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“To return home” … we have all heard or used that expression on many occasions. Usually those words have a positive meaning.
Articles in Disasters and Responses
Hurricane Eta in Honduras: Floods, Destruction and Death
Since Tuesday, November 3, Hurricane Eta made landfall on the Nicaraguan coast, creating a drama of great proportions for the neighboring country, Honduras.
Saving Lives in the Flooded Cities of Northeastern Brazil
Excessive rain has caused many disruptions in the lives in the residents of Pernambuco and Alagoas in Northeastern Brazil.
Niagara University Students Help Rebuild after Hurricane Harvey
About 40 students from Niagara University spent some of their break helping Hurricaine Harvey victims rebuild their homes.
Vincentian Family Indonesia Assisting Recent Tsunami Victims
The Vincentian Family in Indonesia has been involved in assisting those affected by the recent tsunami that hit the central area of the island of Celebes at the end of September 2018
Sisters of Charity of Nazareth Provide Calm and Reconstruction after the Storms
Debbie Floyd's home is filled with people measuring, cutting and using power tools, all of them covered with white dust from the drywall they're installing. Six weeks before, the Ohio River left its banks and surrounded the town of about 800, flooding all...
Poor People, Go Home!
Today, one of the great problems throughout the world is that of immigration. At times, we think that this phenomenon is experienced only in Europe and the United States. We might, however, ask how are the Latin American countries dealing with this...
A Brief Report of Kerala Disaster and the Appeal
The Vincentian Family in India has prepared a report about the recent floods in Kerala, which have caused hundreds of deaths and a situation of serious need among the inhabitants: Kerala, the southern Federal State of India, which is home to 33 million people,...
“What is Happening with Immigrant Reception Policies is Intolerable” (SSVP Italy)
"There is still a beautiful Italy, ready to welcome, to integrate, to give work, to help these people, be they refugees, asylum seekers or simply 'economic migrants.' An Italy that goes on thanks to their work, will, sacrifice. They are men and women like us,...
Statement on the Situation in Syria from the Vincentian International Network for Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation (VIN-JPIC)
"Five years ago, the leaders of the humanitarian organizations of the United Nations made an urgent appeal to all those who could put an end to the conflict in Syria and asked them to enact all possible efforts to save the Syrian people.” Enough is enough," they said,...
Symposium 2017 • Testimonies from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and people involved in the earthquake in Italy
Antonio Gianfico, National President of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, presented testimonies during the papal audience at the Symposium of the Vincentian Family, the 14th of October, the work of solidarity that the Vincentians had don in favor of those affected...
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul creates a corporation dedicated to disaster services across the United States
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, a founding member of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, announced today that it has officially launched the Disaster Services Corporation, SVDP-USA. This new nonprofit corporation will be a...