by John Freund, CM | Apr 28, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
The Daughters of Charity prepare Haitian women for business ventures. There are 120 sewing stations at the Daughters of Charity compound in Citè Soleil, Haiti, buzzing with colorful fabrics. Women who live in this ultra-poor neighborhood pay 75 cents daily for access...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 20, 2013 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Today, the Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative launched a campaign to raise funds to support a sewing cooperative in Haiti to employ women who were taught to sew, embroider and create artisanal crafts by the Daughters of Charity. Minimum wage in Haiti is $5/day, but...
by John Freund, CM | Feb 20, 2013 | Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
The Very Reverend Gregory G. Gay, C.M., Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, visited DePaul University in Chicago Feb. 19, as part of an official visitation of the works of the Vincentian priests and brothers in the western United States. He is...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 23, 2013 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Q&A with Haitian Scholarship Winner Joanne Joseph “The more education I have, the more I can help myself, my family, my friends, my town and my country.” The power of that statement helped propel 29-year-old Joanne Joseph to win a two-year scholarship from St....
by John Freund, CM | Dec 8, 2012 | Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Two representatives each from six separate Vincentian organizations doing work in Haiti have been named to a new National Implementation Council (NIC) to support the work of the Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative (VFHI). Under the leadership of Project Director Regine...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 18, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Already Desperate, Haitians Hopeless After Sandy According to the New York Times… As if the quake were not enough, Haiti is now suffering the combined onslaught of storms and, before that, drought, imperiling its food supply, causing $254 million in...
