by Beth | Oct 15, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Continuing struggle: Little has changed since 1996 – Ambitious plans to halve world hunger by 2015 are facing failure, says a report from the United Nations. Experts predict that it could take a century to meet the target if progress were to continue at the... by Beth | Oct 12, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SYDNEY, October 8, 2002 (smh.com.au): With millions of southern Africans facing starvation, Australia must reconsider its aid policies, write Andrew Hewett and Jack de Groot in today’s Sydney Morning Herald. STARVATION IN AFRICA October 8, 2002 There is a food... by Beth | Oct 11, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Crisis in Housing†(in the US)–the America magazine editorial in its October 14, 2002 issue –discusses the National Low Income Housing Coalition report, Out of Reach 2002.National Low Income Housing Coalition report, Out of Reach 2002, which compares... by Beth | Oct 11, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
World Food Day has been celebrated on every 16 October, to heighten public awareness of the world food problem and to strengthen solidarity in the struggle against hunger.From: AIDSchannel.org. OneWorld Radio Topic: World Food Day In 1980 the UN General Assembly... by Beth | Oct 10, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
No one knows what has happened to the mothers, children, and elderly who left welfare. When welfare reform was signed, unemployment levels hovered at 3 percent. The decision to end the nation’s oldest safety net was based on the assumptions that a job could lift... by Beth | Oct 9, 2002 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
On 27 September we will enter the second and last year of this campaign. The initiatives undertaken in the various countries where the Vincentian Family is present have been numerous. The members of the Commission for the Project have received dozens of these...