by John Freund, CM | Nov 4, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Award winning documentary from Cultureunplugged, Chicken-a-la-Carte, has been viewed over 14 million times. When you watch it you will see why. It gives new meaning to “alacarte”.
by John Freund, CM | Oct 31, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Oklahoma City Catholic Worker has posted a survival guide for people with low income (cathworkeroct2010) See their JustPeace website for some provocative thoughts about the plight of the marginalized.
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...
