Sentences with phrase «said alleviating poverty»

Perez Williams has said alleviating poverty would be her main priority if elected.

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«We spotlight environmentally, socially and economically sustainable ways of alleviating hunger, obesity and poverty, and create networks of people, organizations and content to push food food system change,» the nonprofit organization says.

You can liken it to SADA which is meant to provide jobs and alleviate poverty in the Central Region,» the former Deputy Minister said.

Claire said: «It has never been more important to focus on alleviating fuel poverty in the UK and I am delighted to be joining Warm Zones at such a crucial time.

His says his priorities are alleviating poverty, quality education, affordable housing and economic development.

The government's plans to increase the sanctions on benefit recipients will do nothing to alleviate poverty without the creation of more jobs with decent pay, the Public and Commercial Services union says.

Hawkins said he would focus on alleviating Syracuse's high rate of concentrated poverty.

He says his vision will help alleviate the city's long - standing issues with poverty, public safety, vacant properties, and poor school performance.

«As an organization dedicated to alleviating poverty, Project H.O.M.E. is proud to be working with FreshDirect and others to makesure everyone in our city is able to feed their families this Thanksgiving,» said S. Mary Scullion, executive director of Project H.O.M.E.

Some critics say that India should focus on alleviating poverty rather than space travel.

«When you have a program like ours — focused on Africa, focused on trying to alleviate poverty and utilize the resources for the benefit of the people — a lot of African Americans become interested,» says Adewumi.

Those include efforts like alleviating poverty, limiting class size and contributing to classroom culture, he said.

Pruitt said while she does not offer that as an excuse for Gary schools or any urban school, she said those facts underscore the urgency to alleviate the effects of poverty on children, and help them receive a full range of educational and family services that complement one another to help students reach their potential.

That said, helping out with clean development does more than just avoid emissions, it also helps with development and alleviates poverty.

Funds dispatched to alleviate their poverty «are siphoned off in the middle somewhere,» said a 50 - year - old woman named Sukanti Mohapatra.

«A continued reliance on huge coal, nuclear, and hydro plants has done little to alleviate energy poverty, forcing the poor around the world to rely on kerosene for their meager energy needs,» says Harish Hande, founder of SELCO - India (http://selco-india.com/), and recent recipient of the prestigious Magsaysay award.

«Massive increases in energy consumption would be necessary to alleviate poverty for the nearly 50 % of the world's population who live on less than $ 2.50 a day,» Wagner said.

The World Bank has made a «fundamental shift» in its role of alleviating global poverty, by refocusing its financing efforts towards tackling climate change, the group said on Thursday.

And in making this plan happen, the rich countries must take the lead: Focusing Just on the Economy is Short - Sighted The report says that efforts to revive the world economy alone are essential «unless new policy initiatives also address other global challenges — reducing carbon dependency, protecting ecosystems and water resources, alleviating poverty — their impact on averting future crises will be short - lived.»

«A continued reliance on huge coal, nuclear, and hydro plants has done little to alleviate energy poverty, forcing the poor around the world to rely on kerosene for their meager energy needs,» says Harish Hande, founder of SELCO - India, and recent recipient of the prestigious Magsaysay award.