Sentences with phrase «thousands of homeless persons»

At the association's annual convention, she had members pack meals that were delivered to thousands of homeless persons.

To the best of our knowledge, however, we have never caught anything from the thousands of homeless people we have touched or hugged.

«The expansion of this scheme - which is proving a major success - will transform the life chances of thousands of homeless people.»

To the people walking by, she probably looked like any of the thousands of homeless people in New York City.

Thousands of homeless people received care at Fort Mason, which served as the headquarters for army relief field operations.

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I have contacted people I would have never imagined (everyone from homeless people collecting plastic bottles, to big executives thousands of miles away).

Starting in late July, floodwaters swamped large swaths of the Southeast Asian country, leaving hundreds of people dead and hundreds of thousands homeless.

-- «California's housing crisis is so bad, families are squatting abandoned homes just to survive,» by Mother Jones» Bryan Schatz: T» he right to adequate housing — not just four walls and a roof, but «a safe and secure home and community in which to live in peace and dignity» — is decreed by the United Nations, but you wouldn't know it by looking around California, where nearly a quarter of the nation's homeless people live... In Oakland, where buyers routinely offer hundreds of thousands of dollars over asking prices, there are nearly four vacant properties for every homeless person.

Because they (attempt to) care for widows, orphans, the homeless, the addicted and spend millions of dollars and travel thousands of miles to find people who do not any type of access to the gospel and translate the Bible into their native language, or build schools and hospitals as well as churches their witness and their faith is nullified because they (wrongfully) dismiss porn stars and the people trying to reach them?

Around the world, people are still struggling to come to terms with the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, which have left more than 8,000 dead, thousands more missing and hundreds of thousand others homeless.

This morning we picked up about a thousand items of clothing which still needs to be sorted and parceled out to the homeless, people who just got off the street, the poor, refugees and others.

Super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines two months ago, and with hundreds of thousands of people still homeless, some aid workers fear the public...

The government of Sierra Leone promised relief to thousands of people left homeless, opening an emergency response centre in Regent and four registration centres.

South Africa was badly hit by a wave of xenophobic violence in April 2015 tha left several people dead and thousands homeless.

At 1 p.m., Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi, a coalition of faith leaders, elected officials and advocates for the homeless will deliver 25,000 letters from people across New York demanding Cuomo keep his promise to fund thousands of units of supportive housing for the homeless, 3rd floor, stat Capitol, Albany.

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Another resident asked: «Why is it OK that there are thousands of empty homes in this area and people are homeless?»

«This hated tax is trapping thousands of families, forcing vulnerable people to food banks and loan sharks, and there is now a serious danger it could end up costing Britain more than it saves as tenants are forced to go homeless or move into the expensive private rented sector.

Tens of thousands of people — including a large number of children — go to sleep homeless in NYC.

Like many scientists in Japan, Tamura is both anxious over disrupted research plans and heartbroken at the human toll of the earthquake and the ensuing tsunami, which killed thousands of people and left nearly half a million homeless.

Elsewhere, entire villages were flattened by intense shaking, leaving thousands of people homeless and many hundreds missing.

Hurricane Katrina slammed the Gulf Coast region in August 2005, resulting in more than 1,800 people dead and leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless.

Through the night we set up temporary first aid stations in soccer fields filled with thousands of people, now homeless.

In a million - person - plus metropolitan area with tens of thousands of secondary students, only about 8,000 were unable to exercise their choice and were thus left behind in these schools that tend to serve our relatively few neighborhoods that have exceptional numbers of homeless families, foster children, incarcerated parents and low levels of social capital and relational trust.

I've done many of the things you've mentioned — gained a regular readership of people I've never met, sold thousands, and have hundreds of wonderful reviews, but I still don't think of myself as «successful» because if I had to live on the books I sell I'd be in a homeless hostel!

Strut Your Mutt, a fun dog walk and fundraising event, brings together thousands of passionate people from all across the country to raise money to save the lives of homeless pets.

Millions of people see our database of pets each month, and we display many tens of thousands of homeless pets to potential adopters.

When the Category 3 storm known as Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast early on August 29, 2005, I don't think anyone could have predicted the massive flooding and damage and the hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama who became temporarily or permanently homeless.

Cats Protection has thousands of cats currently in care so having a homing and information centre in a Pets at Home store will help to encourage more people to consider adopting a homeless cat.

There's a special place in heaven for people like Jeri Barrett, Patrick Donovan, Rick Osbon, Jay Watts, Dr. Kim Hammond - Beyer, Philip Martin, Gaye Cain, Edie Conway and Vic & Sheri Scarborough — people who sacrifice their time, energy and personal capital to help the thousands of unwanted animals in the County who, through no fault of their own, are unwanted, unloved and homeless.

In thinking about this history, what stands out to me is the massive effort on the part of thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people who devoted a great deal of their time and effort to change the tragic situation for homeless pets.

Since then, Downtown Dog Rescue has paid for thousands of spay / neuter surgeries, has placed or fostered thousands of dogs, and has provided meals for many animals and the people who love them, whether they be homeless or just need a helping hand.

Located five miles north of Kanab, Utah, Angel Canyon, home of Best Friends Animal Sanctuary and about 1,600 homeless animals, has been known for thousands of years as a sacred place to the people who lived here.

While giving a second chance to the thousands of homeless animals that come to us in need, changing the lives of the people and families that take them into their hearts and homes, we provide another vital service to the community.

You can make a life - changing difference for thousands of homeless companion animals in need and help us bring valuable services to the pets and people in our community.

Ventura County Rescue Mission serves the poor and homeless, offering hope to thousands of hurting people.

Ross - Ho's workspace is located in a large former warehouse on a relatively empty street, but the Skid Row neighborhood is home to thousands of people, many of whom are homeless or living in shelters.

«After a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck central China last May, killing 69,000 people, injuring hundreds of thousands and leaving millions homeless, the government is planning an extensive reconstruction project that includes building more than 1.5 million temporary homes, which are expected to last two or three years.

It is estimated that over two thousand people have died and over a million homes have been destroyed, and more than twenty million people are injured or homeless as a result of the flooding.

Last Sunday night, flash floods killed eight people in and around the city of Durban and left thousands homeless.

Our Social Security disability lawyers have helped thousands and thousands of needy people obtain disability benefits that have enabled them to supply for their families and kept them from being destitute and homeless outcasts.

In Oakland, where buyers routinely offer hundreds of thousands of dollars over asking prices, there are nearly four vacant properties for every homeless person.