Sentences with phrase «community workers in»

Originally aimed at health workers, educators and community workers in different local regions in developing countries, these resources provide practical information on a wide range of care, support and prevention issues concerning HIV, AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Instead, I connected with teachers in Peru and Russia, activists in Bangladesh, community workers in Britain, children in the U.S., Canada and elsewhere, parents and other educators via Skype, land line and online.

When I asked a community worker in Cape Town's squatter camps what ordinary people were saying about AIDS, she replied, «They think it's a way for people to get jobs.»

He was educated at a grammar school for boys in Surrey, and later read English and Philosophy at the University of Kent, Canterbury, during which time he was also employed as a community worker in Glasgow (1976).

He was also employed as a community worker in Glasgow (1976), and after graduating, worked as a residential social worker in London.

She was a Peace Corps volunteer in Kano, Nigeria, for two years working in the area of child welfare and family counseling and was a community worker in East Harlem, New York City, working with adolescents and their families.

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Starting off as a social worker or at an entry level position in community services is the way to get started.

In Fort McMurray, oilsands producers like Suncor must wrestle with restarting operations while supporting their workers and communities.

In the letter, which has been published online, the civic leaders said Amazon must be ready to hire local workers, pay its fair share of local taxes, and negotiate with the local community to ensure its facility will positive impact everyone.

Perversely, in optimizing their profitability, banks are limiting the potential of entrepreneurs (who represent 97 % of all Canadian businesses, employ 56 % of all workers and play a key role in shaping local communities) to contribute to Canadian society and its economy.

They can make business connections, reach out to customers, locate contract workers and find people they could never meet in their own local communities.

According to data from the American Community Survey, in 2014, the pay gap for full - time workers was smallest in Washington, D.C. (There, women were paid 90 percent of what men earned.)

«It was cool to bring jobs to the community, but it was hard to train workers and it wasn't really sustainable in terms of macro growth,» she says.

According to the SBA, DELTA loans of up to $ 1.25 million must be used to retain jobs of defense workers, create new jobs in impacted communities, or to make operating changes with the aim of remaining in the «national technical and industrial base.»

So the group committed to making that a reality — working with their Global Forum colleagues and others in the private and nonprofit sectors to fund a corps of 750,000 community health workers in sub-Saharan Africa and other underserved rural areas of the globe.

If we want our companies and communities to be competitive in a knowledge economy, we need to invest in creating knowledgeable workers.

For several years, Cameco has tied compensation to environmental sustainability and worker safety, because «being in the uranium business, the company understands the importance of the social licence from the community,» says Nancy Hopkins, a lawyer who sits on several private - and public - sector boards, including Cameco's.

Starting off as a social worker or at an entry level position in community or correctional services is the way to get started.

In a plan unveiled in mid-May, Schwarzenegger called for the elimination of the state's welfare program, a 60 % reduction in community mental - health programs, a 5 % pay cut for government workers, and the near elimination of drug and child care subsidieIn a plan unveiled in mid-May, Schwarzenegger called for the elimination of the state's welfare program, a 60 % reduction in community mental - health programs, a 5 % pay cut for government workers, and the near elimination of drug and child care subsidiein mid-May, Schwarzenegger called for the elimination of the state's welfare program, a 60 % reduction in community mental - health programs, a 5 % pay cut for government workers, and the near elimination of drug and child care subsidiein community mental - health programs, a 5 % pay cut for government workers, and the near elimination of drug and child care subsidies.

Panjabi is using his $ 1 million 2017 TED Prize winnings to fulfill his wish of creating a digital health education system that can be used to «recruit the largest army of community health workers the world has ever known, by creating the Community Health Academy, a global platform to train, connect, and empower,» as he explained during his TED talk community health workers the world has ever known, by creating the Community Health Academy, a global platform to train, connect, and empower,» as he explained during his TED talk Community Health Academy, a global platform to train, connect, and empower,» as he explained during his TED talk in April.

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 workerIn 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 workerin 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.

The conventional wisdom in the economics community is that the labor force participation rate would have continued to decline even if the great recession never occurred, because as the nation ages the share of retired workers would grow.

There is no official support for children who lose their parents in the air strikes and it is a struggle for aid workers to access them, so many rely on members of the community to take them in.

He notes that selected workers will shadow the restaurant staff, then «come back to [Rockaway] and work for the truck in a management position, and the rest of the community will see that.»

Guru.com's proposition holds that free agents (or «gurus,» as the company likes to refer to them), who lack the community and other trappings afforded workers in traditional office settings, will glom on to a site where they can create an alternative to the watercooler.

Unions in the utility industry, health care and manufacturing industries are using knowledge and skills as the key source of worker power by expanding apprenticeship training, creating partnership with community colleges, vocational schools, and employers to fill the «middle skills» gaps that exist today or will grow as skilled baby boomers retire.

But Joyce Reynolds, executive vice-president of government affairs for the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association, says just 26,000 (or 2.4 %) of her industry's 1.1 million workers nationwide are temporary foreign workers — most of them found in small communities in Western Canada.

They could explain their tax incentive spending as investments in shared regional assets — schools, community colleges, universities, regional infrastructure, and housing — that will benefit Amazon but also workers, communities, and other firms.

In addition to the usual benefits (health care, dental, etc.), workers at the beloved ice cream maker's South Burlington, Vt., headquarters have access to sponsored gym memberships, on - site yoga and Pilates classes, a shared community garden, and quiet rooms where they can go to sneak a few ZZZs during the day.

The first of two Wisconsin cities in the top 10, this community of 70,775 has a core of businesses that has made it a magnet for engineers, scientists and other high - skilled workers.

For example, while a number of communities are debating how to provide benefits to gig economy workers, without policies that ensure a baseline wage threshold or that grant workers a voice in determining their wages and benefits, low - road companies could respond to requirements to contribute to benefits with commensurate decreases in pay.

In some parts of Canada, such as Aboriginal communities (but not only), StatsCan representatives, including locally recruited temporary workers, usually fill out the long - form census for the respondents (by interviewing them and filling in the responses) precisely in order to ensure accuracy and completeness... which brings us to the second issue.In some parts of Canada, such as Aboriginal communities (but not only), StatsCan representatives, including locally recruited temporary workers, usually fill out the long - form census for the respondents (by interviewing them and filling in the responses) precisely in order to ensure accuracy and completeness... which brings us to the second issue.in the responses) precisely in order to ensure accuracy and completeness... which brings us to the second issue.in order to ensure accuracy and completeness... which brings us to the second issue...

Instead, we get the usual, lame assurances that what's good for corporations must be good for workers, communities or Canadians in general.

In the area of Human Rights, Equity and Diversity (HRED) he guides national strategies on Diversity and Inclusion, Temporary Foreign Workers (migrant workers), Racialized, Aboriginal, Immigrant, LGBT, and other equity seeking communities, with a view to qualitative and quantitative organizational Workers (migrant workers), Racialized, Aboriginal, Immigrant, LGBT, and other equity seeking communities, with a view to qualitative and quantitative organizational workers), Racialized, Aboriginal, Immigrant, LGBT, and other equity seeking communities, with a view to qualitative and quantitative organizational growth.

Second, meaning may also come from working in a culture where it is the norm to help each other out, and there are many opportunities to do so; the variety of workers in the space means that coworkers have unique skill sets that they can provide to other community members.

It will also require resource workers in small communities across Canada.

In Oakland, one of the nation's most diverse cities, Jackson says he would like to see Uber hire local workers and businesses and invest in the community, including the Oakland Unified School DistricIn Oakland, one of the nation's most diverse cities, Jackson says he would like to see Uber hire local workers and businesses and invest in the community, including the Oakland Unified School Districin the community, including the Oakland Unified School District.

Kitimat mayor Joanne Monaghan said a series of public consultations were already held in December, and the community is looking to Enbridge to hire up to 4,000 construction workers for the project.

After this (and with the installation of the Workers» Party in power in Brazil), support from beyond Fortaleza, notably from the National Secretary of the Solidarity Economy in the Ministry of Labour, made possible a network of community banks in Brazil on the Banco Palmas model.

The New York Times has famously called Amazon the worst place to work, a Death Star of e-tailing leaving in its wake thousands of unhappy workers, hollowed - out shopping malls and dying brick - and - mortar retailers which used to be the bedrock of their communities.

Living Goods has also provided technical assistance to Marie Stopes International, which was working to create a community health worker network in Kenya, 54 and to the Clinton Foundation, to help design a pilot in Peru for an entrepreneurship program.55

«BRAC and Living Goods have worked together since 2008 to build this entrepreneurial community health worker (CHW) model in Uganda.

Trudeau told a black - tie - and - gown audience in Hamburg, Germany (text, video) that for too long, executives have been putting their shareholders ahead of their employees, their workers» families, and the communities in which they operate.

In fact, cultivating communities of workers is likely to become one of the key disciplines of 21st - century business.

This area is supposed to have Village Health Team members (government community health workers, called «VHTs»), but in practice they rarely work because they are not paid.

The area is supposed to have Village Health Team members (government community health workers, called «VHTs»), but in practice they rarely work because they are not paid.

So far, however, the Administration's protectionist trade actions appear more likely to result in increased economic insecurity for workers in California, with the effects concentrated in communities that are already struggling economically.

Other economic policies include reducing the regulatory burden for small businesses and northern development; a new $ 75 million venture capital fund to help businesses commercialize new technology developments; a $ 900 million Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and a $ 250 million Automotive Innovation Fund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategies.

We represent over 35,000 workers from every sector of the economy and from every community in the province.

The organizations sent a joint letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland outlining their shared principles and priorities for a new trade model rooted in principles of equity, the primacy of human rights — including the rights of Indigenous peoples, women and girls, workers, migrants, farmers, and communities — and social and ecological justice.