Word: rural
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Whenever I spend time in villages like Denchira, I draw from my childhood memories in rural Georgia. I know that when farmers are ill, their families and communities suffer as well. I'm also aware that proper health care is a basic human right, thanks to the superb treatment I received at a clinic in my hometown of Plains and the abiding example of my mother Lillian. A registered nurse, she taught me that lesson every time she ministered, free of charge when necessary, to any person, black or white, in the segregated South of my youth...
...supplementary materials—in addition to the standard transcript and letters of recommendation, applicants are required to submit a proposal and budget that detail exactly what they intend to research, how they intend to do it, and how much it will cost. Estimating the cost of living in rural China—or wherever research may lead—isn’t an easy task, as Kwong points out. Students juggling coursework and clubs—and especially those unfamiliar with grant applications—often seek a helping hand to guide them through the process. Unfortunately, help...
...recalled a shipment of medical supplies that U.S. soldiers brought to a rural area that had not received much medical financing or supplies...
...lived in a converted meat-packing plant, [and] we were able to go out and meet the people. It's not like it looks like on television - even just the diversity of the area. Where I was living, even though it was in Baghdad, it is actually very, very rural. We had to move our strykers to let herds of sheep go by. Then you go maybe 15 kilometers, or even 5 kilometers to the west or east and it gets very urban. Also, just how normal the people are. They're dealing with a very, very difficult situation...
...activist who runs service projects in rural Nicaragua says the Sandinista government she had been willing to die for 20 years ago is now one she fears to criticize. When asked to comment for this article, she answered, "I do not want to be deported. I would not want to say anything that might offend the present government...