Sentences with phrase «while aid agencies»

More than 1,200 Palestinians have died during the conflict, while aid agencies - barred from entering Gaza - have warned of the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe.

Not exact matches

While in Malawi, we visited sites that work with and benefit from foreign aid agencies and organizations, including villages and farms that specifically work with Heifer.

The GOC also commended the VC for not closing the University as doing that will have scored a cheap point to the perpetrators of the act while calling the university community to provide security agencies with relevant information that will aid them in the stemming the tide of suicide bomb attacks.

«While total state spending has been held to 2 percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have remained flat, school aid has increased by 27 percent over the last five years, proving that it's already a funding priority,» Peters said.

While total state spending has been held to two percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have been held essentially flat, School Aid is increasing by 6.5 percent for the 2016 - 17 School Year and will have increased by nearly 27 percent since 2011 - 12.

While pleased with measures to expand pre-K and afterschool programming, the agency is «concerned» about receiving less than half of the aid they asked for.

These measures according to government include greater collaboration between the security agencies in order to aid intelligence gathering and crime prevention, while manpower challenges are being addressed.

Diaz's opposition to LGBTQ rights dates back to his denunciations — while serving on the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the city's police oversight agency — of the 1994 Gay Games in New York, which he warned would lead to a spike in AIDS cases and to greater acceptance of homosexuality.

On 11 October 1988, AIDS activists shut down the headquarters of the Food and Drug Administration, protesting that the agency was dragging its feet on approvals for promising new drugs while thousands of patients were dying.

In Tanzania, meanwhile, the US Agency for International Development has backed a project to help eight AIDS - affected villages on the Indian Ocean develop enterprises such as paprika cultivation and fish farming, while bringing in theatre groups to perform plays that discuss HIV and AIDS.

Willem Dafoe, Rachel McAdams, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Robin Wright star in a thriller set in present - day Germany, where a once - tortured Chechen Muslim appears, claiming to be the heir to a Russian fortune and a falsely accused terrorist; he is investigated by German and American spy agencies while being aided by a young lawyer.

It's taken a while for aid agencies to catch up with the scale of what's happening here.

The organizations applaud the Department for proposing a student and borrower complaint tracking system that accepts complaints about loans, other aid, and colleges, while urging the Department to make the system public, searchable, and connected to the systems at other agencies.

While the state of Florida has instigated policies to regulate and cap home insurance rates, and has even created agencies to aid homeowners who can't obtain affordable home insurance, that lack of competition and the inherent risk of insuring a home in Florida mean that you need to utilize every resource at your disposal in order to track down affordable Florida home insurance quotes.

While donations of clothes and in - kind goods are appreciated, many aid agencies are asking Canadians who wish to help with the relief efforts to donate cash.

- to provide refuge for homeless animals and animals in need and coordinate their placement in permanent and safe home environments; - to provide education through publications, seminars, and discussions to the general public on animal health and welfare, behavior and care including the benefits of spaying and neutering; - to provide information and referrals to affordable and low cost medical care including spay & neuter clinics and other animal medical and care facilities; - to provide information on training, behavior modification and general handling instruction along with referrals to vetted and certified professionals in these areas; - to liaise and network with other animal rescue organizations as part of a mutual effort to aid animals in distress; - to solicit donations and funding from government agencies, corporations, private foundations, public charities, individuals and the general public at large to finance the medical, housing and other incidental costs of homeless animals while in the custody of the organization; - to organize and participate in fundraisers to benefit furtherance of the overall main purpose and goals of the organization; - to have the normal functions, operations, programs and pursuits incidental to a fully recognized and operational nonprofit animal rescue organization.

Over the weekend, while attending a meeting of hundreds of specialists involved in softening the blows from natural hazards, I met Ben Smilowitz, the executive director of Disaster Accountability Project, a nonprofit organization trying to track the performance of aid agencies and organizations.

This is usually how it goes: politician wannabe gets campaign contributions from private sector guy, gets into office, legislates in favor of private sector guy, private sector guy contributes more, politician guy takes vacation in Italy (or goes for a hike on the Appalachian trail)... gets re-elected, the word gets out that he «plays,» more private sector guys contribute to his campaign, voters are pleased to see the name of their representative in print, like the new wardrobe, the new hairstyle, believe all change is good and re-elect the politician again... politician feels the power, creates agency to watch over private sector guy, agency takes fact - finding trip to France... raises taxes on private sector guy, writes legislation that taxes private sector guy if his plant emits CO2 while producing widgets... voters are in awe and re-elect the politician... private sector guy whines, politician makes him ambassador to Taiwan, limits how much the new private guy taking his place can earn, and taxes all widgets so new private guy will make more environmentally friendly ones... voters swoon, pay more for widgets, lose job in widget factory, hate private guy, re-elect their pol... politician buries $ 5 billion aid to Taiwan in next appropriation bill...... kind of makes a case for term limits, doesn't it.

While court proceedings can be expensive, it is reassuring for clients to know that Legal Aid funding is available for these most severe cases, and Moore Blatch hold a contract with the Legal Aid Agency for this type of work.

«It is true that while in government we initiated Sir Ian Magee's review of the delivery and governance of legal aid, which recommended that legal aid should be administered directly by the MoJ instead of an arms - length agency.

For instance, the UK is seeing the emergence of charitable and not - for - profit ABS, while Trebilcock has also written about the potential of our public legal aid agencies to become legal services innovators in the public interest (although that piece looked to a public legal expense insurance scheme as the possible source of capital).

While family reunion rights arise from the Refugee Convention, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) does not accept them to be within scope.

While the government claims the reforms are an essential response to rising costs, the Highways Agency proposes to spend # 2.5 bn on a controversial scheme to widen 50 miles of the M1 - about as much as the annual legal aid budget.

While the state of Florida has instigated policies to regulate and cap home insurance rates, and has even created agencies to aid homeowners who can't obtain affordable home insurance, that lack of competition and the inherent risk of insuring a home in Florida mean that you need to utilize every resource at your disposal in order to track down affordable Florida home insurance quotes.