Sentences with phrase «working against poverty»
Apart from just being the church, they are working internationally together with act alliance with humanitarian aid and working against poverty and starvation.
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Daniel Kelly, the Creditor Relations Analyst from Christians Against Poverty spoke to Premier during News Hour and welcomed the news saying: «We've been asking for a lot of this dialogue on unauthorised overdrafts, in terms of how they work.
A speech delivered on behalf of the Scottish Government's minister for community safety and legal affairs, Roseanna Cunningham MSP, praised the work of Christian organisations such as the Salvation Army's Greenock Floating Support services, Christians Against Poverty and the Bethany Christian Trust.
Timothy Smith's book Revivalism and Social Reform in MidNineteenth Century America, for example, argues persuasively that nineteenth - century evangelicals with their quest for moral perfection were at the forefront of the social battle, fighting against poverty, slum housing, racial intolerance, and inhuman working conditions.68 Smith's book has often been used by evangelicals to support their claim that they have been socially active.
He thinks that the recent swell in political interest is due to more churches getting involved in social action over the past 20 years, from running foodbanks with the Trussell Trust to working with Christians Against Poverty (CAP) in alleviating debt.
They can be challenged to work in projects to improve their community through political and social action, to help eradicate sexism, racism, ageism (discrimination against aging persons), and poverty, all of which damage marriages and families.
These mechanisms through which the Nicaraguan government worked to overcome a long legacy of poverty and exploitation offended the empire and its allies within Nicaragua, who immediately launched their war against the poor.
It is time for Ghanaians to arise and build — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:44 The theme for the 2018 budget is «Putting Ghana back to work» — Ken Ofori - Atta 10:43 The fight against poverty and unemployment is not optional.
An absence of violence against innocent people would mean there's freedom to trade, but their ignorant bashing of free trade, the failure to mention that great violence as a least one of the sources of today's immense poverty, and their declared need to control the whole world for it to work, seems to say this is nearly exactly like communism.
Steve Webb, the Liberal Democrats» work and pensions spokesman, said: «Labour is losing the fight against poverty.
Cabrera, who is a longtime foe of marriage equality and a leader in the effort that recently overturned the public schools» policy against church congregations using their space for worship services, has for years worked with the Family Research Council, an organization condemned as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.
In a rallying cry to the Labour party to unite behind Gordon Brown after «grim» local election results, the work and pensions secretary, James Purnell, claimed that the fight against poverty binds old and New Labour, and allows the party to expose the Tories.
But even in areas where things might not have worked, the present generation is well positioned to make a big difference against extreme poverty.
Following Professor Mayor's guidelines, UNESCO created the Culture of Peace Program, whose work falls into four main categories: education for peace, human rights and democracy, the fight against exclusion and poverty, the defense of cultural pluralism and cross-cultural dialogue, and conflict prevention and the consolidation of peace.
JCR: In a pragmatic awareness framework, how is Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) working in nowadays and what is your role as co-chair?
Eisenman's sociopolitical angst is vented in works such as The Triumph of Poverty, a history painting that delivers an indictment against the worldwide economic crisis that peaked in 2008 — a 21st - century Grapes of Wrath.
Friends of the Earth groups have fought long and hard to make this initiative a reality and it's a testimony to the work done by African civil society in the fight against energy poverty.»
In both its conservation areas, the BCP team is working in close collaboration with locals in the project area to take action in the fight against poverty, which is one of the major causes of deforestation in Zambia.
She has also worked as a legal advocate with Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS) in Victoria, and is currently a board member of PovNet.
About Blog CPAN works to keep international attention focused on the fight against extreme and chronic poverty, to identify and understand which policies are effective for poverty reduction - and why.