by Beth | Aug 13, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
ESCANABA, MICHIGAN – Organizers of St. Vincent de Paul Society’s expansion are anxious to show off the brand new spacious facility built to improve services for the area’s needy. St. Vincent de Paul, also known as “St. Vinny’s,”... by Beth | Aug 12, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
EUREKA — A video showed the stream of young faces excitedly awaiting delivery of 400 pounds of baseball gear.The time was two years ago, but the mission Friday was the same. Dave Silverbrand, at the time a reporter with KVIQ and now the station manager, had... by Beth | Aug 10, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A big jump in malaria cases in Ethiopia is raising fears of a new epidemic of the dangerous disease sweeping the Horn of Africa country, the United Nations warned yesterday. Ethiopian health officials are working with UN agencies to distribute medicine and... by Beth | Aug 9, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Officials estimate 2.5 to 3.6 million people in Niger may go hungry. At risk are an estimated 800,000 children under age five, including more than 100,000 who are severely malnourished. World Vision staff members fear that 10 percent of the children in some areas... by Beth | Aug 5, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
AUSTRALIA, August 1, 2005 Human rights would be fully realised, if all human beings had secure access to the objects of these rights. Our world is today very far from this ideal. Piecing together the global record, we find that most of the current massive... by Beth | Aug 3, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
ATLANTA, GA (July 28) – Recently, we walked through our “basement” and discovered that many of the items stored there could actually help a person or family with limited resources. So, we brainstormed and came up with a new retail concept that we...
