Sentence examples for initiative reported from inspiring English sources

The spokesman said a food security initiative, reported in the Guardian to have been led by the US, had in fact been authored by Italy.

Some business leaders have quietly objected to the initiative, reported yesterday in USA Today, because they fear that it may scare people away from legitimate promissory-note investments.

A recent study by the Rights and Resources Initiative reported that more than a quarter of the forests in developing countries are now being managed by local communities.

The forestry companies were allowed to continue logging during negotiations, taking 3.2m cubic meters per year, a yield that prevented them from taking a financial hit, the conservation initiative reported.

In British Columbia, a green group called Dogwood Initiative, reported that material that it had obtained under the Access to Information law revealed that it had been under "illegal surveillance" by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service CSISS).

In November, the Family Planning 2020 initiative reported that the number of women using contraceptives in its 69 target countries had leapt by 30 million in the past four years alone.

The PDP initiative, reports the Sunderland Echo, is now monitoring people in County Durham and "is helping authorities across Wearside, as information is shared between areas".

In Indonesia, for example, there are 17,000 madrassas and a local NGO, the Conservation and Religion Initiative, reports good progress in persuading teachers in those schools to preach and practise good stewardship.

Nearly 2.3 million Americans are currently in prison, and the Prison Policy Initiative reports that nearly 80percentt of them are black and Latino males -- despite making up only 15percentt of the U.S. population.

Proxy indicators, however, indicated progress toward impacts: parents valued the CFS initiative, reporting positive change in children's capacity; tambon officials noted increased awareness of child protection issues; and case managers appreciated the effectiveness of monitoring and response systems.

Overall, slightly less than half the initiatives reported that they were already at or past break-even, including all four shelter initiatives, 55% of health initiatives and 44% of agriculture initiatives.