by John Freund, CM | Apr 28, 2012 | Technology: Issues and Uses
Three-quarters of the countries that use mobile money most frequently are in Africa, and mobile banking in some of them has reached extraordinary levels according to a report in The Economist in an article entitled “Press 1 for modernity” Many people know...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 15, 2012 | Church
The number of Christians around the world has nearly quadrupled in the last 100 years, from about 600 million in 1910 to more than 2 billion in 2010. But the world’s overall population also has risen rapidly, from an estimated 1.8 billion in 1910 to 6.9 billion in...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 5, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The international site of the Daughters of Charity presents stories of their work in Cnetral Africa. The 6th Inter-Provincial Meeting of the Councils of Eight Provinces of Africa and Madagascar was held from July 8th-18th in the province of Central Africa, Rwanda. At...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 14, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Dr. Michael Thio, international President of the SVDP writes…”There has been widespread media coverage on the famine in the Horn of Africa affecting mainly Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and a few others. Many countries have indicated that they wish to...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 16, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Bro. R. Stockman, Superior General of the community founded by the “Belgian St. Vincent” after touring the works of the Brothers in 5 African countries writes about the visible accomplishment “With a grateful heart …(we saw) what the Brothers...
