vulnerable


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Synonyms for vulnerable

open to attack and capture because of a lack of protection

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Antonyms for vulnerable

susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation

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capable of being wounded or hurt

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Eid al-Adha is a Muslim celebration to give offerings of animals and support the needy and vulnerable regardless of their religious background.
The charity examined each CCG's local transformation plan to find out the extent to which they recognise that some groups of vulnerable children have heightened mental health needs; how data on the needs of vulnerable groups locally informs service design and delivery and whether additional services targeted to support vulnerable children have been established.
Further, the survey also found that 57 percent of Filipinos believe that farmers were the most vulnerable workers to disasters in the country.
Designed to be a centre of expertise within the bank, the unit will provide banking support to customers facing vulnerable circumstances or situations including age-related or cognitive impairment, financial abuse, illness, and addiction.
The report states that new data on funding to help vulnerable children "shows a system that is spending increasingly high amounts on a very small number of children with acute needs.
"Today marks another milestone as we launch initiatives worth S5 million to create income opportunities for our people and to cushion the most vulnerable including orphans from difficult living conditions," he said.ASSORTED ITEMSGovernor Roba's administration has spent S8 million on 65 houses across the county and bought 1,160 goats at Sh7 million for 116 families.
Angela Parker, Scotland national manager for Crimestoppers, said: "Everyone has the right to feel safe and live free from the harm of drugs and our campaign aims to highlight the misery dealers inflict on the vulnerable in our communities.
Other ways problems could be addressed include training for all front line staff to help them identify and offer support to vulnerable households and the industry working together to improve the effectiveness of the Priority Service Register.
And 47% of those who witnessed an attack on a vulnerable adult in the past year discussed it with the victim, and 40% spoken to a trusted person.
Bhatnagar added that stress also increased inflammation in the brains of vulnerable rats, and that this inflammation appeared in unstressed rats after they received transplants from vulnerable animals.
According to the report released, the majority (69.2%) of vulnerable devices in households worldwide (US: 60.9%, Spain: 65.0%) were discovered to be vulnerable due to having weak credentials, such as passwords or only using one-factor authentication.
And this socalled loyalty penalty often affects vulnerable people the most.
Resilience programs mapped out for 8 vulnerable provinces !-- -- Rhodina Villanueva (The Philippine Star) - February 7, 2019 - 12:00am MANILA, Philippines A meeting intended to formulate resilience programs and projects inthe eight priority climate ndash vulnerable provinces will be held today at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) central office.
101 orphans and vulnerable children have graduated from the Bauchi State Orphans and Vulnerable Children Agency (BASOVCA) skills acquisition scheme just as they were presented with gifts of starter packs that will enable them to start their own businesses and become self-reliant.
Tribune News Network Doha A training workshop discussed the reasons why vulnerable road users involved in road crashes constitute high ratios of fatalities and injuries.
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