by John Freund, CM | Mar 9, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change
“One of the major decisions we made at this meeting was the launching of a formation program, one in each continent, for Vincentian Family advisors or directors, and leaders, especially lay leaders. This program is meant to assist them in their role,... by John Freund, CM | Mar 2, 2008 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
The Mirror Art Group (MAG) helps hill tribes – relocated from the mountaintops to the foothills of northern Thailand – fight poverty, unemployment, lack of education, malnutrition, drug abuse, trafficking of women and children, loss of land rights, withholding of... by John Freund, CM | Feb 24, 2008 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Moving from scavenging dangerous refuse heaps . . . to recycling trash into treasures. Urban waste disposal is an enormous problem – waste often piles up faster than cities can remove it. Changemakers.net celebrates a pair of social entrepreneurs in Bangladesh who... by John Freund, CM | Feb 17, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
(This marks the last in a series of ten articles about systemic change and Vincentian family by Fr. Robert Maloney, Chair of the Systemic Change initiative in the Vincentian Family.) Experience teaches that “quick fix” solutions, while temporarily helpful,... by John Freund, CM | Feb 10, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
(This marks the ninth in a series of ten Vincentian family projects that will be described by Fr. Robert Maloney, Chair of the Systemic Change initiative in the Vincentian Family.) Basic Ecclesial Communities in Occidental Mindoro Life for the poor of San Jose in... by John Freund, CM | Feb 3, 2008 | Featured, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
(This marks the eighth in a series of ten Vincentian family projects that will be described by Fr. Robert Maloney, Chair of the Systemic Change initiative in the Vincentian Family.) The transformation that has taken place in AIC (Association of International...