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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Funding the expansion of Oregon SSVDP thrift shop
For years the thrift store of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul in McMinnville, Oregon USA has been bursting at the seams. Now retail space AND storage space will expand by about thirty per cent, thanks to a grant from the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. Read the...
Just the “ticket” for homelessness?
Forcing a person to choose between sleep and obeying laws that prohibit sleeping on the street: maybe that violates one of the rights guaranteed in the United States Constitution. San Diego, California USA has a task force taking a look at homelessness, and some folks...
Benefit Bank Aids Working Poor
An Episcopal parish in Cincinnati is among those using Benefit Bank software to help people apply for tax credits and benefits for which they are eligible. The Benefit Bank is a "godsend" in an area where food pantries and other emergency assistance programs are being...
Holy See: Fight Poverty in All Dimensions
CAIRO, Egypt, MARCH 10, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The Holy See urged the U.N. food and agriculture to focus on solutions to hunger that take into account both the material and spiritual dimensions of the person, says the Vatican. Speaking on behalf of the Holy See, the...
New hope for the last billion poor
The Christian Science Monitor has begun a 5 part series on ending poverty. A first step for the global poor – shatter six myths. .... (then) what is true about extreme poverty?
Plan for Continental Formation Sessions on systemic change
"During the recently concluded meeting of the Vincentian Family International Heads from 31 January to 01 February 2008, a plan was approved to hold formation sessions, in the next years (2008-2010)"CONTINENTAL FORMATION SESSIONS FOR VINCENTIAN FAMILY ADVISORS,...
Vincentian call for continent-based formation for systemic change
"One of the major decisions we made at this meeting was the launching of a formation program, one in each continent, for Vincentian Family advisors or directors, and leaders, especially lay leaders. This program is meant to assist them in their role, particularly as...
Systemic Change – Factory-based day care in Bangladesh
A former garment factory supervisor in Dhaka, Bangladesh has introduced the concept of the workplace-based daycare center to Bangladesh, persuading garment factory owners to provide low-cost childcare centers in their factories by demonstrating that workers become...
The Giving Age
The New York Times Magazine focuses its attention this week on giving. The features include a piece on the faces of social entrepreneurship as well as David Leonhardt's analysis of why people give. Read the articles and see a slide show.
Teaching Lessons in Poverty
Plunge2Poverty simulations challenge middle-class presuppositions about poverty. The Texas minister who created the program finds that participants experiences a "new humility and gratefulness that is overwhelming." Read the story.
