Sentences with phrase «for deep poverty»

«We are concerned that the high unemployment rate coupled with stricter time limits for cash assistance is leaving many families with young children with no income and at risk for deep poverty, homelessness and hardship,» Bryant said.

Not exact matches

While I share Reyes's deep admiration for Kim, it's worth pointing out that the best way to eradicate poverty is to start more uncomplicated businesses like Reyes's in the developing world and here.

Deep poverty means living below 50 % of the poverty line, which would be an income of $ 11,157 for a family of four and $ 5,672 for a non-elderly person living alone.

What sets this work apart is Tannone's decision to work with Jay's deeper catalog, the verses that go beyond big sing - along hooks made for radio play and cut into the rapper's experiences in overcoming poverty and forming his worldview.

I think Muslim community is in deep trouble for it's backwardness and poverty while we see nothing is being done to resolve that... do we no have any other more important things to discuss than Birthdays or which foot first or this or that?

It must fruit in action to challenge and overcome the evils of society with its poverty, ignorance and disease, its wars and destructive conflicts, its prejudice, oppression, chicanery and quest for profit and power, its insensitivity to the deep needs of persons.

How they empower women: Vi Bella Jewelry is centered on providing a path out of poverty for artisans and a deep desire to form a community for them that is encouraging and prayerful.

Years of caring for orphans gave her a heart and deep desire to get to the core of the matter; she pioneered attempts to reduce the number of children being placed in orphanages due to poverty.

We urge a profound attentiveness to the poor and a relentless search for just solutions that address the deeper causes of poverty while simultaneously safeguarding the vulnerable, strengthening the family, and upholding the common good.

For Christ's sake can we, an undisciplined people, begin to think in terms of a self - disciplined life, foregoing some of our transient pleasures for the deeper joy of helping humanity — to the point, even, of casting our votes for proposals which are contrary to our self - interest but which can help to alleviate poverty, promote peace, and confer dignity and self - respect on those less fortunaFor Christ's sake can we, an undisciplined people, begin to think in terms of a self - disciplined life, foregoing some of our transient pleasures for the deeper joy of helping humanity — to the point, even, of casting our votes for proposals which are contrary to our self - interest but which can help to alleviate poverty, promote peace, and confer dignity and self - respect on those less fortunafor the deeper joy of helping humanity — to the point, even, of casting our votes for proposals which are contrary to our self - interest but which can help to alleviate poverty, promote peace, and confer dignity and self - respect on those less fortunafor proposals which are contrary to our self - interest but which can help to alleviate poverty, promote peace, and confer dignity and self - respect on those less fortunate?

If the ultimate cause of Man's exploitation and alienation is selfishness, the deepest reason for voluntary poverty is love of neighbour.»

If I was in their shoes and didn't need to save my family for poverty or w / e, I would go to a kickass team to be well - coached and make deep playoff runs, and in 3 years get paid a hell of a lot more.

There are currently more than 15 million American children living below the poverty line, and almost 7 million of them are living in deep poverty, with family incomes of less than $ 12,000 a year for a family of four.

There is a growing body of empirical evidence that suggests that Lenz is right: deeper - learning methods, when employed well, do actually produce measurable benefits for students in 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.

PT: There are 15 million American children in poverty and about half of those — about seven million — are in what economists call «deep poverty,» meaning their families are not only below the poverty line, they make below less than half of the poverty line, which is about $ 12,000 for a family of four.

The South - South «militants» get hailed for blasting their environment into deeper poverty and misery.

«I work for a billion dollar company and it seems like I get deeper and deeper into poverty,» said Jorel Ware, who works as a cook for McDonald's.

«Deep poverty puts young children at risk for poor health, development.»

«The rapid shifts in disease burden place poor people in low - and middle - income countries at high risk of not having access to appropriate services and incurring payments for health care that push them deeper into poverty,» said Timothy Evans, Director of Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank Group.

Young children in deep poverty, whose family income is below 50 percent of the federal poverty line, fare even worse on health and development indicators than children in poverty, according to a study released by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public poverty, whose family income is below 50 percent of the federal poverty line, fare even worse on health and development indicators than children in poverty, according to a study released by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public poverty line, fare even worse on health and development indicators than children in poverty, according to a study released by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public poverty, according to a study released by the National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Poverty (NCCP) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

For example, 21 percent of parents in deep poverty reported frequent parenting stress compared to 15 percent of parents in poverty.

He stepped awkwardly into JFK's shoes, oversaw Civil Rights legislation and declared a war on poverty, but is chiefly remembered for digging the nation ever deeper into the quagmire of Vietnam.

This anxiety might be found in any public school, but in a socioeconomically disadvantaged school like Paul Cuffee, with a population that includes 89 % racial minorities, 77 % students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, and 46 % from families living in deep poverty (with household incomes at less than half the federal poverty level), the stakes are exceptionally high when spending decisions are made.

We humans all truly yearn in our deepest being for world peace and all that goes together with this; an end to hunger, trauma, and poverty.

A deep belief in the potential of all kids and a commitment to do whatever it takes to expand the opportunities for students, often with a perspective informed by experience in low - income communities and an understanding of the systemic challenges of poverty and racism

Regardless of our specific narratives, those of us who teach in high - poverty schools often have a deep - rooted belief that we are working to create a better future for our children, our community, and our country.

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.

As we demonstrated in our 2015 analysis of the Common Core debate on Twitter, the dispute about the standards was largely a proxy war over other politically - charged issues, including opposition to a federal role in education, which many believe should be the domain of state and local education policy; a fear that the Common Core could become a gateway for access to data on children that might be used for exploitive purposes rather than to inform educational improvement; a source for the proliferation of testing which has come to oppressively dominate education; a way for business interests to exploit public education for private gain; or a belief that an emphasis on standards reform distracts from the deeper underlying causes of low educational performance, which include poverty and social inequity.

Since poverty, language barriers and the need for special education services are the demographics that have the greatest impact on standardized test scores, perhaps these charts and the CTMirror article will remind the media and public officials that next time Jumoke claims that schools like theirs are such a success, and schools like Milner are such failures, they will look deeper into the different populations schools serve.

For more than 25 years, the Efficacy Institute has supported success in high - poverty, high - minority schools with a bone - deep belief that all students can succeed.

Behind edge - driven debates, almost everyone I've met who's seriously pursuing a post-fossil energy future would like all of the above — more science literacy, more energy awareness, more energy access now for those in deep poverty, lower costs for energy all around and some kind of price on the most polluting fuels (see the Niskanen Center's «Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax» to see the breadth of support).

This issue is relevant to this blog in that any consideration of sustainable paths for human societies on a crowding planet has to account for how we get our food — particularly the meat that, for now at least, remains a centerpiece of diets once people emerge from deep poverty.

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?

Bolivia draws strongly and explicitly upon ethical justifications for requiring deep cuts in national ghg emissions by other nations, together with financial contributions and holistic mitigation and adaptation measures, capable of both reducing poverty and vulnerability to climate change yet has not identified an equity framework that could be applied at the global scale.

For women of color, a demographic that experiences high poverty levels, these circumstances take on an ever deeper significance.