Sentence examples for drought relief from inspiring English sources

Bellon's department has requested $9.5m in drought relief funds from the state legislature.

The militants control much of rural and southern Somalia, including areas that need drought relief.

President Roosevelt started motion in Washington on a vast drought relief program.

Governor Jerry Brown's $1bn drought relief package attempts to address California's dry reality.

A28 Senate Votes Drought Relief The Senate overwhelmingly rejected administration pleas to halt deficit spending and voted to provide $6 billion in emergency drought relief aid to American farmers and ranchers.

The new Government's immediate problem will be to maintain, and hopefully improve, the overstretched programme of drought relief.

Last week, Secretary of State Colin L. Powell announced a $43 million grant for drought relief in Afghanistan.

Without movement, a bipartisan drought relief package has had no vehicle to get out of Congress on.

As part of drought relief, Ceara has enrolled 200,000 people in literacy classes and school-repair work.

Some farmers were disappointed when Mr. Bush visited Mount Rushmore last month but said he could not support drought relief if it drove up the deficit.

An aquifer below Turkana, which raised hopes of drought relief when it was announced last year, will yield nothing in the short term, Kapua says.