by annaread | Jan 27, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Promising results in Mali malaria vaccine trial Gates Foundation grants for small scale farm programs in Africa and Asia The Partnership for Prescription Assistance paid a visit to Ironton, USA
by sjs | Jan 26, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
At the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, world business leaders “vowed to make 2008 a landmark year in the fight against poverty” and Bill Gates provided examples of the kind of “creative capitalism” that can help...
by sjs | Jan 23, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill expressing the sense of Congress “that the United States has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of those persons, groups and communities that are impoverished, disadvantaged or otherwise in...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 13, 2008 | Featured, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Stories of Systemic Change (This marks the fifth in a series of 10 Vincentian family projects that will be described by Fr. Robert Maloney, Chair of the Systemic Change initiative in the Vincentian Family.) 5. San José de Ocoa Water now flows to over 100 villages,...
by sjs | Jan 13, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The need for reliable and inexpensive transportation poses a problem for many working poor, particularly in rural areas. The “Work-n-Wheels” program in Wisconsin is helping to meet that need by providing interest-free loans to people who wouldn’t...
