by John Freund, CM | Aug 6, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In the past several years, more and more people have been forced to use desperate means of survival, such as begging, living in slums or going through rubbish bins looking for food or items they can recycle or sell. But now, people who resort to these survival tactics...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 1, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Benedict XVI offers six ideas aimed at fixing the financial system and rebuilding a new one that would be more humane and fair to all people. (Romereports.com) PRINCIPLE OF GRATUITOUSNESS The first is the ‘Principles of Gratuitousness’. It means that...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 29, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Perhaps not quite in the category of “Ripley’s Believe It or Not”, of 6.8 billion people on the planet. 4.0 billion of them own a mobile phone, but only 3.5 billion of them own a toothbrush. Here are 24 other facts that might surprise you…...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 28, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A Minnesota advocate for the poor writes, “Before taking rights away from poor people, spend some time with them… their stories make a broader point: While many poor folks do their best maintain a connection to mainstream society, many members of...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 27, 2012 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Developed by two product design students, a manually powered washer and dryer that costs less than $40 could tranform life in slums around the world. It’s operated by a foot pedal, while the user sits on the lid to stabilize the rapidly churning contents. Sitting...
