Sentences with phrase «on poor rural communities»

They give versions of Vice President Gore's slideshow all around the world, and drive change in powerful ways, like stopping the construction of a coal export terminal or addressing the impacts of the crisis on poor rural communities.

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An enormous 70 percent of the world's poorest people — those scraping by on less than $ 1.25 a day — live in rural areas.1 These communities depend on the earth in a more direct way than many of us will ever understand.

Cross-ethnic alliances are more meaningful on the ground and, therefore, stronger among the poor urban and rural communities.

Under his plan, two - thirds of that money would be spent on the purchase and equipment of mobile mammography vehicles that could make it easier for women in poor and rural communities to receive breast cancer exams.

Two - thirds of the $ 91 million was to be spent on the purchase and equipping of mobile mammography vehicles that could make it easier for women in poor and rural communities to receive breast cancer exams.

Hawkins said that a debate focused on education would show that both Governor Cuomo and Astorino would underfund public schools, especially in property - poor inner city and rural communities.

Indeed, the toilet of the future may be needed most by poor communities swelling on the edges of the world's large cities, as more rural dwellers crowd into urban centers, said Randy Strash, senior manager at the nonprofit World Vision, a humanitarian organization focused on the rural poor.

It would be a tragic mistake to dismiss the huge potential of new technologies for addressing some of the most enduring problems of poverty: drought - and pest - resistant varieties of food for poor farmers who have been bypassed by the Green Revolution; treatment for many tropical diseases, such as malaria and sleeping sickness; low - cost wireless computers that can break the information isolation of rural communities that rely only on the radio and word of mouth; and low - cost energy supplies for the vast majority of people in developing countries using dung and firewood.

Democrats prodded Ross on whether Census officials are doing enough to contact groups traditionally undercounted — including the poor and homeless, minorities, those in rural areas, and immigrants — and complained that budget woes have already forced cancellation of the communications and community outreach component of next spring's dress rehearsal.

Schools in poor rural communities, for example, may be more likely to build bridges to the state or to other non-local funding sources, given the local constraints they face.135 Charter schools, which are particularly vulnerable to resource constraints, may need to depend more on non-educational community members than regular public schools do.136

I'm glad people are weighing in on this issue, because creating No Kill in poor rural communities and small towns that have few resources is the next big challenge for No Kill.

It's not a reflection on the worth of the people in either city, it's an acknowledgement that resources are typically lacking in poor and rural communities.

The idea first made sense when one of the volunteers commented on how the rural areas were so remote and poor that landlines were never installed in the community.

Through our global network of local writers, we are continuing our award - winning coverage of global and local environmental challenges, with a focus on the people for whom the ecosphere matters in a direct way: rural dwellers who have little means to protect themselves against adverse conditions; communities that need to switch to sustainable development in order to survive; poor women and children, who are the most vulnerable in natural disasters.Sponsored by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and The World Bank (WB), IPS also maintains the award - winning Tierramérica, a specialised information service on environment and development.

The different chapters capitalize on assessments and experiences such as: lessons learned from Asia's Green Revolution on agricultural communities; trends in African agricultural knowledge, science and technology; trade policy impacts on food production; conditions for success of water interventions for the African rural poor; and climate change implications for agriculture and food systems.

Concerned about the future of the children in her poor rural community, Clary recruits local business to sponsor classrooms of schoolchildren, providing them with one - on - one mentoring, field trips, gifts and supplies, and most of all, people who care.