Livelihood Finance and Training POVERTY IN THE PHILIPPINES Uplift Training By Vivian G. Villegas – Uplift 2004 General Objective: To understand and know about some causes and effects of poverty‚ its impact on society. Objectives: At the end of the seminar the participant will be able to: 1. Describe the situation of poverty in the Philippines. 2. Identify some causes and effects of poverty. 3. Enumerate some programs and some solutions to alleviate poverty. Participant: All Staff Length
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In Pilgrim’s Progress‚ Christian appears as the protagonist of the allegory tormented by spiritual anguish. A spiritual guide named Evangelist visits Christian and urges him to leave the City of Destruction. Christian then decides to travel on a strenuous trip to gain salvation in the Celestial City‚ known as Mount Zion. On his trip‚ Christian meets Worldly Wiseman‚ who urges him to lead a practical‚ happy existence without religion. Refusing‚ Christian is sheltered in Goodwill’s house where Goodwill
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principle that is illuminated in Colonial/Early America from the 1600s to the 1700s. Patrick Henry displayed great bravery declaring his speeches. He rebuked the king of England in public and commended the colonists to fight for independence. Patrick Henry discovered the base of his public career in 1763‚ a deep compassion for injustice to the plain people and a powerful voice that could overwhelm a jury. Henry’s listeners carried him winningly from the courtroom‚ after he had rejected spiritual arrogance
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EXPOSITORY PIECE “Our identity is influenced by how others see us” Monica Ung 11B A person’s identity is the essence of who they really are. However‚ the way an individual is viewed can shape their identity but only slightly. Identity usually comes through from an individual’s beliefs‚ opinions and experiences nevertheless; appearance and social status can also play a role. In today’s society‚ perception and the way someone is seen tends
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Children in Poverty Markus Zusak‚ author of The Book Thief‚ does a wonderful job portraying the life of Liesel Meminger‚ a poor German girl suffering the effects of poverty‚ yet trying to make the best of life where it seems most unlikely. He expresses her hardships in such a realistic way that makes the reader feel sympathy for his characters--all of which are struck with poverty. Child poverty has been around for years and is still caused by problems in family structure‚ educational issues‚ and
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The famous book Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ is a short story‚ symbolizing the time under Joseph Stalin’s rule. Orwell focuses on the characteristics of his characters to relive the tragic years of this communism. In his fable‚ the pigs are the ruling class of society without the farm; the leader of this society is a pig named Napoleon‚ who is to represent Stalin and his cruel personality. The pigs are able to control the thoughts and actions of his subjects through strong use of rhetorical devices
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Progress is to advance or develop toward a better‚ more complete or more modern condition. This world is definitely progressing and at an alarming rate too. The world is moving faster than ever in terms of technology. Every year kids are getting cell phones at a younger age. Computers continue to become smaller‚ smarter and faster. The iPhone has become a world renowned pocket computer. It continues to progress every day to the point where the phone becomes secondary to its many other features. We
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The University of the West Indies Open Campus Caribbean Civilisation Foun1101 Think Piece: Liar King Kellyander Morris #620049710 June 12th 2015 The Caribbean is beautiful place‚ with distinct culture‚ filled with many talented singers and songwriters.The song King liar was written and song by one of fellow “caribbeanites” Lord Nelson(aka Robert Nelson). He was born and raised in Trinidad & Tobago but seeked fame in the United States of America and found it in his own backyard as a calypso artist
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PROGRESS REPORT – Year 3 COMPUTATIONAL AND GENOME BIOLOGY INITIATIVE August 2‚ 2007 1. What was accomplished in 2006-2007? Several goals were articulated in the previous report. A. New Graduate Students in MCB Program. We continued attracting and elevating the profile of graduate students in computational and genome biology in the MCB Graduate Program. Eight new Ph.D. students entered the MCB Graduate Program. Two new students‚ William Thomas and Sam Fox‚ were provided CGBI-funded
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The fascination of images: How do images teach us to desire The culture in which we live teaches us to‚ and what to desire. It does so through the works of psychoanalysis‚ interpreting the unconscious‚ free associations‚ fantasies and dreams. Interpreting these in a way in which to make the viewer the resolute to the images. The basic human needs are different to that of what we desire‚ we need food‚ water‚ shelter‚ yet we do not desire these things in a way in which we desire love and sex
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