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Unrest at large calderas rarely ends in eruption, encouraging vulnerable communities to perceive emergency warnings of volcanic activity as false alarms.

Through a new smallholder farmer loan initiative with the Inter-American Developmental Bank (IDB) directed toward a women - led coffee cooperative, and an expanded partnership with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) aimed at helping young coffee farmers in post-conflict zones build greater resiliency and expertise, Starbucks will help create opportunities in some of Colombia's most vulnerable coffee growing communities.

When assigning hurricane relief funds to communities across the country, the oversight board's austerity policies may also privilege wealthier at the expense of the most vulnerable, argues Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan, also at LatinoJustice PRLDEF, who published an op - ed in the Huffington Post.

The transitional government has failed to protect religious minorities from violent attacks at a time when minority communities have been increasingly vulnerable.»

He is an amazing person, and is all over our community helping our vulnerable residents, and serves as pastor in 2 churches, changing minds and lives, one person at a time.

«Just three weeks ago at the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, they called for richer countries do more to cut their own carbon emissions and increase their support to the most vulnerable and worst affected communities and countries who are least able to protect themselves from climate change.»

The Hershey Co. has launched the Cocoa For Good program, a comprehensive cocoa sustainability strategy designed to address the most pressing issues facing cocoa - growing communities: poverty, poor nutrition, at - risk youth and vulnerable ecosystems.

«Every day across the country, our amazing volunteers are creating tasty, nutritious three - course meals, served to vulnerable people in the community at risk of food poverty and social isolation,» said FoodCycle Communications Officer Steven Hawkes.

A look back at our decades - long partnership with indigenous and rural communities to build a sustainable forest economy in one of Guatemala's most valuable, vulnerable regions.

Casa Central offers a network of services including Head Start education, out - of - school time support, interim housing, violence intervention and other valuable resources to vulnerable members of the community.Words on WheelsWords on Wheels volunteers to go places in their local communities to engage with at - risk babies through bubbles, puppets, music and stories.

FRAC has joined with a diverse group of national organizations to launch the Opportunity Starts at Home campaign to expand affordable housing options for America's most vulnerable communities.

In this case, Orbitz is particularly vulnerable because it has advertised specifically at the LGBT community, opening it to charges of hypocrisy.

The Centre - Right's vision is of community - based organisations and mutuals supplanting taxpayer - funded providers, at least in principle ensuring provision for the most vulnerable.

Vulnerable people are not ones who mount the barricades, or put themselves at risk in the streets, or immerse themselves in communities that need help, or release confidential documents.

We are investing at local level to build resilient communities, which are equipped to confront violent extremism and support the most vulnerable individuals.»

Creating excellent housing for our most vulnerable New Yorkers is essential and we are honored to work with all our partners who dedicate their time and talents to support individuals with special needs to live with dignity in our Bronx community,» said Samantha Magistro, Managing Director of New Business at Bronx Pro.

The Legislature approved $ 5,000 at the annual Budget Meeting to assist the organization in its efforts to aide frail and vulnerable individuals who live in underserved communities.

The Legislature approved $ 5,000 at today's annual Budget Meeting to assist the organization in its efforts to aide frail and vulnerable individuals who live in underserved communities.

And this requires not just the security measures I have outlined but that we work with all communities and all countries through debate, discussion, dialogue and education as we tackle at root the evils that risk driving people, particularly vulnerable young people, into the hands of violent extremists.

Governor Cuomo has made affordable housing a priority and has given the leadership at NYS Homes and Community Renewal the tools necessary to bring affordable housing to the most vulnerable New Yorkers.

There's more: Gun violence disproportionately affects minority and vulnerable communities — children at Sandy Hook, worshipers at a Charleston prayer group, young Black men, and the LGBT community, itself the target of an estimated 20 % of all hate crimes.

He argued that the lack of data on households with the current system makes social intervention programmes targeted at the vulnerable difficulty since there is no data as to who is poor and in which community.

These rules will also cover any other sites along the waterfront vulnerable to development, like the Manhattan Mini - Storage site at 220 South St. Rezoning is the best way for our community to both fight the proposed massive luxury developments and guarantee long - term protections for the future of our neighborhood!

Aside from inflicting devastating natural disasters on often vulnerable communities, climate change can also spur outbreaks of infectious diseases like Zika, malaria and dengue fever, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

The scientific community in Chile «has grown exponentially in the last 20 years,» but it's still small and vulnerable, says Roberto Mayor, a Chilean developmental biologist at the University College London.

-- The term «most vulnerable communities and populations» means communities and populations that are at risk of substantial adverse impacts of climate change and have limited capacity to respond to such impacts, including impoverished communities, children, women, and indigenous peoples.

«Although our research suggests that dinosaur communities were particularly vulnerable at the time the asteroid hit, there is nothing to suggest that dinosaurs were doomed to extinction,» Richard Butler of the University of Birmingham, said in the statement.

This estimate is 11 percent lower than the current assessment of the IUCN, supporting the call for the upgrading of cheetahs from «Vulnerable» to «Endangered»,» says lead author Florian Weise, scientist at the Community Living Among Wildlife Sustainability Conservancy (CLAWS), USA.

April 10, 2013 Ci3's Game Changer Chicago earns MacArthur Foundation funding The Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry & Innovation in Sexual & Reproductive Health (Ci3) at the University of Chicago has received a $ 500,000 grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation to advance its work identifying novel solutions to complex problems affecting health and well - being in vulnerable communities.

The fact that vials of this particular vaccine had to be stored in Nairobi is peculiar for two reasons: for one, according to the KCDA this is not usually required for vaccine distribution, and, for another, the Kenya Catholic Health Commission (as the medical branch of the KCCB) also manages a network of 448 Catholic health units consisting of 54 hospitals, 83 health centers and 311 clinical dispensaries plus more than 46 programs for Community Based Health and Orphaned and Vulnerable Children scattered all over Kenya's 224,962 square miles [93]-- an area larger than any US state in the lower 48 except for Texas at 268,601 square miles [94].

«And even the researchers considered a wide range of factors, such as diet, exercise, alcohol consumption, smoking, body mass and marital status, it's still possible that people who drink coffee differ from the rest of the population in as - yet unidentified ways that make them less vulnerable to disease and early death» — says Susan Fisher, Ph.D., chair of community and preventive medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, in Rochester, New York.

SATYA is a non-profit with a mission to increase access to therapeutic yoga for at - risk and vulnerable populations in our Seacoast community.

At the other end of the purchase, you will be providing work in a vulnerable community.

Valor's SEL work is based on ideas that Daren Dickson developed throughout his career as a social worker, clinical and program director, and social justice advocate, including work he did at the nonprofit Seneca Center in the San Francisco Bay Area with vulnerable young people and communities.

And as such, the Endowment has embarked on a ten - year campaign to improve the health of young people residing in vulnerable, at - risk communities through stronger and innovative prevention approaches.

Chris Hume, partnership manager at GoSafe, said: «Our continued focus on 20mph limits around schools is part of our commitment to safer communities, and to protect the most vulnerable road users; our children.

Bringing this sort of innovative personalized learning to vulnerable communities is a daunting challenge — one that keeps Mieka Wick, executive director of the CityBridge Foundation in Washington, D.C., up at night.

«If we build community - based care systems, then we have demonstrated our commitment to these children and their parents,» Dr. Koop said at the meeting, which focused on creating local service systems for medically vulnerable...

«The lesson of the civil rights movement and community is that the federal government is the defender of vulnerable children and we are worried that with new state and local authority, vulnerable children are going to be at risk.»

Staff members work closely with at - risk students through the Village of Attachment, a group that forms partnerships with families and community members to create a web of support around their most vulnerable students.

But, despite this breadth of teaching models and outreach to the most vulnerable student populations, and despite the fact that we represent half of the charter schools in NYC, we remain an unknown story within the city at large because our schools do their work diligently and without much fanfare in their communities.

PDK International strives to be a leader in a movement aimed at changing the narrative about teaching by investing in helping communities grow their next generation of educators to transform public education, especially for our most vulnerable students.

IEL's Coalition for Community Schools recently sat down with Menlo Park Elementary School Principal Kellie Burkhardt and Community School Coordinator Steven Joinson to take a deeper look at how they are re-writing the script on achievement levels and increasing opportunities for our most vulnerable youth.

With a heavy emphasis on equity and access for students and families in our most vulnerable school communities, the annual summer institute will support leaders at the school and district level to embrace the complexities, challenges, and opportunities of their positions.

The school works closely with at - risk students through the Village of Attachment, a group of staff that forms partnerships with families and community members to create a web of support around Byrne Creek's most vulnerable students.

But we're at another critical time in the American education system where severe inequities threaten our most vulnerable communities.

I think that's one of our greatest challenges when looking at vulnerable communities.»

Berkeley Principals Leadership Institute — The mission of the Principal Leadership Institute at Berkeley is to prepare, induct, and support a diverse community of equity focused school leaders who will improve education for vulnerable and historically underserved students in California's public schools in support of social justice.

«If we want our children to thrive in tomorrow's economy, we must invest in our children's future today, starting with our youngest learners, especially those from our most vulnerable and at - risk communities,» Hillary Clinton...

At our All Pet Health Care by Noah's you'll be part of a team that's providing valuable care to the most vulnerable pets in our local communities.