by Beth | Oct 23, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Heifer animals (and training in their care) offer hungry families around the world a way to feed themselves and become self-reliant. Heifer International provides a contemporary way of living out Vincent’s approach of giving a “hand-up” rather than a...
by Beth | Oct 16, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
CANBERRA, October 15, 2003 (cathnews.com): The National Council of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia issued a media release on Wednesday calling on the Government to consider Poverty alleviation as a Bipartisan (all Parties) National Issue and asking for a...
by Beth | Oct 15, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A Sydney importer has opted to help disadvantaged children in Fiji rather than see $40,000 worth of rejected clothing destroyed. About 1500 pairs of brand new board shorts that fell short of the importer’s specification would have been destroyed In the past rejected...
by Beth | Jun 19, 2003 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
SJU is a co-sponsor of the the Annual Social Action Summer Institute along with U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Charities, USA, and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, and Association of Diocesan Social Action...
by Beth | May 4, 2003 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
NEW YORK, MAY 2, 2003 (Zenit.org).- A Vatican aide at the United Nations called for an “ecological conversion” and a change in patterns of production and consumption in order to combat world poverty. Archbishop Celestino Migliore, permanent observer of the...
