Sentence examples for sums of aid from inspiring English sources

Before that, Mr. Pichardo also received small sums of aid from various groups -- $250 from the Salvation Army, $700 from the Red Cross.

Similarly glum expressions meet the foreign dignitaries who trudge through Gaza's rubble promising vast sums of aid, including $5.4 billion pledged at a conference in Cairo on October 12th.

Critics have, of course, been quick to dismiss ideas of a "new Marshall Plan" on the grounds that large sums of aid cannot be absorbed efficiently (or cleanly) by poor countries which are, anyway, very different from western Europe.

Both the US and EU have vast reserves of soft power that they seem reluctant to use in promoting democratic change, most notably the huge sums of aid sent to Amman each year.

What can we do?" Many Americans blame Marshallese outright for their plight, saying they have wasted large sums of aid and that they crowd together in substandard housing because of the islanders' communal culture.

Brazil still receives substantial sums of aid, particularly for its impoverished north-east region and President Lula's government has been criticised for sending money abroad that could be used for domestic poverty alleviation.

But just as the debt crisis was the fault of lenders as much as borrowers, it takes two to make a mess of aid.The sum of aid effectiveness is only as good as the parts: the individual projects which account for the great majority of aid financing.

The sum far exceeds the amount of aid expected to flow to this ruined land in the next year or two.

"Schools are targeting low-income people and people of color for the sole purpose of drawing down large sums of federal aid dollars," Mr. De Jesus said.

When the two nations restored diplomatic relations in the early 1970s, Japan dodged the issue of wartime responsibility with a statement of regret and a promise to provide huge sums of economic aid.

Supporters of the government say it has reduced poverty and improved infrastructure, unlike some African nations that get staggering sums of foreign aid yet have little to show for it because of corruption.