by annaread | Oct 24, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
With as little as $100, it is possible to invest in microfinance, the topic of last week’s famvin.org feature on systemic change. Today eBay, the online auction site, launched MicroPlace and its slogan: “Invest wisely. End poverty.” See BBC coverage...
by annaread | Oct 24, 2007 | Justice and Peace
In world record-breaking numbers last week, almost 39 million people in 110 countries participated in the “Stand Up and Speak Out” organized by the United Nations Millennium Campaign and the Global Call to Action against Poverty. Read the United Nations...
by annaread | Oct 23, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
He’s hungry. That’s the explanation of an Indian poacher who has been in and out of jail several times. Read the story.
by annaread | Oct 23, 2007 | News
From Vincentians Australian News: The Australian Vincentian World Youth Day 2008 Web site includes a monthly feature that invites learning about and reflecting on Vincentian saints and blesseds. The self-guided reflection sheets are based on a program offered in two...
by annaread | Oct 23, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
There are a lot of reasons to keep mattresses out of landfills, says the executive director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County in Eugene, Oregon. Terry McDonald described the DR3 — divert, reduce, reuse, recycle — program and the many...
