Thanks to your generous gifts, the FHA raised 118,236 USD. These donations will allow us to provide 100 emergency shelter kits and build 13 permanent typhoon resistant houses for families in need.
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Msgr Vitillo and Cardinal Czerny confirmed as keynote speakers for FHA Refugee Conference
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | August 22, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
Monsignor Robert J Vitillo and Cardinal Czerny will headline the FHA Conference “Accompanying the Journey of a Refugee,” an event that will take place both in Seville (Spain) and online.
Just one house to change a life
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | August 15, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
The FHA was launched with the goal of ending homelessness, one house at a time. That’s what moved Ana María Escaño in Malitbog (Southern Leyte) in the Philippines, to launch the “Just One House” project.
Over 70 people join the first webinar on the “13 Houses” Campaign
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | August 8, 2021 | News | 1 Comment
Vincentians from several branches all over the world joined to listen to our all-women panel explaining how they developed their “13 Houses” projects.
“Welcome Home” in Guatemala with the “13 Houses” Campaign
by Vincentian Homeless Alliance | August 1, 2021 | News | 0 Comments
After three years of work, more than 30 families who lost their homes during the Volcán de Fuego eruption in 2018 now have a better and safer place to call home.
Championing the Rights of Street Children in Kenya
by .famvin | Apr 20, 2022 | News
A year-long campaign called “Home First” will raise awareness about the situation of street children, and to confront the causes that can lead children to become homeless in Kenya.
The Vincentian Family is Promoting the Housing of Homeless Around the World
by Vincentian Family Office | Apr 18, 2022 | News
Homelessness. For the Institute of Global Homelessness (IGH), this term refers to homeless people; people living on...
Back in Untermarchtal
by Anja Bohnsack | Nov 10, 2019 | News
It was the middle of September when I, once again, had the privilege of travelling to Untermarchtal, Germany to the Sisters of Charity of St Vincent de Paul.
A Second Chance Thanks to the “13 Houses”
by Vincentian Family Office | Nov 3, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family
There, by God’s grace, I found the Vincentian Family. They have given me a new life, joy, love, safety, training, a job, a home and a myriad of other small helps.
Diary of a Vincentian: In Plain Sight, Yet Invisible
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 27, 2019 | Formation, Reflections
These stories, these lives, are the real tragedies on the stage of London – playing out each day, each night. In plain sight, yet invisible.
#13, a Lucky Vincentian Number Against Homelessness
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 20, 2019 | News
#13 seems to be a key number for Vincentians fighting homelessness around the world, despite all the superstitions that surround that number.
Vincentian Family Homelessness Ministry Map
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 13, 2019 | News
The Famvin Homeless Alliance is gathering information on all Vincentian homelessness ministries and placing them onto an accessible map.
“We Go Out to Look for our Brothers on the Streets, Like Jesus With the Missing Sheep”
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 12, 2019 | News
During the cold nights of Bogotá, you can find groups of six people looking for people sleeping on the streets of the Colombian capital.
Diaries of a Vincentian: In Each Person We Met, God Was Waiting for Us
by Rodolph Haddad | Oct 6, 2019 | News
In each person we met, God was waiting for us, welcoming us and teaching us how to serve Him humbly.
A New House for a Better Life in New Zealand
by Javier F. Chento | Sep 29, 2019 | Disasters and Responses, News
Terri and husband Tane immigrated to New Zealand from Kiribati islands in 2008 with their 2-year-old son. They initially lived with friends.
Diaries of a Vincentian: Migrant? Me? A Stark, Old and Current Reality in the World
by Ricardo Cruz Humán CM | Sep 29, 2019 | News
My contact with so many cases and stories of migrants over the last two years has made me reflect deeply…