by sjs | May 20, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
How to deal with the fact that 80% of sub-Saharan Africa’s food is grown by women, but women have little access to credit or owership rights to land? One answer: The African Woman Food Farmer Initiative. The African Woman Food Farmer Initiative is an effort to...
by sjs | May 18, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
More than 25% of the food available for consumption in the United States gets thrown away. If we could recover a quarter of that waste, we could feed 20 million people. An estimated 27% of food available for consumption in the United States ends up in the trash. A...
by sjs | May 17, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Every day, Catholic Charities agencies see the faces of the poor across America, and we know firsthand how race and poverty are interconnected,†say Rev. Larry Snyder, president of Catholic Charities USA. In 2006, the poverty rate for African Americans was 24.3%...
by sjs | May 14, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“What we do for each other says something about who we are,” said John Edwards during a gathering to kick off Half in Ten, a new initiative that aims to reduce poverty in the United Stats by 50% within 10 years. Half in Ten is a joint project of the Center...
by sjs | May 12, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The reality for those without health insurance is, “You just wait until there’s a crisis that happens and deal with it then.” No dentist until the teeth are rotting, Super Glue instead of stiches, an emergency room visit when pain gets too bad....
