Sentences with phrase «impoverished children who»

The inspirational, untold story of impoverished children who transformed themselves into world - class swimmers.

WHAT: The rise of James Brown (Chadwick Boseman) from an impoverished child who was abandoned by his parents, to a young man in trouble with the law, to one of the most influential musicians in history.

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Angelina Jolie has defended herself from claims that she played psychological tricks on impoverished Cambodian children to see who could play the most convincing thief.

An American female missionary who worked with impoverished children in Haiti has been shot dead.

Unless you support government a-ssistence for impoverished single mothers, affordable health care, planned parenthood, and teaching children proper birth control, you are hypocrites who are actually encouraging abortion.

I, too, wonder about all the parents who pray that there will be enough food for their children, or that they will be safe from harm, especially in impoverished and war - torn countries.

A native of New Orleans» impoverished lower Ninth Ward neighborhood, Luter was the third of five children raised by a divorced mother who worked as a seamstress and a surgical scrub assistant, according to Thom Rainier, president and CEO of the Nashville, Tennessee - based LifeWay Christian Resources and a friend of Luter's.

The program has also enlisted low - income women who breast - fed their own children to persuade impoverished mothers that breast milk, not formula, is the way to go.

One respected LAUSD teacher who had reportedly helped improve the life of many impoverished Latino children committed suicide after he was publicized in the newspaper as a «less effective teacher.»

Proponents of this idea argue that raising the threshold would keep free meals from going to kids who aren't actually economically distressed, while critics charge that doing so would harm children legitimately in need of assistance because the 40 percent threshold doesn't come close to capturing all the impoverished kids in a given population.

But it is exponentially cheaper than infant formula, and impoverished mothers who have become convinced that their breastmilk is not good enough for their child (hospital staff are frequently influenced by infant formula companies) often end up buying powdered milk instead of formula for their baby because it is all they can afford.

Clinton paints a picture of a highly improbable president, born famously into impoverished circumstances in Hope, Arkansas, with a father who died before his birth and an alcoholic stepfather who beat his mother in front of the children.

commend the UFT nurses who traveled to Colombia in April, sacrificing their personal vacation time and working long days to provide much - needed surgical care to impoverished children and their families; and

High fertility also represents a disaster for the children themselves, who suffer from profound under - investments in education, health and nutrition, and are thereby far more likely to grow up impoverished.

Initiated in 2005, the study follows 560 families from four disadvantaged urban areas who are at high risk for asthma to uncover potential risk factors that contribute to increased asthma rate in children growing up in impoverished neighborhoods.

Brownfield sites in impoverished areas became playgrounds for children who built dens and odd structures from junk and waste materials left behind.

The research funded to study long - term benefits of early educational programs was concentrated on children from highly impoverished families or children who already showed delays or disabilities.

Research indicates that early school development of vocabulary and world knowledge is especially critical for children who come from impoverished homes (Snow, 1999).

Children who have been immersed in a literacy environ - ment in which words, word games, rhyming, and story reading are plentiful are more likely to understand what reading is all about than those who have experienced an impoverished literacy environment.

-- so that a large percentage of families who have «won» the Norwich Free Academy bonanza are those who sit on appointed or elected boards, or who work in the Town Hall... it's unclear who got this year's bonus special dispensation... But one family seems to believe that all of their children will get the NFA benefit — at a cost of over $ 100K of local taxpayer dollars (with increased segregation and isolation in the impoverished Windham schools).

It is also possible that a focus on oral language will narrow the gap for children from impoverished communities and those who are learning English as an additional language.

But Sam Stone was born Sam Finkelstein, a Jewish boy who immigrated from Romania to Pittsburgh, growing up in a loveless, impoverished home where the children spent hours in the attic rolling cigars to help the family make ends meet.

These charities include «Backpack for Kids» which provide backpacks of food to kids that would not have food over the weekend during the school year; «Tara Sawyer Foundation» helps support organizations for abused neglected or abandoned children and drill wells for safe drinking water in impoverished regions; «Trent's Retreat Nonprofit Foundation» Our mission is to provide, at no charge, a retreat for families who have a child with pediatric cancer.

On a spiritual path that teaches non-judgment, I struggled rather unsuccessfully within myself with the judgment I felt for those who cried for the dead vacationers and then went out and caused the death of impoverished children without giving it a second thought.

Its work includes providing legal representation to impoverished children; staffing a free legal help - line; low - cost mediation services and parent education; training and support for lawyers who represent children; and advocating for positive systemic change regarding the rights and treatment of children.

Only five out of 88 respondents who studied for the Legal Practice Course (LPC) had their studies paid for by a firm; two had support from the Law Society through a diversity access scheme for students from disadvantaged backgrounds; seven had scholarships; and one had a grant from a charity for the education of impoverished children.

Further, the court determined that the husband, who was unemployed, had «voluntarily impoverished» himself, meaning he was not off the hook for child support payments.

Fact: Children who live in even «inner city» households with more money are more likely to finish high school, become economically self - sufficient, and have a healthier lifestyle than children who grow up in impoverisheChildren who live in even «inner city» households with more money are more likely to finish high school, become economically self - sufficient, and have a healthier lifestyle than children who grow up in impoverishechildren who grow up in impoverished homes.

Dr. Fountain Hanna has dedicated both her professional and personal life to serving those in diverse communities across the country who have traditionally had a limited voice to speak for themselves including children, impoverished and disenfranchised populations.

Finally, impoverished children whose families received PAT and who attended preschool had readiness scores equivalent to those of children from nonimpoverished homes.

Anglicare Victoria exists to protect the vulnerable Victorians in our community — a child suffering from abuse, a homeless young person, a woman escaping domestic violence, an impoverished couple unable to feed their family — people who desperately need help.