Bishop Wester, who is chairman of the Committee on Migration of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, said the pontiff had told the bishops "very clearly that we need to attend to the basic human rights immigrants have".
Zenaida Quiambao, headteacher at Pulungbulu primary school in Angeles City, explains: "Families migrate in search of better opportunities, while others can't attend to the basic needs of their children in school so older children are left at home to take care of younger ones while parents work".
Well, then, you need to attend to the basic care and feeding of healthy kidneys.
The same goes for welfare, where the goal of getting work is appropriate but does not attend to the basic causes--inadequate education, low wages, inadequate child care and other social problems.
But we must also continue to keep doggedly attending to the basics.
Everything about how Zappos does business is meant to reassure, surprise, amuse, and otherwise engage customers — even as it attends to the basics of price, selection, and shipping.
Attending to the basic care needs of all patients in hospital is a central role of hospital nursing staff duties.
"Besides attending to the basic needs of the Iraqi children impacted by this crisis, we should not forget the Syrian children who took refuge in Iraq.
And I needed that — I had to attend to the most basic stuff.
Ubinas volcano: UNICEF sent supplies to attend to the population's basic needs LIMA, 24 April 24 2006 - UNICEF, in coordination with the Ministry of Health and the United Nations Coordinating Team, has sent water supplies to the communities affected by the eruption of the Ubinas volcano to ensure that all families have access to clean drinking water, in particular the region's children.
