by Beth | Mar 22, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
ROME, MARCH 21, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Micro-credit aimed at launching small businesses could be a big tool for combating poverty worldwide.That was a conclusion of a congress held last week by Caritas-Italy to analyze the prospects of micro-credit, an initiative...
by Beth | Mar 7, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Reports Reveal Problems — and Possible Solutions GENEVA, MARCH 6, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Two new reports by U.N.-affiliated groups shed light in the ongoing debate over globalization. The first, released Feb. 24, was published by the World Commission on the Social...
by Beth | Mar 5, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
African health campaigners have accused western countries of deliberately ignoring an effective weapon against malaria. They say the chemical DDT could help fight the disease, which kills about a million people each year – 90% of them in Africa. Sprayed annually...
by Beth | Mar 4, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
VATICAN CITY, MARCH 3, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Water is a “gift of God” and a “right of all,” John Paul II said in a message to Brazil’s bishops for the 2004 Fraternity Campaign. his national program, which began with Lent, is centered this...
by Beth | Mar 4, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
n the fall of 2002, we, Saint Mary’s Community of Daughters of Charity in Saginaw, Michigan, received a letter from our Provincial, Sr. Catherine Madigan, DC, asking us to participate in the struggle against hunger through the Vincentian family initiative, the...
by Beth | Feb 21, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
 The Educate For Justice web site examines the poverty of our brothers and sisters in the Global South and compares it to the great wealth in the countries of the Global North. (MIssing link now added)Featured in this unit are prayers, reflections based on quotes...
