FAMVIN News

The influential marketing blog Hispanic Trending writes… “The trend started as a trickle a few years ago, but now it’s huge: Media companies providing content for Latinos, but in English. Why is this happening now? Rodriguez: What’s happening is that media companies and the businesses that support them – i.e., brands – are beginning to [...]

More than 100 of InterAction’s member organizations have contributed to emergency and reconstruction efforts, working on shelter, water, education, health, infrastructure and many other projects which are highlighted on InterAction’s innovative mapping platform. Click on the link  or the graphic to see these projects. Unfortunately it does not seem to list Zafen-related projects but it [...]

These “mom and pop” philanthropists are proving that micro-aid philanthropy can make a difference in people lives. It is a style of philanthropy called micro aid – Reginald Amide, a student from St. John’s University in New York City, helped to organize a Haiti relief dinner last month with the university’s Haitian student organization. The dinner’s proceeds were [...]

Double your money! Hurry, get online today!  The scholarships are going very fast! Zafen has just announced a dollar for dollar match for 2 schools run by the CMs in Thomazeau, Haiti. In order to grant access to and enhance the quality of education, each donation will be matched by the International Vincentian Family, which will [...]

4,641 Blogs, in 134 Countries, reaching 34,698,241 Readers – Blog Action Day focuses on water. There have been some recent posts on famvin about water but for those of you who want to dig deeper into the often shocking, disheartening, yet hopeful issues around water, we’ve outlined a list of ideas for things to write about below.

For starters … more people have access to a cell phone than to a toilet. Calling all Vincentian Family bloggers! Blog Action Day is devoted to raising our consciousness. More than 2,200 bloggers from 113 different countries have already registered to blog about these and other startling facts, with more and more joining every day.

51 Businesses Receive Interest-Free Loans For Expansion. Zafèn, a new online microfinance program targeting small- and medium-sized business in Haiti, has raised $140,000 from lenders and donors around the world in its first six months and funded more than 300 projects. Click read more Related FAMVIN Posts:Zafen saluted by BusinessFightsPoverty.orgHaitian Vincentian Leaders Meet to Tweak [...]

Here is your chance to double your impact in Haiti. During the week of Sept. 27th to Oct. 3rd, the International Vincentian Family will match the first US$25,000 in loans contributed on Zafèn. Click Read More for additional information about this offer and Zafèn in the media.

De Paul University released a very effective YouTube video “Zafèn: An Online Microloan Program for Haitian Entrepreneurs” featuring among others the General Consul of Haiti, a representative of the Haitian Diaspora Liason and the President of DePaul along with clips that effectively tell the story of Zafen.

The Sisters of Charity Federation  July 2010 Newsletter  “NGO News” is available below. It features a report on the gathering of all the representatives, the status of Millennium Development Goals and many other valuable stories. Newsletter June 2010 Related FAMVIN Posts:$25,000 is at stake!New Executive Director – Sisters of Charity FederationVincentian Family advocacy for the [...]