Sentences with phrase «communities lack access»

High rates of violence contribute to unintended pregnancy, complications in pregnancy, unsafe abortion, and maternal deaths in parts of the world where health systems remain weak and women and communities lack access to quality care.

«Our communities lack access to good jobs, our school districts are suffering and our local taxpayers are overburdened.

Low - income communities lack access to affordable healthy food and that is one of the most critical social justice issues today.

Sunfarmer, which supplies solar energy services to rural communities lacking access to reliable and affordable electricity by providing technology and innovative financing solutions.

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Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC, said there's a «lack of interest and lack of support for mutual and impartial humanitarian access to Syrian people» among the international community.

In their deliberations, they agreed to 20 specific actions to address global economic and social problems, ranging from building a corps of community health workers in poor regions of the world, to creating digital identities for the 2 billion people who lack access to financial services, to educating and training displaced, unemployed and underemployed workers.

While the new technology promises to make cash management quicker and more cost - effective, so far it does little to address the small - business community's thorniest financial problem: its lack of access to capital.

Community Financial Services Association of America, the largest trade group for payday lenders, says the rule would «virtually eliminate» their business model, which provides short - term loans to millions of low - income consumers who lack access to credit cards or bank loans.

Clean the World recycles partially used bars of soap and bottled amenities from resorts in the United States and distributes the new soap and hygiene kits to communities that lack access to these essential items.

Lack of access to central and coastal communities, beyond Roseau, the country's capital, and Melville, have hampered needs assessments and humanitarian relief efforts.

Once again, such resources are the envy of those secular counselors who lack access to community support groups that could be part of the healing process.

A theme running through the Plan is that without secure access to and control over our food, and without authentic freedom of choice when it comes to food, we lack the basis for any lasting personal, community and national development.

According to the United Nations Population Funds statement to mark the global event, close to 214 million women in developing countries who want to avoid pregnancy are not using safe and effective family planning methods either because they lack access to information, or because they can't get support from their partners or communities.

Cuomo's office said that grants made available through the program «will be awarded through a competitive process, with priority given to nonprofits with State contracts that provide direct services in high - need communities, particularly smaller nonprofits and nonprofits that lack access to other capital funding opportunities.»

SOL also represented a community response with sense of urgency to find reachable solutions to pressing issues facing the Latino community, including the hostile political climate, crisis of affordable housing, threats to immigrants rights, low graduation rates and lack of access to higher education, and lack of job opportunities.

On education, Mr. Diaz backed up Bronx Councilman Andy King's call for universal gifted and talented testing and programs on - site at all schools, calling the current lack of access in lower - income communities «unacceptable.»

A map of the state assembled by the administration shows that almost all communities north of New York City and Long Island lack access to 100 mb / s broadband.

The lack of access to many major instruments caused a brain drain in the community up until the early 1990s, when Canadian science began to catch up.

African - Americans» lower rates of eye care are believed to stem from less access and more barriers to care, fewer eye care providers with practices situated in their communities, and a lack of awareness of their high - risk status for vision loss and how routine preventive care could reduce that risk.

Along with representatives from the medical, scientific, and bioethics communities, two representatives of the Lacks family will serve on NIH's newly formed, six - member working group that will review proposals for access to the HeLa full genome sequence data.

Such an expansion would particularly benefit residents of medically underserved urban and rural communities who otherwise lack ready access to primary care services, especially adults with serious and chronic health conditions that can be cared for in primary care settings, women of childbearing age, children and the low - income elderly.

Family and social problems, lack of community support, poor access to quality education, relocation from their communities, and a shortage of science and technology role models are just some of the problems that youth living on reserves have to deal with, says Mervin Dewasha, founder, president, and treasurer of CASEA.

In a busy, hectic society when we have little time available to go out socially, if we live in a rural area with lack of access to a visible gay community and find it difficult to decipher who's gay versus straight when out on the town, social media makes for a great leveraging tool to meet other single gay men.

It's that the community has a high obesity rate and lacks access to healthy food.

This brief and related report synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies and finds that community schools can improve outcomes for all students, especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

This report, which synthesizes findings from 143 rigorous research studies, finds community schools can improve outcomes for all students, and especially those facing lack of access to high - quality schools and out - of - school barriers to learning.

These communities tend to lack access to meaningful job opportunities and face chronic unemployment.

We are working here to develop a solution to a very specific, yet highly consequential, problem that afflicts rural and poor communities across the U.S. — students who have the aptitude and work ethic to excel academically often lack access to the advanced coursework needed to fulfill their potential.

While there, Alejandro became frustrated that his students — and millions more in low - income communities — lacked continuous access to learning at home and school.

Issues in rural schools can include fewer resources for students and teachers; lack of access to professional development and student training opportunities; community isolation; students having the same teachers for multiple subjects and grade levels; and fewer extracurricular activities.

Students who live in communities with high levels of poverty are four times more likely to be chronically absent than others often for reasons beyond their control, such as unstable housing, unreliable transportation and a lack of access to health care.

«The persistent lack of access to world - class educational resources and technology in far too many communities is at the heart of this issue,» Duncan wrote on the Brown Center Chalkboard, a blog of the Brookings Institution.

In the online discussions and face - to - face meetings, the members of the learning community, the teachers and the university educators, engaged in numerous conversations about how to overcome these barriers (e.g., lack of access to technology).

In this way, we address the overlapping crises of under - resourced schools, biased school discipline, and lack of access to college and career opportunities that disproportionately harm our communities.

, biased school discipline, and lack of access to college and career opportunities that disproportionately harm our communities.

More than half of teachers in low - income communities said that their students» lack of access to online resources at home presented a major challenge to integrating technology into their teaching.

Through every wake - up text message and phone call, every late night or Sunday spent lesson planning, and every celebratory announcement in Community Meeting, our revolutionary staff demonstrate their unceasing commitment to the success of our scholars, the Phoenix mission, and to creating change for high - risk students who lack access to college and career pathways.

Transforming into a healthy school takes time, especially in communities that lack access to adequate resources and support.

For example, connect with community partners if the barrier is clothing, transportation, housing, access to health or mental health treatment; provide training to teachers and staff to address instructional barriers; review budgets to remedy shortages of staff and / or lack of materials and supplies needed to deliver effective classroom instruction or school - wide accommodations; and engage culturally - competent staff to break down communication barriers between schools and families.

These bookshops, mostly independently owned as a labor of love and not a retirement investment, are often single - handedly fighting the war against lack of book access, barriers to publication, and the breakdown of communities.

Addressing the issue of too many dogs and cats in poor communities is not simple; overall access to convenient, affordable spay / neuter services is disparate with some states having only a very few accessible, affordable programs to serve the state, and some statewide programs that do exist lack the funds to operate effectively.

When the opposite occurs, animal care resource deserts emerge, and this lack of access has a profound impact on the well - being of a community, from public health and safety to taxpayer dollars that fund animal services set up to respond to community animal problems.

The challenges these communities, and many Puerto Rican shelters, face is poor public perception, little to no access to affordable spay and neuter, unreliable electricity and the Internet, and a lack of funding and resources.

Featured Program: Pets for Life Our Pets for Life program addresses inequity and the lack of access to pet resources people experience in under - served communities through community outreach and pet owner support services in our focus area of the 75210, 75215, and 75216 zip codes.

«Our research shows that in this neighborhood, the lack of access to affordable pet health services is bordering on crisis levels,» said Cheryl Traversi, ARL's Associate Director of Community Services.

An underserved community is one in which individuals lack basic access to arts programs due to factors such as geography, economic conditions, ethnic background, or disability.

The Water Project, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization unlocking human potential by providing sustainable water projects to communities in sub-Saharan Africa who suffer needlessly from a lack of access to clean water and proper sanitation.

MANIFEST JUSTICE is a creative community exhibition that will elevate and illuminate the ongoing conversation of race, implicit bias, and lack of access to comprehensive healthcare in our country, specifically in low income areas.

One reason thousands of rural communities peppering the slopes and valleys outside the Katmandu metropolis were particularly hard hit is that they lack access even to wood for construction timbers in the deforested highlands — let alone reinforced concrete.

This Carbon Tracker report shows how rural communities in Africa and India suffering most from a lack of modern energy can exploit the falling costs of renewable power, to access electricity without the need for expensive grid transmission networks.