Sentences with phrase «deeper problem of poverty»

We believe that hunger is a symptom of the deeper problem of poverty, and that food is our chosen tool for changing individual lives while addressing systemic failures.

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But at the same time, moral issues of major proportions are the daily bill of fare in newspapers and on television, and our nation seems infected with social problems that have a deep religious dimension: poverty, pollution, discrimination, runaway technology, to name a few.

To that degree, we deny to ourselves the possibility of some structural solutions to deep - seated problems: poverty, a badly educated populace, some 80 million citizens with little or no health care insurance, and the disturbing growth of an underclass.

is RECOGNIZING that the mayoral control «reform» — like previous efforts to change the system's governance without clearly articulating the educational purpose of the reform or facing society's deep systemic problems of poverty and racism — still leaves the city with schools that fail to meet the academic, social and emotional needs of our students;

Compared to other poor children, a higher percentage of young children in deep poverty suffer from obesity and elevated blood lead levels — a serious concern given their association with learning and behavior problems.

Not simply the problems in its justice system but bias within its media and deeper issues of poverty and disenfranchisement.

The Wealth Divide — deep consideration of current realities of poverty and economic inequality, both within the US and worldwide; focus on Africa; Enclosures; the «resource curse» and the corruption of economics; the «law of rent»; jubilee justice laws of Abrahamic faith traditions; addressing the land problem; cooperatives.

A growing body of empirical evidence indicates that significant adversity during childhood (e.g., from abuse or neglect, exposure to violence, deep and persistent poverty, and / or the cumulative burdens of racial or ethnic discrimination) can contribute to lifelong problems in learning, behavior, and chronic health impairments such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, diabetes cancer, and depression, among many others.

A bi-weekly or even weekly visit from a home visitor isn't enough to address deeper problems, like depression, neighborhood safety and the stress of juggling work and childrearing, and trying to make ends meet for a family on poverty wages.

According to the CIA Factbook, «comparatively democratic civilian rule was established in 1982, but leaders have faced difficult problems of deep - seated poverty, social unrest, and illegal drug production.»

When girls in deep poverty have to spend their days toting water or collecting firewood instead of going to school, that's a population problem in the end, as well as a simple, and avoidable, waste of human potential.

Or over in south Asia, do you have an innovative solution to the enormous problems facing India's for - profit microfinance industry, which seemed such a great model for getting people out of deep poverty?