Sentences with phrase «small island community»

He also initiated a series of training workshops to educate people about climate change and its impact on small island communities.
As an environmental activist, born and living in a Small Island Developing State (SIDS), and having experienced the destructive impact of climate change on people living in small island communities, I went to the Conference with the following expectations:
Throughout the 254 episodes of Balamory, the agonisingly cheerful live action series set in a Scottish small island community, references to the independence issue were few and far between.
The story follows Mikura Amelia, a young woman who lives alone with her cat, and runs an air delivery service started by her grandfather, servicing the Japan's small island communities hundreds of miles out in the ocean.
The idea was to provide an opportunity for hundreds of young sportsmen and women from small island communities, to compete and enjoy international competition against other islanders with similar standards of performance.
While a large proportion of the region's population (in much of Viet Nam, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos PDR, Thailand and peninsular Malaysia) lives on the main Asian landmass, many are also spread across thousands of islands — ranging in size from Indonesia's Java and Sumatra (home to more than 190 million people) to many small island communities.
After a massive storm devastated St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) late last year, 1994 Goldman Prize winner Andrew Simmons returned to his island home to assist with the disaster relief effort and educate locals about climate change's particularly harsh impact on small island communities.
And improvements in coastal processes, the dynamics of coastal climate would represent improvements for the small island community.
After having a diverse range of jobs over the winter as well as a couple of holidays, she is equally happy to be part of our small island community once again.
Synopsis: In a small island community, a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape her oppressive family.
Marking the feature - length debut of writer - director Pearce, it stars Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn and Geraldine James and centers on a small island community where a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape from her oppressive family.
What it's about: Two preteens who run away together, throwing their small island community into utter chaos.
She lives with her unhappily married lawyer parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand) and her younger brothers in the small island community of New Penzance, New England (the film was shot off the coast of Rhode Island), where, as a loquacious onscreen narrator (Bob Balaban) stiffly informs us, a devastating storm is due to hit in three days.
The movie centers around a small island community where a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape from her oppressive family.
The psychological thriller centers around a small island community where a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape from her oppressive family.
The movie, the first feature - length project from writer / director Pearce, centers on a small island community where a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape from her oppressive family.
BEAST / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Michael Pearce, Producers: Ivana MacKinnon, Lauren Dark, Kristian Brodie)-- In a small island community, a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape from her oppressive family.
«Beast» centers on a small island community where a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape from her oppressive family.
Open 24 Hours Hotel Vila Ombak provides an onsite 24 - hour Clinic and Doctor available for in - house guests as well as the small island community.
Working with children, teenagers and young adults you will be a true hero to the small island communities amongst the islands education system.
«It is a testament to the strength and resilience of this small Island community that they are now in a position of recovery just one month on, with tourism being at the forefront of that rebound.»
Purchasing this site provides the stability the school needs to continue to function as a provider of quality education in the small island community.
With fresh - caught seafood and traditional Caymanian gastronomy in the forefront of Grand Cayman dining, chefs from all over the world bring new, fresh perspectives to dishes that have become a staple of our small island community.
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