Sentences with phrase «of impoverished children who»

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

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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.

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.

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.

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).

-- 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).

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.

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