Sentence examples for voluntary relief from inspiring English sources
He became a member of the Tula zemstvo (local government council), and during the Russo-Japanese War (1904 05) he organized voluntary relief work in the Orient.
The United States Sanitary Commission, a voluntary relief organization that raised funds and supplies for the Union Army, recommended that "when practicable, amusements, sports, and gymnastic exercises should be favored amongst the men".
In his book Un Souvenir de Solferino (1862; A Memory of Solferino) he proposed the formation in all countries of voluntary relief societies, and in 1863 the International Committee for the Relief of the Wounded was created.
Ken Curtin, an official with the Federal Emergency Management Agency who is coordinating voluntary relief efforts, said no such official roster has ever been created in previous national disasters.
I was also able to work as a lawyer, having studied both western and sharia law, and whenever I had free time I did voluntary relief work around the country.
In the 1940s the church embraced the welfare state as a modern, professional alternative to charity, willingly dismantling voluntary relief networks and signing over thousands of church schools, hospitals and other bodies to the state, notes Linda Woodhead of Lancaster University.
Murat Zyazikov, the president of Ingushetia, says the returns have always been voluntary; some relief agencies report government pressure.
Comdisco, whose primary focus is leasing computer equipment, said that 50 of its United States subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11, adding that it hopes to emerge from bankruptcy early next year.
Many earlier programs to provide homeowner relief were voluntary and did not achieve expectations.
Europe's leaders also persuaded Greece's creditor banks to provide some added relief through voluntary swaps of Greek debt at discounted market rates.
Other personal insolvency procedures in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are individual voluntary arrangements and debt relief orders, while another one in Scotland is a "protected trust deed".
