by sjs | Dec 14, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The St. Vincent de Paul Society in St. Louis is contributing to the effort to end chronic homelessness through its “Project More,” which currently provides permanent housing for 30 chronically homeless men who have disabilities. Thus far, “none of...
by sjs | Dec 13, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
E-bay owned MicroPlace, which launched in October, has been steadily increasing the number of investment opportunities available to those who wish to participate in microlending. It now offers the opportunity to invest in India’s working poor through Oikecredit,...
by sjs | Dec 12, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
A new joint effort by the NBA Enterprise Solutions to Poverty and the Inter-American Development Bank, set to kick off in January, aims to “develop innovative and competitive models of business, to encourage micro-entrepreneurs and to mobilize masters’...
by sjs | Dec 10, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Channel 7 in Detroit raises $190,000 in a 15-hour telethon to support the efforts of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. Students at a Long Island elementary school spearhead a fundraising effort to fight poverty and improve education, health and development in East...
by sjs | Dec 8, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
As we mark today the canonical establishment of the Confraternity of Charity, we are reminded of the various ways in which the needs of which Vincent preached continue. Two New York Times articles this morning report that county and parish food banks are facing...
