FAMVIN News

Sr Pat Connolly DC writes the November feature for the Faith and Justice blog about the UN Millennium Development Goals from the perspective of her work at the UN. The Center for FaithJustice, with roots in the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission, has invited eight people to contribute to a monthly series about [...]

The Brookings Institution report “Poverty in Numbers: The Changing State of Global Poverty from 2005 to 2015,” updated the World Bank’s official $1.25-a-day figures to reveal how the global poverty landscape has changed with the emergence of developing countries. They estimate that between 2005 and 2010, nearly half a billion people escaped extreme hardship, as [...]

Various members of the Vincentian Family have joined with over 100 other groups in an open letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in response to the launch of his “Keeping the promise report”. Related FAMVIN Posts:Sr. Pat Connolly, DC featured on Millennium Development GoalsSVDP achieves “consultative status” at UNVincentian Family collaboration at UNVincentian [...]

Thought impossible only a few years ago, the end of malaria is a cause that world leaders enthusiastically embraced at a UN conference to discuss new prevention methods and eradication opportunities. Private donors pledged an unprecedented $3 billion to virtually end all cases of malaria — the world’s greatest killer of children — by 2015. [...]