Sentence examples for has supported local from inspiring English sources

Mr. Gil, who became Brazil's minister of culture in 2003, has supported local arts from traditional forms to hip-hop.

The flourishing of farmers' markets has supported local agriculture, and the eat-what-you-kill movement has emerged as an extreme critique of industrialized food.

He has supported local farm families not only by buying their kale and chard, but also by hiring them to work in the restaurant during the farms' slow months.

To help keep it that way, Mr. Bacon has supported local environmental and arts groups, like the Cornwall-based Housatonic Valley Association, which protects the Housatonic River; the Sharon Playhouse and Buckk's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp in New Milford.

Jeanne Bourgault, the executive vice-president of Internews Network, a nonprofit that has supported local media in seventy countries, including Salam Watandar's network, gives a measure of credit to the Karzai government, which, she notes, "has been more open to media than many other countries.

The Mahua flower which grows on the indigenous Sal trees is an invaluable resource which has supported local communities for centuries.

Philippine governments have supported local politicians with private armies to help suppress insurgents and Islamic radicals, and these conflicts often become inextricably linked with clan warfare.

In Davao City, UNICEF had supported local health officials to do a data analysis.

It said it has supported the local tourist industry with a series of promotional projects.

It has supported the local Sam Ratulangi University with grants and has been rewarded with stalwart support from its scientists.

To date, through its flagship Impact Awards, STARS has supported 40 local charity organisations, reaching more than 1.5 million people.