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Anti-poverty strategies
Depaul UK wins £1.6M grant for homeless youth
Depaul UK has won the Fair Chance Fund grant to support homeless and disadvantaged young people into housing, education and work.
Christmas gifts via Daughters of Charity Africa
Christmas gifts via Daughters of Charity Africa – The Irish Province offers the opportunity to send gifts to Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana and Burkina Faso. I
Social media giving homeless a hand up
R.D. Plasschaert credits one main thing for pulling her out of homelessness: Twitter.
An economic lesson on homeless
Leaving Homeless Person On The Streets: $31,065. Giving Them Housing: $10,051.
Vincentian Haiti news – ZAFEN partners with KIVA!
We are proud to announce that Zafèn has become a field partner with Kiva, a crowdfunding platform supporting a worldwide network of microfinance institutions alleviating poverty through business loans. This collaboration introduces Kiva’s 1 million users to Haitian...
Homeless Families get Second Chance at Life
Thanks to the St. Vincent de Paul Society "Homeless Families get Second Chance at Life" according to WISCTV. Stepping Stone was created to help families that were struggling to survive financially. It would be easy to see the Stepping Stone Permanent Supportive...
Criminalizing the homeless
Criminalizing homelessness - a growing phenomenon... But not a new one. St. Vincent de Paul was well acquainted with this. It his time it was called the "Great Confinement" Noted Vincentian historian Ed Udovic writes about 17th century France ... "This war ... was a...
Vincentian Reentry Organizing Project
The Vincentian Reentry Organizing Project anticipated Pope Francis' recent call for a "System of Justice That Fully Rehabilitates Wrongdoers" Mass Incarceration is breaking families apart, ruining communities, and leaving us unsafe. We are organizing ourselves,...
Making time for what you believe in
In "Making Time", Mike Clark, the Executive Director of the Germantown Systemic Change Initiative, reflects on his personal experiences in making time for a project to which he is deeply committed. He writes "I leave conferences organized by the Vincentian Family so...
Timely idea for educational institutions – college garage sale
Donate dorm furnishings at the end of the year. Here is a link to 5 ways to help others rather than throwing out dorm furnishing. Niagara University has its own version of an educational garage sale.. 2 Good 2 Toss. initiative raised nearly $1,500 last year. All...
+Vincentian pioneer for homeless worldwide
Famvin has just received word that Fr. Norberto Carcellar, CM, tireless and innovative pioneer in ministry with the homeless around the world died from an apparent heart attack. Well-known for his work in the garbage dumps in the Phillipines and the International...
