Sentence examples for profound poverty from inspiring English sources

With various humanitarian organisations I've witnessed profound poverty, disease and loss.

By the mid-60's, Bushwick was already plagued by the onset of profound poverty.

These tragic figures are a big disappointment to a world that believes it is doing rather well on profound poverty.

We continue to suffer from poor governance, profound poverty and superstitious beliefs -- the very weaknesses Mr. Taylor exploited in crafting his plunder of Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Yes, we may have manners that might seem a bit rustic but we are less stupid than we look.' That negative side includes profound poverty.

The reasons are many: the long and harsh dictatorship of Nicholae Ceausescu, who was executed in 1989; the fact that old-guard Communist officials largely took over; and the profound poverty and fear of change among many ordinary Romanians.

"How could there not be?" And, despite some improvements in the quality of life of the people of Sierra Leone, it still lacks effective ways to address chronic and profound corruption, poverty, unemployment and substandard health care.

This personal history was his way of suggesting that the root of violence in the city is its profound generational poverty, and that the federal government could do well to address that distress.

When we have collectively helped hundreds of millions of people move out of profound conditions of poverty and vulnerability, then we will have truly eradicated extreme poverty at every level.

She knew why she was so driven - "a profound fear of poverty is ingrained on my heart and soul".

It is social capital that can move people from good to great, and this might be one way to help address the profound effects of poverty on students' lives.