by Beth | Apr 22, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
University of California, Berkeley, Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau has announced a major new multidisciplinary campus initiative to improve the quality of life for impoverished people by helping them develop their full economic potential… The Blum Center will...
by Beth | Feb 2, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Indian government has launched one of the country’s most ambitious efforts to tackle rural poverty. Under the National Rural Guarantee Scheme one member from each of India’s 60 million rural households is guaranteed 100 days of work each year. They...
by Beth | Jan 6, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
January 05, 2006 Inspired by the mission Vincentian Mission and encounters with members of the Vincentian Curia in Rome, St. John’s University alumnus Josiah Mooney and his wife Katherine are carrying out the Vincentian Mission of caring for society’s most...
by Beth | Jan 4, 2006 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
WASHINGTON (January 4, 2005)– The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) this month launched a new national awareness campaign that focuses attention on the nearly 36 million poor Americans—and even more attention on the poor and low-income people who are...
by Beth | Dec 27, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
World Travel Professionals, one of Australia’s most innovative travel management companies, has issued a Christmas challenge to the travel industry to give back to the community rather than giving presents this year. – Sisters of Charity in Sri Lanka benefit...
