Aid Quote by Liya Kebede Download Open image “It's always a tricky thing, trying to make aid sustainable.” — Liya Kebede ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Aid Aids Always Make Sustainable Thing Tricky Trying
I think a lot of the problem with foreign aid and things like that is you go in, give a bunch of stuff, and… — Malcolm Brogdon Copy Share Image
Curbing pollution and global warming takes a global cooperative mindset. Development aid needs to be rethought in this context. — Jens Martin Skibsted Copy Share Image
Saving our planet, lifting people out of poverty, advancing economic growth... these are one and the same fight. We must connect the dots between… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
Now, more than ever, we need to connect the dots between climate, poverty, energy, food and water. These issues cannot be addressed in isolation. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
I think we can work through a lot of political and international problems, but what really frightens me is what's happening environmentally. — Patti Davis Copy Share Image
The world is at a big risk from climate change. We have to come up with solutions, to bring in a sustainable economy. — Tulsi Tanti Copy Share Image
By looking at climate change as a clean energy generation problem, we're setting ourselves up not to solve it. — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
Increasingly developing countries are asking for aid to help deal with the consequences of climate change, which we don't want to give. — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
I wish we questioned the aid model as much as we are questioning the capitalism model. Sometimes the most generous thing you can do… — Dambisa Moyo Copy Share Image
You cannot tackle hunger, disease, and poverty unless you can also provide people with a healthy ecosystem in which their economies can grow. — Gro Harlem Brundtland Copy Share Image
“The global aid community is mobilised into fighting drought in a district that gets 1,500 mm of rainfall annually. The reverse spiral begins. Donor… — P Sainath Copy Share Image
While I was pregnant, I had dozens of checkups. They covered everything from blood tests to ultrasounds, and I even had the option of… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
Midwives and doctors play a crucial role preventing unnecessary maternal deaths. They educate women about nutrition, health and family planning. And they step in… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
I am always touched when friends make contributions to my foundation on my behalf. — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
Helping others isn't a chore; it is one of the greatest gifts there is. — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
We should work to guarantee that there is a midwife or health worker by every woman's side during childbirth. — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
My children are still young, but I try to talk to them about giving back and how important it is, just to look at… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
It's not just Ethiopia, but Africa in general - most of the media concentrates on what's not going well. But there is so much… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
Creative new health strategies like micro-insurance for poor people or Kangaroo care for pre-term babies are transforming health outcomes in even the most low-resource… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
I think you should really research your cause, see if there are other people who are already doing the same thing you're doing and… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
In 1967, the world health community launched a global effort to eradicate smallpox. It took a coordinated, worldwide effort, required the commitment of every… — Liya Kebede Copy Share Image
Africans are on the front lines of humanitarian efforts, distributing life-saving aid in dangerous environments. Africans comprise the vast majority of peacekeepers in civil… — John Prendergast Copy Share Image
Much of the aid we first gave to Russia we took away from what we promised Britain. So in a sense, Britain participated in… — W. Averell Harriman Copy Share Image
Taiwan gives a lot of foreign aid to Costa Rica, so it looks like they are basically buying the right to fish, even though… — Paul Watson Copy Share Image
“Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken by as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“I would not be among you to-night (being awarded the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) but for the mentors, colleagues and students… — Konrad Bloch Copy Share Image
When it comes to providing aid, developing innovations, and making bold steps that change the course of history, the United States is usually on… — Seth Berkley Copy Share Image
The Europeans had made two promises to the United States if Marshall Plan help was forthcoming. The first promise was maximum self-help on the… — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
“And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of… — Ric Keller Copy Share Image
Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative… — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
I remember bumming rides across town to Georgia Tech, trying to get myself registered, trying to apply for financial aid, trying to get their… — Nick Ferguson Copy Share Image
