Sentences with phrase «vulnerable communities where»

The study was conducted in partnership with four culturally diverse and economically vulnerable communities where the initiatives were implemented.

The study was conducted in partnership with four culturally diverse and economically vulnerable communities where the initiatives were implemented.

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My hope is that our Christian communities will become secure places for our vulnerable, knowledgeable places where abusers will be detected, confronted, and offered the hope of true transformation, and safe places for survivors to heal and share their wisdom and experiences while we work together towards unknotting the tangled threads we bear.

It is particularly exciting that Golden Rice has the potential to help the poorest people in the most vulnerable and remote communities get enough vitamin A where they currently can not.

As apart of this rich annual event, BMBFA is excited to partner with Henry Ford Health System to launch Mommy - Friendly Detroit ™ — a celebration of black motherhood that helps Detroit to become a place where systems, policies and practices align to achieve racial and health equity on behalf of all women, with an emphasis on Detroit's most vulnerable women, their babies, families and communities.

Indeed, there are many communities where ill - timed retrenchment may cause serious harm to the most vulnerable, and weaken the life - chances of children and young people in the most disadvantaged households.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie also weighed in on the fatal incident saying, «Gun violence continues to plague communities across the nation and that it has found its way into workplaces, schools and hospitals, where the most vulnerable among us should feel safe, is reprehensible.»

This fact is seldom shared in public venues where a community is fighting to obtain support for expanding or improving its supports to vulnerable young children.

Any community that asks people to learn, to be vulnerable, and to transform (Freire's idea of conscientization) must be a place where people know that they can be honest and that they will be heard.

They include a «Later to Literacy» program that supports the literacy needs of ESL students; the «Village of Attachment,» where staff, families, and community members create a web of support around the most vulnerable students; «Youth in Transitions,» an after - school program that works closely with students alongside their parents; and «PAWS,» a program designed to help immigrant students who entered the school system late in their high school years develop fundamental skills for success.

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

«Where turnover is considered to have a disruptive organizational influence, all members of a school community are vulnerable, including staying teachers and their students.

Comprehensive character education efforts can build an atmosphere where students feel included, connected, and part of their school community; where both students and teachers step up to report bullying and stand up for victims; where teachers check in with vulnerable or troubled students instead of hoping, «she's fine» or «he's too much trouble»; and where parents are involved and engaged.

I felt drawn to the specialty because it offered help to one of the most vulnerable animal populations; it combined my interests of working towards the greater good in the community and public health; and it was profession where I felt like I could make a difference improving the lives of un-homed animals every day.

«The charitable work Foodbank does for vulnerable Australians is perfectly aligned with the Foundation's core philosophy of building brighter futures in the communities where it works, lives and travels,» Ms Russell concluded.

A fast and fair transition away from fossil fuels to a renewable energy economy must protect the most vulnerable communities, including where that shift immediately impacts people and their city or state.

By helping local and national decision - makers understand the current and future impacts before them, the IPCC report provides guidance on where to focus our attention in order to help vulnerable communities adapt to climate change.

In addition, Mr. Rittereiser was appointed by the Governor to the State Advisory Council on Homelessness, where he serves to address the complex issues that affect our communities» most vulnerable people.

If you are a law firm, talk to us about having one of your young associates work for CLSMF for a designated time period where he or she will get valuable legal experience and you will be helping CLSMF better serve our community's most vulnerable populations.

What I'm hoping will happen in the next three years is that funders of health care, social services, housing, etc. and legal aid providers and courts will embrace working with groups outside of the legal domain and start using forms and technology to bring preventative law into places where vulnerable communities go for help with other pressing needs.

Schulman describes innovative programs involving particularly vulnerable groups where legal advisors meet people in the community to deal with the complex web of problems they face and, in particular, to identify their legal risks and, in concert with their health professionals, to develop strategies to reduce those risks before they reach an otherwise inevitable crisis.

They do not resile from their position, but there is still the question of fairness that arises... that they have to be put in a position where they can adequately acquit their responsibilities and where they can get proper advice, proper systems in place, so that in the usual course of their dealings they are not going to be placed unfairly in a vulnerable position and then unfairly cop criticism from those many people unfortunately in our community who are very quick to seize any opportunity to criticise Aboriginal organisations and, indeed, Aboriginal individuals.

In particular, Planned Parenthood helps the Komen Foundation reach vulnerable populations — low - income women, African - American women, and Latinas — especially in rural areas and underserved communities where Planned Parenthood health centers are their only source of health care.

Our mission is promoting relationships which are respectful, fair and safe, particularly where people and communities are at risk or vulnerable.

The approach uses an enhanced service delivery model to provide wrap - around intensive and sustainable resources to Goodstart early learning centres located in communities where children are more vulnerable to poor outcomes.

To promote relationships that are respectful, fair & safe, particularly where people & communities are at risk or vulnerable.

Tallying up what we know also confirms where our gaps are, and we still have many gaps in relation to understanding violence against those very women who are most vulnerable, including women with disabilities, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) women, women from immigrant and refugee communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women.

Psychologists work with vulnerable and disadvantaged families in the community, where risk factors such as abuse, alcohol and drug misuse, domestic violence and psychiatric illness can impact on a child's development, safety and wellbeing.