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...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 22, 2010 | Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
The news on the ground in Haiti about the spread of cholera is worse than reported in the media. This might be the time to look more closely at Zafen projects that would reduce vulnerability to such diseases. Click Read More … Cholera in Haiti:...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 18, 2010 | Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
In a banner week for Zafen a Western Union Foundation grant , through its corporate signature program Our World, Our Family(R), will be designated to support one-to-one matching of consumer donations to Mercy Corps, through Zafen.org, for a total fund-raising goal of...