Social workers seek to improve human wellbeing and help
meet the basic human needs of all people, with special attention to the needs of people who are vulnerable, poor or oppressed.
People seeking income assistance benefits — many of them women, often single mothers, and those who are already experiencing multiple layers of inequality — are struggling to
meet basic human needs.
And, we're combining that body of work with the work we've been doing in Afghanistan and other developing countries: using best practices in sustainable technologies to
meet basic human needs.
Architect William Yudchitz of Revelations Architects / Building Corporation designed EDGE to be an «experimental minimalist structure aims to
meet basic human needs while still providing a qualitatively rich life».
Within just a 340 square foot footprint, it does a lot more than
meet basic human needs.
All religious teachers would have preferred to
meet basic human needs more generously.
I also believe that citizens in a democratic republic have a responsibility to support government attempts to
meet the basic human needs of the destitute.
The willing and able must take up the slack to
meet basic human needs.
The Index's authors define social progress as «the capacity of a society to
meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential.»
Many believe that economic growth should be sought only as it contributes to
meeting basic human needs.
Community
meets the basic human needs of safety and belonging.
2) It's low - tech: The Atmospheric Water Collector is built on a simple concept that doesn't require electricity or a lot of resources to
meet a basic human need.
The work that I do around the world, particularly in developing countries, is primarily focused on showing how
meeting basic human needs using the world's best practices in sustainable technology can leverage the creation of real jobs and real businesses that lead to genuine economic progress for even the most marginal of peoples.
Not exact matches
The hierarchy argues that we must have our
basic human needs (like sustenance and safety)
met before even thinking about
needs like belonging, achievement or meaning.
Were it to be destroyed overnight, who would provide the minimal necessities for life in a society far removed from the soil or the sea, where
basic human needs are
met?
The self system plays a powerful role in enabling persons to
meet the two sets of
basic human needs — the
need for bodily satisfaction (food, sleep, sex, closeness to people) and interpersonal security (esteem, belongingness, acceptance, the power to
meet one's
needs).
Culture is not a mere superstructure, but no healthy culture can survive unless
basic human needs are
met with some surplus of energy remaining to the people.
1976), concludes that popular formula stories
meet two
basic human needs — excitement and security.
How would anything get done, how would
basic human needs be
met, without some sort of focus and direction?
It crushes my soul to watch
basic needs of every
human not being
met.
These conditions can be largely
met if technology is built primarily on natural
human and renewable local resources, if it can be linked to traditional skills, crafts and techniques, and if it is geared to production that will
meet the
basic needs of the poor» (Faith Science and the Future.
The
meeting of
basic human needs has increasingly been recognized as both a universal prerequisite of individual contribution to the common good and a
basic human right.
In the context of our social situation, revelation means the promise of justice for and liberation of the oppressed and the poor, of all whose
basic needs have not been
met and whose
human dignity has not been recognized.
As
humans, we know that all other aspects of life suffer when our
basic needs are not being
met.
The campaign will address issues of extent poverty,
human rights, IGAs empowerments, education and unemployment among deaf young women and men in Zambia are too high, most of them are living in extent poverty, they are unable to
meet their
basic needs.
As a consequence of its promise for elucidating
basic science and its huge potential for
meeting pressing
human needs, the nascent field is growing as universities, funding agencies, and national governments pour money into new research centers, research networks, and conferences.
But according to the tenets of interest - based bargaining, focusing too much on objective criteria such as price, or salary in the case of faculty positions, can produce a tenuous agreement in which
basic human needs — security, economic well - being, a sense of belonging, recognition, control over one's life — are not
met.
It provides a list of suggestions for preventing families from becoming dysfunctional during times of stress and change by focusing on
meeting basic human emotional
needs within the family.
Without loving relationships,
humans fail to flourish, even if all of their other
basic needs are
met.
A happy, successful society thrives when the
basic needs of
humans are
met and their inalienable rights are respected.
They are solitary creatures by nature, but still
need their
basic needs met and
human attention between looooooong naps.
Both women had journeyed to Africa and seen firsthand a
basic human need that wasn't being
met: access to clean, safe drinking water.
the digital age's impact on our expectations of privacy; the increasingly pronounced economic inequality throughout the world, which leaves resources under the control of few; increased military spending at a time when
basic human needs related to shelter, food, and medicine are not being
met; and worldwide drought and the impact of water shortages.
Develop recommendations for the U.S. role in identifying and addressing global water problems, including how to significantly accelerate efforts to
meet the large and devastating unmet
basic human needs for water in poorer countries.
The values of independence, democracy,
human rights, and sustainability help the organization work toward their vision of a world where all people have access to enough affordable, healthy, and wholesome food and clean water to
meet their
basic needs.
Living in energy poverty means struggling to
meet the
basic human energetic
needs like lighting and heating.
Also they must respect
human rights and the rights of nature, protect the planetary systems on which continued
human existence depends, put control over energy, food and water in the hand of accountable local stewards, fairly address overconsumption to
meet basic needs for all, not just the greed of a wealthy few.
Way
Basics modern furnishings are recycled and recyclable pieces that are focused on
human ability, and
meet people's
needs for ease, value, creativity and self - sufficiency.
The UN's flagship energy access program, for example, claims that «
basic human needs» can be
met with enough electricity to power a fan, a couple of light bulbs, and a radio for five hours a day.
«The federal government has abdicated responsibility to
meet the most
basic health care
needs of vulnerable refugees and refugee claimants», said Audrey Macklin, Professor and Chair in
Human Rights Law at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers.
Because these kinds of issues so often mean the difference between hunger or food on the table, homelessness or a roof overhead, poverty or economic stability, your support for civil legal aid helps low - income people
meet their most
basic human needs.
Often clinics assist people with
meeting their most
basic needs, such as a source of income, a roof over their heads,
human rights, rights to education and health care, etc...
To achieve our mission, we provide free civil legal assistance in cases where it can make a difference in one's ability to
meet one's
basic human needs or in enforcing one's
basic human rights, including access to housing, food, income, safety, education, and healthcare.
Some members spent their childhood and youth in poverty shut away in institutions and others isolated in places where their
basic human need for community and belonging were not
met.
By contrast, a «
human» but minimum level of
need satisfaction is only guaranteed when «
basic needs» are
met.
On the other hand, when we engage them in solving problems themselves, we create a sense of safety, belonging, and mattering — which Comaford says are the three things
humans crave most (after
basic needs like food and shelter are
met).