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Articles from the Famvin News Archive
Hunger and the need for systemic change
"The real resolution of hunger and the issue of people facing hunger is not giving them a food box, but dealing with the underlying issues of why they need that in the first place," says the executive director of a food share program in Oregon, USA. Read the article.
SSVDP goes against the tide with parental leave policy
At a time when employers are cutting paid maternity leave, the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul has become the first charity in Australia to offer the benefit. Read the story.
National Barefoot Sunday – Shoes for those without
In a novel appeal Soles4Souls.org encourages congregations to leave their shoes in church on Naational Baarefoot Sunday June 1 so that they may be used for 300 million children around the world who live barefoot.
The new economics of hunger – Food as speculator’s gold
A brutal convergence of events has hit an unprepared global market, and grain prices are sky high. The world's poor suffer most. Hunger related riots have occurred in 17 countries. Food is becoming speculation tool replacing mortgages. Excerpts fro an eye-opening...
Three important verbs for systemic change: systematize, institutionalize, evaluate
The seventh in the Seeds of Change series: 20 strategies for systemic change described by members of the Vincentian Family’s Commission for Promoting Systemic Change. Robert Maloney, C.M. writes: Systemic Change Strategy Six: Systematize, institutionalize and...
Seeing Christ in the face of prisoners
The Criminal Justice Ministry of the Society of St. Vincent dePaul is among those providing mentoring for those in prison as well as case-management for inmates released from prison. Without services such as these, released inmates are likely to end up back in prison....
The Dawning of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
That is the title of a short play to be performed this weekend as the culmination of the national conference of the St. Vincent dePaul Society in St. Louis. The play provides insight into the thought of Frederic Ozanam and the founding of the society. Read about it.
Microfinance Opportunities
MicroPlace, a microfinance investment vehicle about which we've posted before, has added investment opportunities in 9 more countries. "To date, investments made through MicroPlace have generated 20,000 loans to the world's working poor." Read the story.
Global Warming and Poverty
A "State of the Planet" summit hosted by Columbia University brought together economists, world leaders and scientists to explore the special risk climate change poses to poor countries. "[Left unchecked, global warming could spur conflict and puts millions of people...
New Orleans looks for solution to homeless camp
Criminalizing homelessness seems to be the result of an ordinance referred to a task force by the city council in New Orleans. A Daughter of Charity has spoken out against the proposal. Read the story.
