by Beth | Nov 6, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Monday, November 3, 2003 The focus on funding for the U.S.-led war on terrorism is undermining the fight against global poverty, World Bank Environment Director Kristalina Georgieva told Reuters last week, stressing that governments around the world spend $600 billion...
by Beth | Nov 4, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
November 16 – 22 National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, Co-sponsored by National Coalition for the Homeless and National Student Campaign Against Hunger & Homelessness. Each year, one week before Thanksgiving, National Coalition for the Homeless...
by Beth | Nov 4, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A publisher’s promise to donate 1£ for every copy bought of “Irish Girls About Town” has netted Barnardo’s (a children’s relief agency) and the SVDP in Ireland a windfall of funds. This is an example of a new phenomenon called...
by Beth | Nov 3, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 (AP) – Despite the nation’s struggle with obesity, the Agriculture Department says, more and more American families are hungry or unsure whether they can afford to buy food. About 12 million families last year worried that they did not...
by Beth | Nov 2, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The heads of six of Australia’s Christian Churches and leaders of the Jewish and Islamic faiths have failed to receive a favourable response to their recent call on Prime Minister John Howard for a national forum on poverty. The leaders, including Australian...
by Beth | Nov 1, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
CANBERRA, October 15, 2003 (cathnews.com): The National Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia issued a media release on Wednesday calling on the Government to consider Poverty alleviation as a Bipartisan (all Parties) National Issue and asking for a...
