«Today, President - elect Obama announced a strong foreign policy team that will approach issues of women's health and rights, family planning, and
global poverty with the seriousness and commitment they deserve.
A short - sighted coal company might decide to start launching critiques of the science of climate change and start having a crack at renewables while at the same time selling its product as some sort of silver bullet that can solve
global poverty with a single well - aimed shot.
At CARE, a leading humanitarian organization fighting
global poverty with its US headquarters in Atlanta, the powers that be don't just talk the talk, they walk the walk.
Not exact matches
The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population
with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking
global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread
poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.
Bill and Melinda Gates sat down
with Charlie Rose on Wednesday, where the couple talked the compassion needed to impact
global poverty.
Secondly, he noted «the root causes of the
global crisis have not been prop ¬ erly tackled»
with the financial system remaining «the Achilles heel of the world economy» and thirdly, «little progress is being made in reducing working
poverty and vulnerable forms of employment such as informal jobs and undeclared work.»
Pitch: «Orora
Global is a for - profit social enterprise
with a simple mission to end energy
poverty: to provide access to affordable, reliable, and clean energy solutions to rural households and urban slums in developing countries.
The Sustainable Development Goals are the result of long consultations among nations,
with global acceptance of the idea that reducing
poverty and inequality is the correct path forward for a secure and prosperous planet.
The talks, known as the Doha round, were launched six years ago
with the aim of adding billions of dollars to the
global economy and lifting millions of people out of
poverty through trade liberalization.
A performing arts program for teens in foster care, service dogs for children
with disabilities and a
global effort to help children in extreme
poverty are among the 27 charities that will receive a $ 25,000 grant as winners of the Upstanders Challenge.
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, for example, is spearheading the APEC - Canada Growing Business Partnership, an initiative
with Global Affairs Canada to foster economic growth and reduce
poverty in APEC developing economies by building the potential of MSMEs and aspiring entrepreneurs through its four - year, $ 4.49 - million initiative.
A recent study on the subject by the World Bank details the path toward
global financial inclusion
with the broader goal to further reduce extreme
poverty and balance economic prosperity.
With ChildFund's announcement,
global poverty relief efforts are becoming increasingly tied to the bitcoin network.
The «STAND UP» event seta national and
global record in the Guinness World Records for the largest number of people to stand up for a cause... Lutherans across the U.S. participated in the event organised as part of «ONE: The Campaign to Make
Poverty History», in cooperation
with the United Nations» Millennium Campaign.»
At the same time, nation states are slowly recognizing their interdependence and that great issues, such as
global warming,
poverty, drug abuse and international terrorism can not be dealt
with by one country on its own.
That leads on a pathway too permanent inner happiness.you people think you solving the world
with your limited areas of buisness and criminal justice degrees or phony rip off international banking degrees.there is more education and technology but have not solved
global poverty so sad.and most of you commit suicide which makes you a selfish sob and the root cause of it is false hope and GREED
In tune
with this
global rhetoric, the United Front Government in its Common Minimum Program made eradication of
poverty as its main emphasis along
with a seven - point agenda for ensuring safe drinking water, primary education for all, primary health care, housing, food security, road networks and mid-day meals to be implemented by A.D. 2000.
While the event will have a relaxed atmosphere
with worship and food, there are hopes that after some collaboration the attendees will come up
with an innovative way to fight against
global poverty.
They accepted the economists» argument that rapid economic growth, national and
global, is required to address the problem of
poverty and that,
with the attainment of prosperity, other problems could be solved as well.
He has led the One Campaign, which seeks additional spending to alleviate
global poverty, and worked
with Bob Geldof to arrange Live 8, the concurrent benefit concerts in all of the countries of the Group of Eight, or G8 (the world's eight largest economies).
The Philippine organizers of the
Global March mention following: widespread
poverty and social inequality resulting in the erosion of the family's capacity to nurture and protect children, the rise of informal economy requiring simple skills and technologies, globalization of capitalism where underdeveloped nations provide the rich
with cheap labor, disrupted family patterns due to migration, AIDS, etc. and inadequate basic services from government, including education, due to cut of the state budget of non-profit sectors to follow structural adjustment programme dictated by the IMF and the World Bank.
People who want to travel to third - world nations such as Mexico, the Philippines, the countries in Central America and the Mideast
with the specific purpose of exploring the causes of
poverty and the impact of U.S. policies can contact the Center for
Global Education, Augsburg College, 731 - 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55454.
Meanwhile the
global economy, pushed by
global capitalism,
with its political center in Washington, D.C., is undercutting the remarkable achievements of Europe and Japan in developing mixed economies that virtually abolished
poverty.
This week, we're live from Messiah College,
with special guest Peter Greer, the president and CEO of HOPE International, a groundbreaking organization that is reimagining the end to
global poverty.
But the consciousness of the
global nature of
poverty and exploitation in the world today, the knowledge of the interdependence between nations and the understanding of the international missionary responsibility of the Church - all invite, in fact oblige, every church and every Christian to think of ways and means to share the Good News
with the poor of today.
For Barton, a righteous God is primarily concerned
with abortion, divorce, public displays of the Ten Commandments and homosexual sex — not
with poverty, racial oppression, environmental degradation or
global hunger.
I'll be reexamining my spending habits, plugging into local charities, learning more about
global poverty, and interviewing some fascinating women who have changed the world
with their ideas.
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Nestle's latest
global strategy is to promote its baby milk
with the claim that it «protects» babies, even though it knows babies fed on it are more likely to become sick than breastfed babies and, in conditions of
poverty, more likely to die.
In common
with the reports launched by Social Justice Policy Group and the Globalisation and
Global Poverty Policy Group this morning's report - entitled An Unquiet World - is comprehensive and substantial, David Cameron called it «hard headed, gritty and practical.»
On its website, We Are Europe states: «
With Europe we've had 70 years of peace, and together we've led the world on issues from climate change and human rights, to the fight against
global poverty...
Dr Bawumia know very well that part of the reasons why the Zimbabwean people are languishing in
poverty with low infrastructure development in many parts of its rural zones is this wholesale handing out of the country's mineral resources over the last three decades costing the country millions of jobs.Is Dr Bawumia aware that Zimbabwe has runout of alluvial diamonds at a time when the country has been allowed to sell its gems on the
global market.
Relations
with the EU We agree that the British Government will be a positive participant in the European Union, playing a strong and positive role
with our partners,
with the goal of ensuring that all the nations of Europe are equipped to face the challenges of the 21st century:
global competitiveness,
global warming and
global poverty.
The Lib Dems are pro-European and want to work
with our partners in Europe and internationally to secure a
global deal on climate change, reform international financial regulation and tackle
global poverty.
«There is no security or prosperity at home unless we deal
with global challenges of security, globalisation, climate change, disease and
poverty.
We agree that the British Government will be a positive participant in the European Union, playing a strong and positive role
with our partners,
with the goal of ensuring that all the nations of Europe are equipped to face the challenges of the 21st century:
global competitiveness,
global warming and
global poverty.
«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the
global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate
poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the
global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent
with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient development.
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, in partnership
with ORGANIZE — a non-for-profit organization based in New York which leverages health data to end the organ donor shortage by applying smarter technologies, utilizing social media, building more creative partnerships, and advocating for data - driven policies — The Bridgespan Group — a
global nonprofit organization that collaborates
with mission - driven leaders, organizations, and philanthropists to break cycles of
poverty and dramatically improve the quality of life for those in need — and Gift of Life Donor Program — an OPO which serves the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware — evaluated the metrics and criteria used to measure OPOs across the country, and found significant discrepancies in how potential donors are evaluated and identified.
In addition, last fall, Syngenta put forward a more
global strategy called The Good Growth Plan which makes six commitments to improve resource use efficiency, including finding ways to produce more food
with less waste, degradation, and
poverty.
We're wealthier and healthier and better educated,
with a
global economy that has lifted up more than a billion people from extreme
poverty.»
The report lists 30 cities that face increased health risks from heat waves worsened by
global warming, based on a combination of four factors: average number of summer days
with «oppressive» summer heat, the percentage of households without central air conditioning, ground - level ozone levels, and the percentage of households below the
poverty line.
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with bipolar aren't the only ones at risk [pagebreak] Harder times ahead for everyone In October, the World Health Organization warned that the
global financial crisis is likely to cause increased mental health problems and even suicides as people struggle to cope
with poverty and unemployment.
With 189 member countries, the World Bank Group is a unique
global partnership fighting
poverty worldwide through sustainable solutions.
Driven by three concerns — the
global levels of
poverty and malnutrition, the loss of our rainforests and the need to empower local communities to support themselves — Natural Nutrients capitalises on the resources of a living rainforest, providing local people
with the tools and skills to produce nutritious food supplements from edible bugs.
What does helping a 3 - year - old control her temper tantrums have to do
with reducing
global poverty?
If you are looking for a website
with useful
global learning resources about African countries,
poverty, food and sustainable development, then have a look around the ever - growing Lessons from Africa site.
Explores natural beauty, spirituality, family diversity, peace, war,
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With our steady and sustained effort on disaster resilient development process, UDYAMA has bagged UN-ECOSOC status, Accredited to UN-
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Global Water Partnership and members in stakeholders» forum, City - Net, National Institute of Open Learning for Vocational Training, India Gateway, Government of India (NPO), Water Climate Coalition,
Global Network for Disaster Risk Reduction and WSP, WSSCC, End Water
Poverty and SAMHITA, CDRN, AADRR, SPHERE - India.
The roots of the
global crisis of access to water aren't in the absence of physical supply, but associated
with the
poverty, sociopolitical and economic inequality, and water management policies inefficient.
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