"destitute community" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to describe a community that lacks the necessary resources to sustain itself, or a community that is suffering from extreme poverty. For example, "Due to the economic downturn, many people in the small town are living in a destitute community, with a lack of jobs and access to healthcare."
But the need is much greater, "about 20,000 vials for Kenya alone, at an absolute minimum," said Taylor, who sees how death and disability from snakebite renders people living in poor rural communities destitute.
We are all too familiar with the incredible devastation that the foreclosure crisis as inflicted across America: homeowners left destitute, communities destroyed, businesses ruined.
Meanwhile, thousands of refugees and displaced people have sought shelter in Chad's Lake Region, which houses some of most destitute communities in one of the poorest countries in the world. .
"Once in El Norte, a lot of them, particularly those residing in and around Los Angeles, found themselves living in poor, often destitute communities in which gangs already had a strong presence.
Together with internationally funded community health care clinics like Bairo Pite, they serve as a vital foundation to Timor's healthcare system and serve countless patients from some of Timor's most destitute communities who otherwise simply would not have access to healthcare.
The party — which has formidable military, political, and social-services branches — has done much to elevate the status, power, and prospects of a once-downtrodden, destitute Shiite community.
The party which has formidable military, political, and social-services branches—has done much to elevate the status, power, and prospects of a once-downtrodden, destitute Shiite community.
And others will need some degree of continued support, in order to reach the destitute and specific communities in certain parts of the world.
Enlistment of free blacks already had "left our community almost destitute of agricultural labor" — and slave recruitment was "fast stripping us of the little that is left".
The following year he started a meals-on-wheels program that feeds 150 destitute people in the community.
