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The Society of St. Vincent de Paul in Ireland advocates for the poor in a position paper “Planning for the right kind of recovery 2015”.
Articles in Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Criminalization of Homelessness
Imagine living in a place where it is illegal to sleep, sit, lie down, or share food outdoors. Imagine that this is a place where you are often ignored or rejected by your fellow townspeople, police officers, and local elected officials. While this seems like a ridiculous concept, it is the daily reality for millions of homeless people throughout the United States who are suffering under laws that criminalize their basic life necessities.
More from a Daughter of Charity at the border
“They live in local houses of compassionate foster folks and come to the “foster house” for school and play. We visit them at the foster house. All were adorably obedient and loudly responded in unison to the teacher’s questions. It reminded me of my old Catholic School days in Sr Sheila’s math class.”
Cost of feeding the hungry at record levels
The cost of feeding the hungry has risen to record levels according to the World Food Programme. The causes and the effects of the current high food prices are diverse. To help you get a grasp of what it all means, here are the answers to 10 key questions. There is...
Putting poverty on the agenda – advocacy and grassroots
"There are always a lot of headlines about poverty the day that the data comes out, but then those headlines fade, and the problem hasn't gone away. What we need is a sustained focus by the media and our elected officials, and we need advocacy groups and grassroots...
Think outside the bottle
Americans have been hitting the bottle...the water bottle, that is. Americans have mistakenly come to believe that water served in plastic is healthier than water out of the tap. (Actually, a governmewnt report shows that bottled water quality is less strictly...
What is too big to fail?
Homelessness can and must be ended. But to do so requires a paradigm shift that says that American ideals of basic economic and social justice are too big to fail. …
Keys for world hunger, poverty and climate change
The key to alleviating world hunger, poverty and combating climate change may lie in fresh, small-scale approaches to agriculture, according to a report from the Worldwatch Institute. "If we shift just some of our attention away from production to consumption issues...
Your old bicycle recycled to power farms
Got some bicycles rusting in your basement? It could could have a second life as a water pump, grinder, or nut sheller. In fact, it could help these folks grind 3,000 pounds of corn a day in rural Guatemala. Using cast-off bikes from the United States and...