Sentences with phrase «communities affected»

Ultimately, the initiative could result in a mental health recovery model that could be used by other communities affected by natural disasters.
All Hands Volunteers works to address the long - term needs of communities affected by disasters.
A central requirement is that developers obtain the prior informed consent of Indigenous communities affected by any development proposal.
But until now little was understood about how the roots under different plant communities affect the physical condition of the soil.
And they must also commit governments to robust action to support emission cuts and build the resilience of communities affected by climate change.
In response to artists impacted by the tragedy of 9/11 in 2001, the Foundation expanded to provide emergency grants to individual artists in communities affected by man - made and natural disasters.
The state will also work with local communities to address potential revenue shortfalls, similar to how it has worked with communities affected by other plant closures through the existing fossil fuel plant retirement fund.
Falconer admits that Cameron's deal won't guarantee a drop in immigration — «You have to accept free movement of labour when you're within the EU» — and calls for increased domestic support for communities affected by high levels of immigration, and he also wants to hear a distinct Labour case for staying in the EU.
The airline flew relief experts and equipment from Team Rubicon to Antigua on Tuesday and continues to discuss how it can help communities affected by Hurricane Irma with aid agencies including Unicef and the Red Cross.
The House passed an emergency relief package this week that would direct $ 36.5 billion toward recovery efforts in Puerto Rico, California, and other communities affected by natural disasters.
By measuring an uptick in online searches as well as social media chatter and mass media coverage, Ion Bogdan Vasi, an associate professor of sociology at the UI and corresponding author of a new study, demonstrated how local screenings of Gasland — a 2010 American documentary that focused on communities affected by natural gas drilling — affected the public debate on hydraulic fracking.
That the sector must educate itself on service provision to diverse populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse groups and the LGBTQI community, and the ways social disadvantage affects these communities
The latest chapter in the disaster relief program has been helping victims from communities affected by recent tornadoes, like Oak Grove, Mo., and much of Boone County.
How are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities affected by the giving and sharing of money?
Taking the award for the non-profit sector was Fair Mining Collaborative's Moving Toward Reconciliation, which involves resource, capacity building for First Nations communities affected by resource development.
Monies raised from ticket sales and other fundraising initiatives around the event will be passed directly to the London Community Foundation for allocation to the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund, distributing funds to survivors and the wider community affected by the fire.
«She can't be with us today, but Helen will travel the country, visiting communities affected by anti-social behaviour.»
The Justice in Mining Network will support and advocate on behalf of local communities affected by mining activities, and will lobby on human rights issues where appropriate.
DLH to pay Liberian rural communities affected by its illegal purchases the sum of US$ 304,870, equivalent to the value of the timber that was stolen from their forests.
Sierra Club activists have worked with many communities affected by coal ash waste sites - many of these affected residents started their own community organizations to fight the hazards, and came to us for help.
In April, the Inspection Panel released its newest report that found the bank had improved its resettlement policies, but also was experiencing grave problems in planning for resettling communities affected by its investments.
The 13 - year - old and his family unloaded the haul into shopping carts Sunday at Seasons kosher grocery store on Reisterstown Road in Pikesville, where volunteers were collecting items to donate to Jewish communities affected by Hurricane Harvey in Houston.
This is in continuation of efforts to bring succour to distressed inhabitants of liberated communities affected by insurgency in the North East.
The first essential step in providing that is to provide free blood screening to determine exposure levels — as step that has been taken in other New York communities affected by contamination of drinking water with similar perfluorinated compounds.
Afterwards, Boyajian found a home at the Albany law firm co-founded by his father, Dreyer Boyajian LLP, where he practiced municipal and environmental law, including representing communities affected by PCB contamination of the St. Lawrence and Hudson Rivers.
The border communities affected are Kuduku, Gborgyo, Kertyo and Wuriji in Keana, Doma, Awe and Obi local government areas of Nasarawa State.
Microbial communities affecting albumen photography heritage: a methodological survey — Puškárová — Scientific Reports — February 2016
As Arctic temperatures soar, EJF prepares to meet the Sami communities affected by climate change
The research looked at communities affected by wildfires in Arizona.
Does the way an organism moves through an ecological community affect its survivability?
It's less about what happens on the court than how class, race and community affect everything off the blacktop.
How do peers, family, and community affect adolescents» attitudes towards learning?
We know the road to recovery will be a long one, and our hearts are with the Nepalese communities affected by this unimaginable tragedy.
My heart goes out to the whole mission team, the scientific community who were anxiously awaiting working with the data, the American people, and really the world community affected by climate issues.
A four day gathering of civil society and social movements (Social Pre-COP) on Margarita Island in Venezuela concluded on November 7th, after having given communities affected by climate change a voice in the run up to December's UN climate talks in Lima (COP 20).
Even poorer communities affect the environment through over-exploitation of limited local environments.
Kresge Foundation grant for «To assist diverse low and moderate income communities affected by Hurricane Sandy to strengthen their long term resilience in the face of climate change»
EJ activists recognize that the injustice of diminished health of people and planet in our most vulnerable and underrepresented communities affects us all.
«It's time the EPA put in place strong protections that address the threats communities affected by coal ash have been facing for decades.
With no practical biocontrol available and heavy regulations on herbicides, lake communities affected by variable milfoil mainly resort to pulling the weeds from the lakebed by hand.
Scabies in many remote communities affect up to 50 % of children, meningococcal is 5 times the national rate, tuberculosis is 15 per 100,000 for Indigenous people compared to 1.2 per 100,000 non-Indigenous.
Attempts to change social systems — schools, families and communities affecting children and adolescents can be successful
«RE / MAX is concerned first and foremost for the safety and wellbeing of Texas communities affected by Hurricane Harvey, including more than 2,500 RE / MAX associates and their families in nearly 110 offices in the Texas Gulf Coast that have been directly impacted by this storm,» says Adam Contos, co-CEO of RE / MAX.
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