"This is having an impact on their health. It is also reducing our ability to bring other kinds of assistance, such as vaccination campaigns against polio,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

You need to know the type of assistance that they receive, The study indicates HIV/AIDS caregivers "experience poverty, are socially isolated,endure stigma and psychological stress and lack basic care-giving education."

VOA: standard.2010.05.10

"Rather than being a mechanism of cooperation,of joint fact-finding, of assistance to one another, it became another focal point for animosity and a failure,really, to work together to solve the desperate needs of both peoples."

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

"I think the United States. can certainly be of assistance. I think that one of the things that a 'strong horse' does is not just punish his enemies but he rewards and protects his friends."

VOA: standard.2010.03.18

"From our standpoint the bill is a very important step forward in terms of balancing the types of assistance that we would provide the Pakistan government supporting consolidation of democratic institutions, expanding the rule of law, building the capacity of government institutions, promoting respect for internationally-recognized human rights, promoting economic freedoms, sustainable economic development.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

People can also be unable to perform the simple activities of daily living without assistance because of the severe myofascial pain.

VOA: special.2011.07.26

"Thousands of wounded were brought to the next town of Castiliogne where he arrived and there was practically no medical assistance.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

Aid groups have been calling on the G8 nations to honor past promises of food and development assistance.

VOA: special.2009.07.11

So he saw hundreds of men, thousands of men, suffering awfully from very deep wounds and left to die without any real assistance."

VOA: special.2009.07.01

One was the idea of voluntary relief societies to provide assistance to the wounded or other people.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

There was also a drop in the number of people on long-term unemployment assistance.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

The National Institutes of Health in the United States provided assistance.

VOA: special.2009.07.29

They say 50 percent of the assistance internally displaced people in camps receive is provided by the 13 private agencies.

VOA: standard.2009.03.28

In the eastern part of the country, two more soldiers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force have been killed.

VOA: standard.2009.09.11

Watkins says 68 percent of the appeal is now covered, but more than half of that money is for food assistance.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

And,that is out of a total of about 29,000 people in the Akobo county that are receiving food assistance."

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

Several of them targeted foreigners. U.N.chief Ban says humanitarian assistance to the Pakistani people will continue despite this tragedy.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05

She sought help from the Maryland State Professional Outplacement Assistance Center,or POAC, which is funded by the state Department of Labor.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28

Critics accused the Obama administration of holding a double standard by being more lenient on financial institutions also receiving federal assistance.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

"We feel that they should be allowed freedom of movement and reunited with their families and given complete access to humanitarian assistance,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

State Department officials said Thursday the restoration of the terminated assistance will be dependent upon a return to democratic governance in Honduras.

VOA: standard.2009.09.03

It provides vital assistance for hundreds of thousands of victims of conflict and natural disasters in remote,inaccessible areas.

VOA: standard.2009.08.02

The agency provides protection and assistance to more than one-half million Somali refugees in the nearby countries of Kenya,Yemen,Ethiopia, Djibouti and Uganda.

VOA: standard.2009.09.26

She added the United States intends to continue its economic assistance and training of Afghan security forces for a long time to come.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

As a consequence, he says little money is available to provide crucial assistance in areas of health, shelter,nutrition,education, water and sanitation and hygiene.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07