Human Trafficking: Throughout human trafficking awareness month, individuals are invited to pray with the...
Articles for water
Water for the poor – a solvable problem
In case you did not know it ... More than 800 million people currently live without access to safe drinking water, and...
Another perspective on Easter and “living water”
Water Changes Everything. Almost a billion people live without clean drinking water. We call this the water crisis....
Think outside the bottle
Americans have been hitting the bottle...the water bottle, that is. Americans have mistakenly come to believe that water served in plastic is healthier than water out of the tap. (Actually, a governmewnt report shows that bottled water quality is less strictly...
Haiti, cholera and water
The news on the ground in Haiti about the spread of cholera is worse than reported in the media. This might be the time to look more closely at Zafen projects that would reduce vulnerability to such diseases. Click Read More ... Cholera in Haiti: While...
International Blog Action Day – Water
4,641 Blogs, in 134 Countries, reaching 34,698,241 Readers – Blog Action Day focuses on water. There have been some recent posts on famvin about water but for those of you who want to dig deeper into the often shocking, disheartening, yet hopeful issues around water, we’ve outlined a list of ideas for things to write about below.
Startling facts about water
For starters … more people have access to a cell phone than to a toilet. Calling all Vincentian Family bloggers! Blog Action Day is devoted to raising our consciousness. More than 2,200 bloggers from 113 different countries have already registered to blog about these and other startling facts, with more and more joining every day.
Water, water – everywhere? Vincentian Family concern – everywhere
Almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. Unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all disease and kill more people than all forms of violence, including war. And this is a concern of many members of the...
Water in context
Imagine if New York City's taps went dry. What would we do? Jennifer Connelly walks to New York's Central Park to get dirty water for her family as millions of mothers in Africa do every day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUhtjOnp2G8
Vincentians bringing clean water to Ecuador
Two Vincentians are traveling to Ecuador to bring clean water filtration technology known as BioSand filtration. With this process most common home-based models can produce between 20 and 60 litres of water per hour. The process is certified by the Center of...