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Improving supply channels for a food bank

by annaread | Oct 29, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family

Because of the initiative of a St. Vincent de Paul Society volunteer, it has become easier for organizations in a Florida county to supply food to those who need it. The Society worked with the local food bank and municipality to open a drop site for the food bank and...

Digest of Just and Moral Society conference

by annaread | Oct 25, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses

Previously famvin.org published a link to a participant’s overview of the Vincentian Center for Church and Society’s conference on poverty. Now a complete digest of the day includes summaries of the keynote address by John J. Coughlin, O.F.M., J.D., J.C.D....

eBay gets into microfinance

by annaread | Oct 24, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change

With as little as $100, it is possible to invest in microfinance, the topic of last week’s famvin.org feature on systemic change. Today eBay, the online auction site, launched MicroPlace and its slogan: “Invest wisely. End poverty.” See BBC coverage...

SVDP keeps mattresses out of the dumps

by annaread | Oct 23, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family

There are a lot of reasons to keep mattresses out of landfills, says the executive director of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County in Eugene, Oregon. Terry McDonald described the DR3 — divert, reduce, reuse, recycle — program and the many...

Tying microcredits to education for girls

by annaread | Oct 21, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change

A CARE program that offers small loans to poor, indigenous women in Guatemala looks to change the lives not only of borrowers but also of the next generation. Terms include the requirement that daughters be allowed to stay in school at least through the sixth grade....
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