Sentence examples for overcome the devastation from inspiring English sources

Emergency aid finally reached areas of El Salvador today where shortages had become critical, but authorities appealed for more help to overcome the devastation of Saturday's earthquake.

Roughly $1 billion a year in American aid, along with contributions from other donors, has not been enough to overcome the devastation inflicted by more than two decades of conflict on what was already one of the world's poorest and least developed economies.

Multiple hardships Further along the coast, at Palchenai High School in Kalkudah Zone, the staff and pupils have not only had to overcome the devastation of the tsunami, but have also been badly affected by the recent domestic conflict.

In another commercial, Mr. Bush reprises his message that the nation is overcoming the devastation of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and goes on to promise: "During the next four years, we'll spread ownership and opportunity.

"So many of my relatives perished in the holocaust, I spent many years overcoming the devastation," said Michael Fox, the film director's father.

The main constraint to reducing maternal and child mortality is in overcoming the devastation of the health system that occurred over 27 years of war.

You must do a combination of things to overcome the initial devastation to your confidence and self esteem ASAP.

We have given Iraq a great gift, and if they cannot eventually overcome the death and devastation and displacement and distrust, well... THAT'S THEIR FAULT.

They capture the ups and downs of difficult lives, poor families struggling to get by only to be overcome by the devastation of a cruel disease.

It is also a book that should be required reading for anyone who seeks to obtain an insight into the capacity of ordinary individuals to confront and, for the most part, overcome the consequences of persecution and dire devastation.

I am proud to be Puerto Rican and to be able to have witnessed firsthand the willingness we had to help each other in order to overcome such devastation.