major potential, not just for preemies but for babies and small children in the developing world who suffer high rates of other gut infections leading to diarrheal disease.

What could go wrong when you put the power of the Internet and solar cells into the hands of children in the developing world?

«Children in developing world infected with parasite — even without appearing ill — may be more prone to stunted growth: Cryptosporidium infects more than 75 percent of poor children in Bangladeshi slum; more than half experience stunting.»

Encouraging scientists, governments, and corporations to participate in cooperative programs that provide life - saving technologies to marginalized people (e.g., pharmaceutical companies working with human rights organizations to make AIDS drugs available to children in the developing world);

For his pioneering work in understanding the role of vitamin A supplementation in preventing blindness and life - threatening infections in children in the developing world.

It is thought to be caused by the onslaught of intestinal infections many children in the developing world are exposed to.

Bacterial infections of the gut are one reason children in the developing world are malnourished, and malnourishment can lead to a poorer response to oral vaccines.

Compared with children in developed countries, children in the developing world show a poorer response to oral vaccines (such as oral polio vaccine), whereas their response to vaccines that are administered systemically by injection (such as measles vaccine) doesn't appear to be much different.

One of the runners in Sunday's New York City Marathon is 64, completely blind, and running for a great cause: helping children in the developing world...

The average child in the developed world owns over 200 toys but only plays with 12 of them on average per day!

The average child in the developed world owns more than 200 toys but plays with... wait for it... only 12 of them!

Basic computer skills were picked up rapidly with the aid of some mathematics and spelling games, and it didn't take long for the students to find that innate spark of curiousity that children in the developed world seem to have when it comes to technology.

WorldReader's mission to provide e-books to all children in the developing world is supported by donations, as well as partners helping out in various areas, such as web design, scanning, and Kindle covers.

Pencils of Promise, or PoP, is a non-profit founded in 2008 to increase access to quality education — a mission that resonates strongly with us at CommonBond — for children in the developing world.

Finally, CommonBond operates on a 1 - for - 1 system where they provide education for a child in the developing world for every student loan they give out.

This is VERY basic stuff that is part of the curriculum of every child in the developed world.

He argues, for example, that getting Vitamin A and zinc to 80 percent of the 140 million children in the developing world who lack them is a higher priority than cutting carbon emissions.

Among the ironies here was the impetus such political activity imparted to blocking the production of so - called «golden rice,» a nutritionally enhanced GM grain that public health advocates hailed for the contribution it could make to combating afflictions (including preventable blindness) in malnourished children in the developing world.

Not exact matches

Cottonwood Heights, Utah - based Cotopaxi — named after a volcano in Ecuador that Davis frequented as a child growing up in South America — is an outdoor gear and apparel retailer that donates 10 percent of all profits to charitable causes in the developing world.

For people in the developing world, getting connected to the internet via smartphone might change their lives even more than having a child, according to Google's Eric Schmidt.

Alhodhud is a company that develops educational content for children in the Arabic world.

The company has particularly targeted this campaign at developing countries like India where, according to the World Health Organization, more than 1,000 children under five die from diarrhea every day — the highest rate in the wWorld Health Organization, more than 1,000 children under five die from diarrhea every day — the highest rate in the worldworld.

Biological changes are happening earlier in children around the world - in 1860, the average age for European girls to develop breasts was 16.6 years.

It means celebrating parenthood by making America the most generous country in the developed world when it comes to maternity and paternity leave, not the least generous, and it means working together on efforts to reduce the costs of food, diapers, childcare, pediatrician visits, college tuition, adoption, and resources for special needs children.

The U.N. met the goal of doubling access to water, but the world is behind in ensuring healthy water access: 2.5 billion people and almost 1 billion children still lack access to basic sanitation, and more than 2 million tons of human waste are released in waterways in developing countries on a daily basis, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

... The UN Commission for the nutrition challenges of the twenty - first century, in its Report submitted on March 20, 2000, has pointed out that» about one in four new - born children in developing countries - around 30 million each year - suffer retarded growth in the womb, an indication of how the nutritional well - being of mothers in pregnancy remains one of the most neglected areas in world health.

I have several notebooks full of ideas on things churches could be doing to share Jesus more effectively with the world, to do a better job in making disciples, to help children grow up and «stick» with Christianity, to make the services more meaningful, to help people connect with God, to develop real and genuine friendships within the church, and on and on.

The reason children require a number of years to develop mastery of certain basic concepts, according to some child psychologists, is not that they are slow in learning the words — they actually know the words quite early — but that they have to start experiencing the world in a new, more simplified way that corresponds with the classifications suggested by these words.4 For example, young children may know the words spoon, teaspoon, silver, knife, and metal but find it difficult for several years to apply them appropriately to objects in their environment, the reason being partly that these words form multiple and overlapping classifications.

The United Kingdom is the world's sixth - largest economy, but it ranked only 25th out of 41 developed countries in the world for child poverty in Unicef's report.

Under Child's theory there is complete continuity from the reaction of the cell with its environment, which constitutes the primary metabolic gradient, and from the later reactions, by which the pattern of the developing embryo is laid down in accordance with the changing gradient pattern, to the intellectual processes by which the adult organism adjusts its relations to the outside world.

«We never abandoned the hope of restoring these effective pro-life safeguards for unborn children in developing countries around the world,» said Rep. Chris Smith (R. - N.J.)

«We are helping people in Third World countries develop social opportunities, and we care about making sure they have potable water and that their children get a good education.

I've seen a lot of successes over this time, especially our work to distribute vitamin A capsules to children and post partum women in the developing world.

As the child grows and feels more secure in her relationship with her mother, she is better able to explore the world around her and to develop strong, healthy bonds with other important people in her life.

Some studies suggest that fathers help particularly in preparing the child for the outside world and developing «social skills».

These new books urge us to raise children in a way that is more closely aligned with how humans actually develop, and with how the world truly is today.

Nourishment of the spiritual, physical, and emotional aspects of each child is integrated with the development of intellectual capacities, allowing learning to become a lifelong passion along with developing an ability to work with others to put that learning to service in the world.

This allows children to strengthen bodies and develop healthy social skills and foster interest in the world around them.

examines the importance of play in early education, and how teachers can help children explore the world around them and develop their creativity.

A Waldorf education prepares children for our changing world by enabling students to fully develop their capacities in an environment that cultivates freedom to act and think.

Only then can we give children in every corner of the world the opportunity to develop their true and full humanity.

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Watching them develop, transform and stand in the uncertain world of child bearing and rearing has inspired and shaped my experience of our culture and life.

This is the time when your child may be developing a more sophisticated sense of himself in the world.