Sentences with phrase «of poverty as»

Many Honduran children have become victims of poverty as families struggle to provide for them.

It seems to us that there are 65 times the number of deaths attributable to the effects of poverty as there are deaths attributable to climate change.

Minney explains that the majority of these people will never be able to work their way out of poverty as their earnings are so far below the minimum wage.

In this work, Büttner emphasises the gallery as a place of gathering and contemplation, linking the notions of poverty as expressed in Italy in the twelfth century by St. Francis and again in the twentieth century during the Arte Povera movement.

Furthermore, an analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that was conducted in 2016 found that 22.1 million people are being kept out of poverty as a result of their monthly Social Security payout.

He suffered the sting of poverty as a child....

Nevertheless, leading scholars have powerfully refocused attention in recent years on the role of poverty as a barrier to teaching and learning.6 Ladd, H., Noguera, P., Reville, P., & Starr, J. (2016, May 11).

But that gets back to motive: The «reform» movement (and its loyal media outlets) cast a discussion of poverty as taboo because poverty and inequality are byproducts of the same economic policies that serve that movement's funders.

What is particularly worrisome is the replication of poverty as children from low - income families are unable to benefit from higher education.

The spring 2015 symposium addressed the issue of poverty as it relates to school reform and education improvement efforts, and in spring 2016, the symposium addressed the engagement gap and how we can make our schools and classrooms environments where young people thrive.

«ASCD provides resources for educators to understand and address the effects of poverty as they help at - risk, low - income students succeed.»

Chait answers that to identify the culture of poverty as a contributor to poverty does not require blaming people for their failures or considering them irresponsible or immoral.

One key argument is that economic growth as framed today within fragile states and post conflict states will not work towards eradication of poverty as per projections.

«We are seeing overwhelmingly an effect of poverty as an influence on outcomes,» Kuzawa says, although cautioning on extrapolating from one specific set of circumstances in the Philippines to any other country.

The Summit was attended by approximately 275 individuals and was effective in generating responses to the issue of poverty as well as promoting initiatives aimed at ameliorating the issue moving forward.

Buffalo Niagara will never climb out of poverty as long as women make less than men, minorities can't get business and fulltime workers need public aid just to survive.

Mr Duncan Smith said 350,000 children would be lifted out of poverty as a result of the changes, which - thanks to the simplification of the existing system - would save # 1 billion a year.

Only if we must define development as merely overcoming poverty rather than overcoming all human deprivation is there any reason to broaden the definition of poverty as Sen does.

This early Jerusalem community adopted the life style of poverty as appropriate to its mission and is referred to by the term «the poor» (Gal.

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.

He repeats his description of the ways bad charity (the Great Society) drove out good charity (religiously based groups): It reinterpreted the causes of poverty as exclusively material and environmental; its bureaucracy tried to reach ever - larger numbers of poor people with a decreasingly personal strategy for fighting poverty; it dismissed the role of volunteers in favor of professional social workers; and it removed the incentives for work, saving, and marriage.

Not exact matches

He used himself as an example: As a graduate of University of Michigan, Costolo moved to Chicago to pursue improv comedy — what many might consider a life of artistic povertas an example: As a graduate of University of Michigan, Costolo moved to Chicago to pursue improv comedy — what many might consider a life of artistic povertAs a graduate of University of Michigan, Costolo moved to Chicago to pursue improv comedy — what many might consider a life of artistic poverty.

He astutely observed that our nation suffered from a «poverty of the spirit,» noting that despite our technological advances, «we haven't learned to walk the Earth as brothers and sisters.»

Yet Statistics Canada data reveals the incidence of poverty, as defined by the low - income cutoff, is now at a record low.

As a way out of poverty, residents are looking to entrepreneurship.

As Dr. David Hawkins explains in his book, Letting Go: «If we have a small view of ourselves, then what we deserve is poverty.

As Andrew Coté, co-founder of New York City Beekeepers, told me years ago, «Asking to explain what causes CCD is like asking what causes poverty.»

More pejoratively: The term «tech bro» also refers to a tech company employee who acts entitled, lacks self - awareness and is tone deaf about sensitive issues such as the realities of urban 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.»

As much as the fall of the Berlin Wall or the rise of social media, the astonishing decline in world - wide poverty stands as one of humanity's greatest achievement over the past quarter centurAs much as the fall of the Berlin Wall or the rise of social media, the astonishing decline in world - wide poverty stands as one of humanity's greatest achievement over the past quarter centuras the fall of the Berlin Wall or the rise of social media, the astonishing decline in world - wide poverty stands as one of humanity's greatest achievement over the past quarter centuras one of humanity's greatest achievement over the past quarter century.

The first and most significant was to cut in half the proportion of people living in extreme poverty globally — defined as an income below US$ 1 per day.

Not every senior is wealthy, of course, but as a group they now face the lowest risk of poverty across all demographics.

Seniors» poverty was once a significant issue in Canada; as recently as the 1970s, more than a third of elderly Canadians were considered poor.

Through education and health initiatives as well as bringing awareness to the concept of time poverty, she continued to dedicate her life to bettering those around her.

«That is why, as part of our wider aims to eradicate poverty from our country, we are exploring how to make products freely available to low - income groups.

Food banks, Saul argues, serve as a kind of «moral release valve» for government, permitting it to appear as if it were doing something about hunger when it's doing nothing to address the poverty and social isolation that lead people to food banks in the first place.

As Rupert Scofield, the president and CEO of FINCA International, writes in the recently released Social Entrepreneur's Handbook, «whether your mission is as ambitious as pulling millions of people out of poverty or as modest as feeding people in your neighborhood, now is the perfect time to get starteAs Rupert Scofield, the president and CEO of FINCA International, writes in the recently released Social Entrepreneur's Handbook, «whether your mission is as ambitious as pulling millions of people out of poverty or as modest as feeding people in your neighborhood, now is the perfect time to get starteas ambitious as pulling millions of people out of poverty or as modest as feeding people in your neighborhood, now is the perfect time to get starteas pulling millions of people out of poverty or as modest as feeding people in your neighborhood, now is the perfect time to get starteas modest as feeding people in your neighborhood, now is the perfect time to get starteas feeding people in your neighborhood, now is the perfect time to get started.

What it's about: This work of nonfiction intertwines an intimate experience of poverty in America with clear cut causation and politics, using the eviction crisis in Milwaukee, Wis., as a backdrop.

A family friend who works as a concert photographer saw the photo and put her in touch with board members of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, an organization that provides food, housing, and social services for those experiencing poverty and homelessness.

And if banks are doing God's work — and «lift people out of poverty,» as Blankfein said at the Clinton gathering last year, how can encouraging talent to leave that work to join the government be beneficial for humankind?

To be eligible for Lifeline, participants must have an income less than 135 % of the federal poverty level or qualify for one of several other programs for the poor, such as Medicaid or food stamps.

The EPI indeed looked at the impact of a $ 10.10 minimum wage, but it never said how many people would rise above poverty levels as a result.

But many desperate people also buy lottery tickets as a matter of hope, in a desperate attempt to get themselves out of poverty.

Women over the age of 75 are almost twice as likely to live in poverty, according to the Senate report.

That's likely part of the reason that enrollment dropped, as Americans making more than 400 % of the Federal Poverty Level (about $ 48,000 for an individual or $ 98,000 for a family of four) wouldn't be shielded from those rising premiums because they don't qualify for federal subsidies that lower - income citizens do.

High poverty levels aren't a sufficient reason either, seeing as other countries with low levels of per - capita income, such as Kenya and Jamaica, consistently fare better, he added.

I had thought of these as the way the developed world intends to bring developing nations out of poverty and address such international challenges as food security and conflict resolution.

Social entrepreneurship contests: Entrepreneurs working on solving global problems such as hunger, poverty, energy and education now have a smorgasbord of contests from which to choose, including the Hult Global Case Challenge, which awards $ 1 million in prizes annually.

The idea is to help families who live in «energy poverty,» relying on smoky open fires as their main cooking source while also spending a disproportionate amount of their income to access lighting or electricity.

It hasn't grown that fast in normal times since the early 2000's, a period that probably wasn't all that normal, as so much of the wealth generated during those years was from America's debt boom and China's once - in - lifetime rise from poverty.