by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
According to the Financial Times the United Nations World Food Programme has warned that rising food prices are threatening its ability to feed the roughly 90 million people around the world that it helps, urging donors to boost their contributions. One concern is... by John Freund, CM | Jul 16, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Federal Government and Opposition proposals to quarantine welfare payments to “at risk” parents are simplistic and will not prevent truancy or child neglect, the Society of St Vincent de Paul says. The Australian reports that over the weekend both Prime... by John Freund, CM | Jul 13, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Video  describing how micro finance is a tool of systemic change. Grameen Foundation has been working across the globe to help them pull themselves from poverty by starting, sustaining or expand tiny businesses. Breaking Through gives you a glimpse of what this has... by annaread | Jul 11, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
About the impact of bottled water on the environment, allwater.org says: The bottled water industry causes a severe strain on the environment, but solutions to this environmental damage significantly lessen the quality of water in the bottles. Not quite the effect... by John Freund, CM | Jul 10, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Biofuels are not clean and green. Biofuels will result in deforestation. Biofuels will not bring rural development. Biofuels will cause hunger. Today’s International Herald Tribune, with more than one million political and influential subscribers... by John Freund, CM | Jun 26, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
St. John’s student-volunteers embarked on two very different service trips, each sponsored by the Office of Campus Ministry. For one group, which traveled to a small Panamanian village to fix houses, the trip was a time to get the hands dirty. For the other group,...
