Tag Archives | NGO

Insight – SCN Advocacy

Nazareth Mahila Samithi found this video on Youtube, “A Documentary on the Charitable NGO of SCN Sisters, Delhi” For more information contact Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Office of Global Ministries Joetta Venneman, PBVM PO Box 172 Nazareth, KY 40048 Phone: 502.348.1557 Fax: 502.348.1502 jvenneman@scnazarethky.org Website: www.scnfamily.org Federation Website: http://www.sisters-of-charity-federation.org/ngo.html Related FAMVIN Posts:SCNs intern at [...]

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SCNs intern at United Nations

SCNs at United Nations Sisters of Charity Lilly Thomas and Beverly Hoffman are currently interns with Caroljean Wille, SC, the Sisters of Charity Federation NGO representative at the United Nations in New York. They have participated in the Civil Society Forum on Feb. 5, and the United Nations Commission for Social Development Feb. 6-15. Lilly Thomas, [...]

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Daughter of Charity at the UN

Sister Germaine Price, representing the Company of the Daughters of Charity at the United Nations, shares the news below from the UN in New York: From the international Site of the Daughters of Charity…At the conclusion of my studies in Chicago, Superiors offered me the opportunity to have an experience in New York at the [...]

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Daughters of Charity and Vincentians at UN

Sister Germaine Price, representing the Company of the Daughters of Charity at the United Nations, shares the news below from the UN in New York: [UN-NGO]“Agricultural cooperatives – key to feeding the world” is the theme chosen by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), for the 2012 World Food Day observances. It has [...]

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Vincentian Family – World Mental Health Day Oct. 10

A question for you? Can you identify a branch of the Vincentian Family whose primary mission is mental health and specializes in care for the mentally ill? The Brothers or Charity were founded by one who is called the “Belgian St. Vincent dePaul” and who chose Vincent as his inspiration. They are involved in over 25 [...]

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Catholic NGO brings education where roads can’t reach

Romereports.com “Bringing education to where the asphalt ends” is the motto of ‘Faith and Joy’, an educational movement that since 1955 has provided training to adults who for one reason or another weren’t able to complete their education. An incredible story. It was founded by the Jesuit José María Velaz in Caracas, Venezuela, when a family [...]

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After “Courageous Charity” – NGO Charity briefing

Sister Caroljean WIllie, SC (Cinncinati)  gave a presentation to the joint meeting of Federation leaders and Company of Charity Formation Personnel held in New Brunswick June 14-17.   (CCFP is affiliated with the SC Federation.)  She then left for Brazil to participate with NGOs at the Rio+20 Earth Summit – UN Conference on Sustainable Development. She [...]

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Daughters of Charity at the UN

Sister Germaine Price, representing the Company of the Daughters of Charity at the United Nations, reports on the international site of the Daughters of Charity  about the following activities in the UN in New York:  Over the last two decades, there have been many examples of successful sustainable development in such areas as energy, agriculture, [...]

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Vincentian Family represented at International conference on inclusion

From March 16th-20th, Fracarita International, founded by the “Belgian St. Vincent”, participated in an international conference on inclusive development of persons with disabilities in New Delhi,India. Bro. Jos Mathijssen, coordinator of Fracarita International, contributed with a presentation of inclusion in Belgium. Edel Nair, Regional Coordinator Fracarita India, and Bro. Jos Mathijssen, coordinator Fracarita International, participated in an international conference titled “Global [...]

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SVDP achieves “consultative status” at UN

We are pleased to inform you that we have been officially admitted as an UN-NGO  member of ECOSOC under the category of Special Consultative Status with no  voting rights. This consultative status provides NGOs like us with access to not only  ECOSOC but also to its many subsidiary bodies, to the various human rights  mechanisms [...]

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