Word: aid
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Fifteen percent of this year’s gifts will fund financial aid programs across the University, which Rogers said have received enthusiastic support from alumni, including those who were financial aid recipients themselves...
...public. The United Nations International Labor Organization estimates that over 12 million women are working as sex slaves at any given time. Rather than letting these problems go unacknowledged, increasing focus on liberating women from restrictive environments and educating them even in simple ways, such as basic first aid, will allow a huge percentage of the world’s population to contribute to forming solutions for the world’s greatest challenges. Otherwise, they will continue to be victims of problems such as chronic poverty without being able to effectively take care of themselves...
...number of different trades so women can earn their own incomes. Reading and writing are essential for even basic things, like reading the numbers on buses and the prices in stores; therefore SEWA started literacy programs and its own university for younger members. It schools women in basic first aid and provides counseling and child support for widows. It has established its own bank because no other banks will cater to poor women and provides them with loans so that they are able to get small entrepreneurial endeavors off the ground...
...available at Harvard is 30 percent less than a year ago, and that Harvard hiring is cyclical and tends to be higher during the academic year. Galvin emphasized that laid off union workers will receive full pay and benefits through November, and that University case managers are continuing to aid affected employees in finding new jobs. Jason Gerdom, a HUCTW member laid off from the athletics department but who will soon assume a position in the development office, lauded his case manager, who critiqued Gerdom’s resume and arranged job interviews, Gerdom said. “You think...
...Khamenei to bring any abusers to justice, the government is now, evidently, pushing back. A parliamentary committee that heard the evidence of abuse collected by the opposition summarily dismissed the charges last week, but two men who jointly presented the claims on behalf of the opposition - top Karroubi aid Morteza Alviri and top Mousavi aid Ali Reza Behesti - were arrested in the raids on Tuesday. The editor of Karroubi's website, which has also showcased the abuse allegations, was also arrested. The day before, authorities raided an office run by a Mousavi aide that recently said it had documented...