Sentence examples for poor overcome from inspiring English sources

A Country Boy Can Survive, released in 1981, posits pride, resilience and individuality as the innate character traits that will help the rural poor overcome threats from environmental calamity, urbanisation and big business.

The daughter of protective North African parents in the tough northeastern suburb of Bondy, Ms. Yazidi is enrolled in a trial program aimed at helping smart children of the poor overcome the huge cultural disadvantages that have often spelled failure in the crucial school entrance exams.

Al-Awwa says his platform seeks to help "the poor overcome their poverty".

"If these powers are delivered as promised we must use them to close the gap between rich and poor, overcome the UK's austerity agenda, and invest in the skills and green infrastructure that will sustain our economy.

The Australian Council for International Development welcomed the "clear framework" but said the ultimate test would be whether it would have a strong, sustainable impact in helping the poorest overcome poverty.

"The world has the knowledge, tools, and resources to help the world's poorest overcome hunger and extreme poverty".

Visit urb.im to learn more about how the poor can overcome the stigma of informal status and how cities can develop tools to help the poor move along the continuum from informal to formal status in housing, employment, and rights.

The charity helps those in poverty – particularly the working poor – to overcome personal problems and to manage their finances better.

This plan would also double as population policy, for it would significantly reduce birthrates — and thus help poor countries overcome the demographic obstacles to economic growth.

Social protection programs have now burgeoned in several countries as a strategy to enable the poor to overcome risks, vulnerabilities and poverty.

This pattern, which also holds in other studies, suggests public schools are doing more to help poor children overcome the obstacles they face in their homes and neighborhoods than is commonly appreciated.