Silence. Tears. And then applause. The core meaning of a dangerous, tortuous journey, full of fear, but also hope for...
Vincentian Family Homeless Alliance
Going into the Darkness Looking for Light
Seventy FamVin members gathered in Seville this month to discuss how to accompany refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) as part of FHA’s commitment to respond creatively to the needs of homeless persons (including street sleepers and slum dwellers).
Job Opportunity With the Famvin Homeless Alliance: Digital and Communications Manager
DePaul International is currently recruiting to fill the role of Digital and Communications Manager.
The “13 Houses” Campaign expands in the USA amidst Covid-19
The “13 Houses” Campaign keeps growing in the United States, the country where it all began back in November 2018 with a single house for a single person. Almost two years later, the Campaign is touching the lives of nearly 5000 people worldwide. There are two...
Homelessness and COVID-19 in an International Context
This blog provides a snapshot of how different countries, systems and cultures are responding to the impact of COVID on homeless populations.
First UN Resolution on Homelessness
Earlier in February, before COVID-19 stopped the world, the United Nations adopted the first resolution defining homelessness.
FHA Conference on Refugees and Human Trafficking
The Vincentian Family Homeless Alliance (FHA) 2020 ‘Conference on Refugees and Human Trafficking,’ is due to take place in Seville later this year unless COVID-19 forces us to postpone this until spring 2021.
Options in Abuse: Homelessness or Domestic Violence
Abuse victims. “Why does she stay?” It’s a simple question. The answer is not.
Diaries of a Vincentian: The Voice of the Survivors
I had the chance to spend Easter with a Vincentian youth group in the community of Palmas del Río, in El Roble parish, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Homeless Advocate Murdered On Park Bench
Paul Behler was a founding member of the advocacy group Housing Our Neighbors; helped start Baltimore’s first street newspaper, Word on the Street, and was part of a Faces Of Homelessness Speakers Bureau.
“Only the Vincentian Family came to help us”
Latin America is now the epicenter of COVID-19. The Vincentian Family has stepped up to the challenge and continues to work with the poor.
The Daughters of Charity prevent hunger among single mothers in Ethiopia during COVID-19
Being a single mother of four is always a challenge, even more during a global pandemic.
