by John Freund, CM | Oct 27, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Catholic-owned U.S. health systems “had significantly better quality performance” than investor-owned, for-profit systems, says a national study by Thomson Reuters as reported in the National Catholic Reporter. The study found that other church-based systems ranked... by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
CANBERRA: The Anti-Poverty Week 2010 Web Site describes the aims of Anti-Poverty Week as being – To strengthen public understanding of the causes and consequences of poverty and hardship around the world and in Australia; and to Encourage research, discussion... by John Freund, CM | Oct 11, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Are you one in a billion? On this World Food Day 2010 Oct. 16 there have never been so many hungry people in the world – 1 BILLION. The theme of this year’s observance is United against hunger. Uniting against hunger becomes real when state and civil society... by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Almost a billion people on the planet don’t have access to clean drinking water. Unsafe water and a lack of basic sanitation cause 80% of all disease and kill more people than all forms of violence, including war. And this is a concern of many members of the... by John Freund, CM | Oct 5, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
THE ATLAS OF WORLD HUNGER by Thomas J. Bassett and Alex Winter-Nelson represents a new look at hunger. The recurring message of the atlas is that despite the popular belief that hunger results from overpopulation, natural and manmade disasters, and ignorance of good... by John Freund, CM | Sep 29, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Their goal: Create a sense of community in a chaotic neighborhood overrun with drugs, prostitution and gangs. Their work mirrors, in some ways, the “new monasticism” movement, in which Christians move into urban or rural areas to work with the poor....