by annaread | Oct 20, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
naturenews reports that a trial vaccine against malaria has proven safe and effective for infants as young as a few weeks. In fact, the vaccine is most effective if given soon after birth. Read the article.
by annaread | Oct 20, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In an unusual program that melds community service with vocational training, ten hospitality students in Australia’s Northern Territory provide about two hundred meals a day for various Vincentcare projects. Read the story.
by annaread | Oct 19, 2007 | Collaboration, Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
At their September meeting in Matola, African provincials of the Daughters of Charity received an update about DREAM, (Drug Resource Enhancement against AIDS and Malnutrition). A brief summary of the presentation and links to news about the project may be found on...
by annaread | Oct 18, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
On World Food Day Tuesday Healthy Food for All, an agency sponsored in part by the St Vincent de Paul Society, held a roundtable aimed an improving access to nutritious food in Ireland. Visit the Healthy Food For All website.
by annaread | Oct 18, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Programs for grandparents who are rearing grandchildren — 70,000 such adults in Arkansas — and collaborating with churches and educational institutions to increase accessibility of mental health care: these are some of the things Daughter of Charity Sister...
by annaread | Oct 18, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The newspaper of the Los Angeles archdiocese has been running a series on homelessness. This week’s article is about a young woman who has been living “shelter to shelter” and now lives at a shelter co-sponsored by the St Vincent de Paul Society and...
