Sentences with phrase «of poverty with»

In the meantime, the world's poorest two or three billion people, emitting less than one ton of carbon dioxide per person per year (compared to the 20 tons per - capita average of the United States), could be propelled out of poverty with additional fossil fuel use without substantially interfering with efforts to rein in the richest populations» emissions.

we get food stamps to eat every month, and have no extra to buy our kids anything for fun or eating out, or enjoy a day out.The house is falling apart, its cold in the winter becouse i cant afford to buy feuel if we want a roof over our heads so take your pick.We live here in America and live at the brink of poverty with no end or hope in sight.

I've replaced the cycle of poverty with the Cycle of Financial Freedom.

Teacher leaders have made eminently reasonable points about the problems with school accountability systems, the limits of test - based teacher evaluation, and the foolhardiness of «reformers» who dismiss the effects of poverty with «no excuses» sloganeering.

Many, though not all, schools that succeed with poor children devise strategies to mitigate the effects of poverty with site - based social services and extended learning opportunities.

The crushing impact of poverty with all of its manifestations is the primary reason they face huge odds in their quest for a better life.

This film intervenes in the messy, ugly world of poverty with the secular intention of making us see that it really is happening, and in a prosperous nation, too.

But spokesman Rich Azzopardi, in a statement, said the governor makes «no apologies» for trying to lift people out of poverty with a higher minimum wage, and he pointed out that paid family leave will be funded by the workers.

But spokesman Rich Azzopardi, in a statement, says the governor makes «no apologies» for trying to lift people out of poverty with a higher minimum wage, and he points out that paid family leave will be funded by the workers.

THERE IS nothing saccharine about Sugar, a film that traces the journey of fictional Dominican pitcher Miguel (Sugar) Santos as he tries to yank his family out of poverty with his killer curveball and major league aspirations.

It is impossible to lift Haiti out of poverty with stats like that, he said.

And there is something pernicious about the facile equation of poverty with victimization; doing so condescendingly and harmfully excuses the poor from complying with the moral and practical imperatives that govern the lives of everyone else.

We are called, as Christ himself demonstrated, to respond to the tribal desperation of poverty with grace and compassion, not more tribalism.

It mingled Marxist critiques of poverty with an insistence that the church display a «preferential option» for the poor.

Bill Gates might be pretty busy eradicating disease and lifting people out of poverty with his philanthropic work, but he still makes time to read.

Not exact matches

When Vitter was in the House of Representatives he actually took calls from the DC Madam during roll call votes; later, Sen. Vitter expressed outrage over purported actions of the poverty group ACORN, where several staffers showed tolerance toward conservative operatives with a hidden camera who were pretending to be involved in prostitution.

The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.

Swelling ranks of seniors with ever - increasing lifespans will soon be confronted by a retirement in poverty while a diminishing number of working taxpayers are saddled with a crushing public - services liability.

But the biggest «breakthrough» came for Gates, he says, when he read Rosling's proposal for four levels of wealth around the world, with level one being extreme poverty — those surviving on $ 2 a day or less — and level four being those spending more than $ 32 a day.

The incidence of seniors in poverty has improved from around one in three during the 1950s to one in 10 today, roughly in line with the general population.

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.»

In 2005, he published The End of Poverty, a book that promised that, with sufficient investment, extreme deprivation in Africa could be conquered within decades.

And while white entrepreneurs of means are more likely to start a business with financial help from friends and family, generations of poverty in minority communities shuts the door on this prospect.

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.

The star pulled herself out of poverty to top the charts though, and on Wednesday she broke Beyonce's record for the most simultaneous Billboard US Hot 100 entries by a female, with 13 songs on the chart to Beyonce's high of 12.

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.

A 2006 Southern Poverty Law Center report found «thousands» of such extremists in uniform, while a 2008 FBI report found 200 neo-Nazis with military training.

Additionally, only 49 % of Americans believe that free enterprise is better at lifting people out of poverty than the government, compared with 39 % of Britons and 40 % of Germans.

There is a 58 percent figure mentioned, but it has to do with the racial makeup of restaurant workers affected: 58 percent of workers below the poverty line, according to the report, are people of color.

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.

Stone saw the impact potential of creating another cacao buyer in a region with 70 percent poverty.

The Sustainable Development Goals are the result of long consultations among nations, with global acceptance of the idea that reducing poverty and inequality is the correct path forward for a secure and prosperous planet.

Cedar: We pursue a model we call «Parallel Innovation,» where we incubate core technologies with the potential to empower millions of families living in energy poverty around the world.

Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet the needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease and famine, with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ.

The talks, known as the Doha round, were launched six years ago with the aim of adding billions of dollars to the global economy and lifting millions of people out of poverty through trade liberalization.

He grew up in poverty, with a drug - addicted mother and drug demons of his own.

The DA is a powerful position in Philadelphia, a city with the highest rate of incarceration, the highest poverty rate, and the third highest violent crime rate of the US's 10 most populated cities.

Some of the individuals were behind «megagifts» of $ 200 million to $ 2 billion, big checks most often associated with tech - industry tycoons trying to solve the world's biggest problems — from developing world poverty to lack of universal education — in one bank transfer of epic proportions.

A different approach would strengthen individual savings accounts by requiring workers to contribute out of pre-tax income, combined with a redistributive means - tested safety net for those who fall into poverty in old age.

Pope Francis seeks to encourage families with practical guidance amid the myriad of challenges they face around the world, including unemployment, migration, poverty, gambling, alcoholism, polygamy and societal pressures that ignore the longstanding Catholic teaching of marriage.

After growing up in the kind of poverty most Americans only read about, the Ukraine - born entrepreneur ran away with the Russian circus, became a YouTube star, and now is building a minor retail empire built on animal - themed kneesocks.

Wisconsin allows adults with dependent children who earn around 100 percent of the poverty level — $ 11,880 — to enroll in Medicaid, and Maine and Tennessee each have slightly higher caps.

Along with work requirements, the agencies are instructed to follow nine «Principles of Economic Mobility» to guide their proposed changes, including giving states more flexibility, encouraging private sector involvement, and promoting marriage as a means to escape poverty.

The foundation — which controls an endowment of more than $ 40 billion — aims to lift millions of people out of poverty, with a heavy focus on eliminating HIV, malaria, and other infectious diseases.

Job creation is another way to tackle the cause, rather than the symptoms, of poverty, and in 2013 Toms began manufacturing shoes in markets where it donates, starting with Haiti.

It will be important for developing countries to have access to the technology that can help with education, infrastructure, health and productivity, the tools needed to lift people out of poverty.

Being a giver of fish rather than a teacher of fishing «is not the way to deal with poverty,» says Widmer.

«The Pursuit of Happyness» is the inspirational true story of Chris Gardner, a successful businessman who struggled with poverty and homelessness at the beginning of his career.

When New Jersey announced a $ 7 billion package of tax incentives to try to lure Amazon's second headquarters to Newark, local officials saw a chance to jump - start a city that has long struggled with poverty and joblessness.

2) On Energy Bulletin there was an article about Mondragon, a coopertive started in the poverty stricken area of Spain in the 1950 ′ s where people pooled their money and existing business expertise to fund local entrepreneural ventures with equity instead of debt.