Sentences with phrase «help alleviate poverty»

It should be higher in developing countries to help alleviate poverty.

Founded in 2005, Kiva.org is a non-profit that uses the Internet and a global network of micro-finance institutions to allow people to make loans that will help alleviate poverty and create financial independence.

People around the world look to the United Nations to help alleviate poverty and hunger, to keep the peace, to expand education, and stand up for human rights in every corner of the globe.

The ONE campaign, an advocacy group co-founded by the rock star Bono to help alleviate poverty and fight AIDS in Africa, hoped the metaphor would carry on to their project to get people more involved in AIDS advocacy.

Part of the problem in helping alleviate poverty in the area is the fact that fundraising is more difficult when the general population doesn't know «hidden homelessness» exists.

Importantly, with a relatively small commitment, financial or technical, Company X could trigger a movement that helps alleviate poverty, improve health, fight climate change, end «haze» pollution, and conserve resources and biological diversity.

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Private money like bitcoin and gold will help bring millions into the global market place, alleviating poverty and minimising war.

Following St. Francis, for example, means being «more interested in alleviating poverty and helping the afflicted than in staking out doctrinaire positions on things like contraception.»

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 fortunate?

Every day, you can help prevent deforestation, curb climate change, protect wildlife, alleviate poverty and transform business practices.

This means retailers can meet their food waste reduction goals and also help charities to alleviate poverty and reduce food insecurity.

The Community Development Block Grant program helps the city support social programs that alleviate the effects of poverty and homelessness.

He cited the government's policies of raising the tax threshold, increasing the state pension and improvements to the pupil premium as demonstrating their commitment to helping alleviate the effects of poverty.

He says his vision will help alleviate the city's long - standing issues with poverty, public safety, vacant properties, and poor school performance.

Yoga Gives Back is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness and funds in order to alleviate poverty in India... and find ways for the global yoga community to help the poorest people in the country that gave birth to YOGA.

He did the same thing for the similarly aged poverty - based sample, telling students they'd be receiving a scholarship to help alleviate financial burdens.

Faraj also enlisted the help of the community to offer their services, free of charge, to help alleviate some of the effects of poverty.

Community schools can help alleviate those barriers created by poverty and empower the student to focus on learning.

Pruitt said while she does not offer that as an excuse for Gary schools or any urban school, she said those facts underscore the urgency to alleviate the effects of poverty on children, and help them receive a full range of educational and family services that complement one another to help students reach their potential.

That said, helping out with clean development does more than just avoid emissions, it also helps with development and alleviates poverty.

Our recent «Energy Access» report found that coal giant Peabody Energy Corp's assertion that coal can help to alleviate energy poverty in Africa and India is totally unfounded and smacks of desperation.

To help reduce global economic inequality along with greenhouse gas emissions from its corporate travel, travel giant Expedia, Inc. has invested in four community - owned carbon offset projects from the global nonprofit Carbon Offsets to Alleviate Poverty (COTAP).

Through these tours people have the chance to see firsthand all our production process and learn that they can help prevent deforestation, curb climate change, protect wildlife, alleviate poverty and transform business practices by being Smart Sustainable Shoppers.

Here, Robert Stevens from ClimateCare, a recently certified B Corporation and winner of a Queen's Award for Sustainable Development for its outstanding contribution to tackling climate change and alleviating poverty, responds to some of the common questions that surround carbon offsetting, to help you decide if a voluntary carbon offset programme should be part of your business's carbon management strategy.

Low - income families would receive a boosted rebate to help compensate for the damages of pollution they already suffer from and to alleviate poverty.

While REDD + offers the potential to simultaneously reduce emissions, conserve biodiversity, maintain other ecosystem services, and help alleviate rural poverty, concerns over potential adverse impacts have plagued the program since its conception.

Beyond their contribution to reducing emissions, sustainable renewable energies are known to have other positive impacts, such as helping to alleviate poverty, promoting energy security and reduce toxic pollution.»

«It is an opportunity to help democracy, alleviate poverty,» he added.