by Beth | Jan 24, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Daughters of Charity in Great Britain use web site to fund a mobile clinic in KenyaOur Lenten Appeal for Kenya this year is to raise £20.000.00 to purchase a vehicle to use as a mobile clinic. We will provide the vehicle and a Dutch organisation will equip it. A...
by Beth | Dec 14, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
” I listened as women related what they wanted but did not have enough of: energy, clean drinking water and nutritious food. My response was to begin planting trees with them, to help heal the land and break the cycle of poverty.”Wangari Maathai, the 2004...
by Beth | Dec 9, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Food for the Poor site has some creative ways to give gifts to those who have nothing… gifts that also foster independence rather than dependence.Gifts for children in need – milk for a school, college scholarship Gifts that sustain life – feed a...
by Beth | Nov 9, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
WASHINGTON (AP) – St. Louis-based Express Scripts Inc., facing scrutiny of its generic drug prices, is offering discounts on dozens of generic medicines to low-income Americans. The program includes prescription drugs for arthritis, asthma, cancer, high...
by Beth | Oct 17, 2004 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SYDNEY, October 17, 2004 (coss.net.au): Four of Australia’s largest charities – Anglicare Australia, the Brotherhood of St Laurence, Catholic Welfare Australia, and UnitingCare – as well as the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), have...
