Vincentian Family Homeless Alliance
“What Must Be Done?” An Answer That Transformed 10,000 Lives
by Anna Mosca | February 4, 2024 | News | 1 Comment
Imagine if Saint Vincent de Paul was with us today. What would he do in a world still torn by wars, where billions of people are looking for a home?
Famvin Homeless Alliance: International Conference 2024
10,000 People Housed through Vincentian Family Global Campaign to End Homelessness
by Vincentian Family Office | December 17, 2023 | News | 0 Comments
Thanks to the unity and commitment of the Vincentian Family, 102 varied projects around the world have emerged to serve different people experiencing homelessness and lacking a safe place to call home.
Five years, 64 countries and 10,000 people: how the 13 Houses Campaign is ending homelessness across the globe
by Mark McGreevy | November 26, 2023 | News | 0 Comments
In 1617, St Vincent de Paul was asked by one of his benefactors, “what must be done?”
“What Must Be Done?” An Answer That Transformed 10,000 Lives
by Anna Mosca | Feb 4, 2024 | News
Imagine if Saint Vincent de Paul was with us today. What would he do in a world still torn by wars, where billions of people are looking for a home?
Famvin Homeless Alliance: International Conference 2024
by .famvin | Jan 30, 2024 | News
The upcoming conference on slum dwellers organized by the Famvin Homeless Alliance (FHA) is a timely and important event that will shed light on the global reality of slums and the challenges faced by millions of people who live in them.
10,000 People Housed through Vincentian Family Global Campaign to End Homelessness
by Vincentian Family Office | Dec 17, 2023 | News
Thanks to the unity and commitment of the Vincentian Family, 102 varied projects around the world have emerged to serve different people experiencing homelessness and lacking a safe place to call home.
The Cry of Street Children across the World: How the Vincentian Family is Responding
by Vincentian Family Office | May 28, 2023 | News
Poverty affects everyone including children, in fact, they are more than twice as likely to live in poverty than adults.
Protecting Children’s Rights in the Netherlands
by Vincentian Family Office | May 21, 2023 | News
According to recent figures published by Statistics Netherlands (CBS)[1], 209,000 children in the Netherlands are living at risk of poverty, with their parents earning a salary below the national low-income threshold.
From Venezuela to Colombia: Crossing the Borders for a Better Future
by Vincentian Family Office | May 7, 2023 | News
Since the 2015 economic crisis in Venezuela, Colombia has hosted approximately 1.7 million Venezuelans, representing more than 37% of the approximately 4.6 million Venezuelan refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean
13 Houses Campaign: Q&A Live Session, May 6, 2023
by Anna Mosca | Apr 30, 2023 | News
On Saturday, May 6, we are hosting an online Q&A session to answer any questions about participating in the Campaign.
‘Netweaving’ not networking: perspectives from the International Journal on Homelessness conference
by .famvin | Apr 23, 2023 | News
For Matthew Carter, CEO of Depaul International, one term stuck with him, summing up how the International Journal on Homelessness conference builds a global community with the shared agenda of ending homelessness.
By word of mouth, the 13 Houses Campaign “travels” to new countries
by .famvin | Apr 16, 2023 | News
The 13 Houses Campaign keeps growing: with the launch of the call for proposals on 30 August 2022, we witnessed the Vincentian desire to strengthen a ‘network of charity’ for homeless people that goes beyond geographical borders.
Ukraine joins the 13 Houses Campaign: rebuilding hope for those who lost everything
by Vincentian Family Office | Feb 5, 2023 | Conflict in Ukraine, News
The Vincentian Family has showed great commitment and dedication towards those in need since the beginning of the war, including by providing essential and emergency aid on the ground.
Typhoon-resistant Houses and Repair Kits: an Update on the Vincentian Response in the Philippines
by Vincentian Family Office | Jan 15, 2023 | News
Thanks to your generous donations (a total of $ 118,236.27) the FHA was able to provide funds for 100 house repair kits and the construction of 13 typhoon-resistant houses.
Diaries of a Vincentian: Brazil
by Cleonice Regina Claudino, DC | Jan 1, 2023 | News
The 13 Houses project is much more than the provision of a house; it is giving someone a space in which they can feel like a child of God, a human being and a citizen who has the right to a place to call home.