Sentence examples for works famine from inspiring English sources

Not only did they oversee the spread of good government, western education, modern medicine and the rule of law, they also put in place local works, famine relief, and irrigation projects, most notably in the Punjab, which benefited enormously from what was then the largest irrigation project in the world.

Nkromo studied agriculture and economic development at Tuskegee and Clemson; he presumed that he'd work on famine relief in Africa or some other developing region of the world.

She flees the attentions of the prince, and, while he pursues her, she attains magical powers: she changes forms; survives prison, lecherous villains, and other dangers; converts the Queen; and finally goes to Pukār, which is being destroyed by oceanic erosion, worships Kaṇṇaki, and arrives in Vañcī to work in famine relief and to perform "penance".

She devoted herself to her humanitarian work, visiting famine-stricken villages in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, until shortly before her death of cancer in 1993.

There is no reason for the same not to work with the Famine.

Doctors Without Borders has continued to work to relieve famine, to offer medical care to casualties of war, and to assist refugees in many countries throughout the world.

They're two enthusiastic young graphic designers who want to use their skills to help Unicef's vital work with the famine in East Africa.

One reason the situation has gotten this grim is that most of the big Western aid agencies and charities, the ones with the technical expertise and so-called surge capacity to rapidly distribute aid, have been blocked from working in the famine zones.

There is an insider look at a grassroots effort at a university to digitize a collection of early works about the Great Famine in Ireland.

Frank Dikötter cites 45 million in his recent work "Mao's Great Famine".

By the spring of 1795 scarcity was turning into famine for working people of the capital and other cities.