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....
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...
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...
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....
by annaread | Oct 16, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Every year since 1993 the United Nations has called for observance of a day to focus, internationally, on ending poverty. October 17 is a good date to check the page on this topic at the UN’s Dag Hammarskjöld Library for its excellent resources on the...
