Sentence examples for unheard poor from inspiring English sources
Gender discrimination compounds the muting: where poor people go nearly unheard, poor women and girls have little chance of sharing their stories, or simply of being acknowledged.
They are almost unheard of in poor-country villages.
It is not unheard of for poorer Egyptians to bring their own bedsheets to the hospital.
And outright theft is not unheard of, as the poor seek to fill their drinking vessels and the rich their swimming pools.
An interior courtyard was outfitted with a fountain, a band shell and a children's play area, almost unheard-of amenities for poor families of the day.
The poor may go unheard; the rich walk.
The game belonged to gentlemen and players; sponsorship and long-term contracts were unheard of; the pay was poor.
Cell phone banking also allows a level of liquidity that is unheard of for residents of poor rural areas.
Redistribution from wealthy to poor areas is virtually unheard of in America and so massive postcode lotteries exist, even within the same region.
Acclaimed social entrepreneur Jacqueline Novogratz said in her organization Acumen's manifesto for change that "It starts by standing with the poor, listening to voices unheard".
The urban poor are still unseen and unheard and until that changes, the UN's ambition to curb slum dwelling has no chance of being achieved, whatever resources are devoted to it.
