sustainable development

Sustainable Development Goal #1: End Poverty

by Catherine Prendergast , DC | August 17, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

END POVERTY IN ALL ITS FORMS EVERYWHERE End extreme poverty in all forms by 2030. Yes, it’s an ambitious goal— but we believe it can be done. In 2000, the world committed to cutting the number of people living in extreme poverty by half in 15 years and we met this...

Focusing on SDG 3 in Chiapas, Mexico

by Margaret O'Dwyer | July 20, 2017 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

By Sr. Margaret O’Dwyer, DC, along with the Daughters of Charity and Medical Coordinator of San Carlos Hospital, Altamirano, Chiapas, Mexico The UN thrives on good examples of how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are being achieved in various parts of the...

Conference Connects Global Citizenship Education With Sustainable Development Goals

by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | May 26, 2016 | News, Vincentian Family at the U.N. | 0 Comments

"A United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) Conference is scheduled May 30-June 1 in Gyeongju, South Korea," says Sr. Catherine Prendergast, D.C., of the Vincentian Family delegation at the U.N. “We need new skills for new times – to foster greater...