A few weeks ago, .famvin author Fr. Pat Griffin and...
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Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative Newsletter
VFHI Newsletter - October 2015 Click here to view the full newsletter. Featured stories:Advancing the Quality of...
25,000 Women,Teens, Mobile phones and Micro-finance
Perhaps an unlikely pairing of topics. But the Center for Financial Inclusion describes how these concepts can be...
Fonkose steps toward systemic change
The 11/12/12 newsletter of the Sisters of Charity Foundation illustrates practical steps on the stairway to systemic change in Haiti. Fonkoze began with one loan product. Intent on reaching and empowering the poorest of Haiti's poor, Fonkoze was confident this loan...
Haitian artist creates jobs from “throw-away” items
Mrs. Solange Midi finds inspiration for her art by using things many people might throw away such as coconut shells and husks, straw, cardboard, scrap pieces of canvas, branches, and tiles. She transforms them into valuable and highly creative decorative and...
Zafen cited as model by Hilary Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton included content from our May Zafèn press release in her remarks today at the Global Diaspora Forum in Washington. She said: “Now, this story can be and is being replicated in country after country. For instance, we have Katleen...
Vincentian students spread message of microfinance to Viet Nam
Alina Rizvi and Marco Sementilli, this year’s St. John's University GLOBE student fellows, accompanied Dr. Linda Sama to Vietnam for the program’s inaugural international visit with potential microloan borrowers and local Daughters of Charity, who serve as GLOBE...
Doodling for Zafen???
Calling all Vincentian artists and wannabes! How about doodling for Zafen. www.good.is sponsoring a doodle contest. "Doodle Something Good in the World." If you think Zafen is doing something good in the world and like to doodle, try your hand! the OBJECTIVE Create a...
Zafèn marks 1st Anniversary with matching grant
In a year when microfinance has been scrutinized like never before, Zafèn, has raised $350,000 in its inaugural year to fund business and social projects that generate sustainable economic development inHaiti. More than 500 projects across Haiti received an...
Vincentians double your money April 1-7!
We’ve got GREAT NEWS from the Vincentians. They are going to match all loans and donations made on zafen.org during its ANNIVERSARY WEEK, April 1 – April 8, up to $25,000. That DOUBLES the impact of your contribution to Haiti! What a great way to celebrate! Visit...
The (Haitian) Woman at the Well
From Zafen ... HAITIANS ARE THIRSTY FOR CLEAN WATER! Your donation can give families in Cayes-Jacmel a ceramic clean water filter certified as the best way to purify water if it isn’t boiled. This project will provide safe drinking water to as many rural families as...
‘Mom and Pop’ Philanthropists Sustain Haitian Hopes
These “mom and pop” philanthropists are proving that micro-aid philanthropy can make a difference in people lives. It is a style of philanthropy called micro aid – Reginald Amide, a student from St. John’s University in New York City, helped to organize a Haiti relief...