Sentences with phrase «from vulnerable communities»

This includes, for example, people from vulnerable communities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with a disability and people who are homeless.

In addition to its partnership with PUSD, WINGS serves more than 1,100 students from vulnerable communities in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina through a direct - service afterschool program model of their research - based curriculum led by college students, known as WINGSLeaders.

Cuomo said the investment in the youngest New Yorkers is an investment in the state's «very future» and will help «level the playing field» for children from vulnerable communities.

Cuomo says the investment in the youngest New Yorkers is an investment in the state's «very future» and will help «level the playing field» for children from vulnerable communities.

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As part of our pledge, we are leveraging various aspects of our business — from product development, to economic research, to public affairs and marketing support — to raise awareness about housing insecurity and create solutions to address the unique needs of our Community Partners and those who are housing vulnerable.

This scandal is only the latest in a string of worrisome disclosures about the use of social media by third parties, from foreign governments and electoral candidates to law enforcement agencies, to spy on the activities of users — especially immigrant, Black and other vulnerable communities.

«Additionally, the UK Government's # 1.1 billion commitment is helping hundreds of thousands of the most vulnerable people in Syria and the region to rebuild their lives and next month's Syria conference in London will raise significant new funding from the international community.

The isolation of Scripture study from the believing community of faith (nuda scriptura) disregards the Holy Spirit's work in guiding the witness of the people of God to scriptural truths, and leaves the interpretation of that truth vulnerable to unfettered subjectivism.

The transitional government has failed to protect religious minorities from violent attacks at a time when minority communities have been increasingly vulnerable.»

We are not to intellectualize in a way that removes our focus from the very practical concerns of tending the sick, caring for the vulnerable, participating in community life (like Calvin, who concerned himself with the sewage systems in Geneva) or voting, getting the car fixed, recycling old newspapers, making meals.

Maybe it will come from the retired clergy, who feel less vulnerable to community pressures.

The good news is that thousands of World Vision staff from around the world will continue their good work today - building wells, providing life - saving vaccinations, caring for Syrian refugees, partnering with communities to develop business and agricultural opportunities, lifting families out of poverty, and feeding, clothing, and sheltering vulnerable children.

«Just three weeks ago at the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, they called for richer countries do more to cut their own carbon emissions and increase their support to the most vulnerable and worst affected communities and countries who are least able to protect themselves from climate change.»

We believe that the gains from increased farm productivity and income will be amplified and produce longer - term benefits if the health and nutrition of a population, especially of vulnerable communities, are enhanced.

Tottenham Hotspur operates a wide range of activities - such as the Academy, the Foundation and match days - which involve people from the community and include some of the most vulnerable in society.

Please watch this video and educate yourself on the conditions in many vulnerable communities about what you can do (beyond leaving comments on blogs) to help transform these areas from «first food deserts» into First Food Friendly neighborhoods.

They may be less able to intimidate vulnerable communities with violent threats and instead face more non-violent resistance from a civil society reassured by the prize's moral significance.

Backing for The People's Port project comes from the workforce, the local MP, the community and even famous songstress Dame Vera Lynne, as well as Unite - yet the PDCT is set to launch an expensive publicity campaign proposing its alternative, which will see Dover vulnerable to privatisation, the union warns.

• Redirecting a portion of mental hygiene funding from State - operated services to community - based programs to improve the quality of care for this vulnerable population.

Sen. Eric Schneiderman has collected his third newspaper endorsement from El Diario la Prensa, NYC's largest and oldest Spanish - language daily newspaper, which deemed him «smart, decisive and fearless» and praised his «willingness to defend vulnerable individuals and communities.»

On a field visit with Medical Aid for Palestinians, to see the work of their mobile clinic to vulnerable communities in the Jordan Valley, the Parliamentarians were able to meet the community of Khan Al Ahmar, which faces numerous demolition orders and intimidation from settlers and Israeli soldiers alike.

«We can not take those services away from the most vulnerable women in our communities,» she said.

What is most disturbing is that this hits some of the most vulnerable the hardest, including people with disabilities or mental health conditions, those from BME communities, and single parents.

They also aim to prevent vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism and not to alienate any minority communities in UK.

She particularly is sensitive to the issues facing individuals from the more vulnerable communities who would appear before her in Surrogate's Court.

Instead, Ms. James said she wanted to place her candidacy before voters, saying that she would defend vulnerable communities and take on everything from corruption to crooked businesses, as well as the administration of President Trump.

This volunteer - based organization serves vulnerable residents who live in rural communities and will benefit greatly from the additional funding.

«Unfortunately, the people most affected are from the most vulnerable communities, with little access to the facts.»

The researchers combined those data with information from the U.S. census such as housing density and average household income, to figure out which communities were most vulnerable.

Aside from inflicting devastating natural disasters on often vulnerable communities, climate change can also spur outbreaks of infectious diseases like Zika, malaria and dengue fever, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

This estimate is 11 percent lower than the current assessment of the IUCN, supporting the call for the upgrading of cheetahs from «Vulnerable» to «Endangered»,» says lead author Florian Weise, scientist at the Community Living Among Wildlife Sustainability Conservancy (CLAWS), USA.

April 10, 2013 Ci3's Game Changer Chicago earns MacArthur Foundation funding The Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry & Innovation in Sexual & Reproductive Health (Ci3) at the University of Chicago has received a $ 500,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to advance its work identifying novel solutions to complex problems affecting health and well - being in vulnerable communities.

People with dementia living in the community are most vulnerable but a new guide from QUT and the Red Cross Read more about Dementia an extra challenge in natural disasters - Scimex

«And even the researchers considered a wide range of factors, such as diet, exercise, alcohol consumption, smoking, body mass and marital status, it's still possible that people who drink coffee differ from the rest of the population in as - yet unidentified ways that make them less vulnerable to disease and early death» — says Susan Fisher, Ph.D., chair of community and preventive medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, in Rochester, New York.

Schools «can not follow a policy of strict neutrality when their students» and families» identities are openly under attack in the civic sphere» — because failing to openly embrace students can leave them vulnerable to ostracization from their community.

Common Core also «takes control of our schools away from parents and communities,» leaving schools vulnerable to «a curriculum that has been profoundly shaped around the tests and teaching materials» of the two CCSS testing consortia, Smarter Balanced and PARCC.

Teachers often worry that treating contentious issues in class might make them vulnerable to criticism from the community, she said.»

But officials with GLSEN, a national network that advises K - 12 school leaders on LGBT policy, tell Policy Watch that open scorn from public officials such as James can be particularly damaging to a community that's especially vulnerable.

We hope to work with parents from ANY school in all neighborhoods, as well as community members, who want to make a difference for the city's most vulnerable students.

«If we want our children to thrive in tomorrow's economy, we must invest in our children's future today, starting with our youngest learners, especially those from our most vulnerable and at - risk communities,» Hillary Clinton...

Children from low socio - economic status communities are more likely to experience developmental vulnerability — but half of all children who are developmentally vulnerable come from the top three fifths of the income distribution.

Helping vulnerable animals and keeping pets in safe and loving homes requires a commitment from all of us — advocates, pet owners, shelters, leaders, and entire communities.

Drawing from the museum's historical photography collection, al - Beik contrasts his images with those of former Berlin residents, as he emphasises the fragility of life and the uncertain futures that often await vulnerable communities.

I also had a deep connection to animals and vulnerable communities from the time I was very young, and a desire to protect them.

It's time for communities from Northern California through Seattle to check their earthquake and tsunami plans and get busier than ever retrofitting vulnerable buildings.

Evidence from Oregon, one of the states most vulnerable to great earthquakes, points out the challenge of moving from such logic, on paper, to investments in vulnerable schools or coastal communities in the inundation zone for the tsunami that will accompany the next great thrust of the Cascadia fault off the Northwest Coast.

Also, while poor nations see the amounts as insufficient, powerful countries, including China (which long hid behind its status as a developing country), have pledged money and technical aid to help shield the world's most vulnerable communities from climatic and coastal hazards.

Coastal communities in these vulnerable states are at high economic risk from ocean acidification due to their dependence on shelled mollusk fisheries, which bring in a billion of dollars annually.

The most vulnerable coastal communities may increasingly need to consider the stark option of some form of retreat from the rising seas.

Pushed by grassroots environmental and social - justice groups, California has led the way on this approach, with 2012 legislation (Senate Bill 535) requiring that 25 percent of carbon revenue from the state's cap - and - trade program must be spent on clean - energy investments that benefit environmentally vulnerable low - income communities in places like Stockton, Fresno, Richmond, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles (the targeted share for these communities was recently raised to 35 percent).