by annaread | Oct 14, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
In Denver, Colorado USA the mayor challenged every church, synagogue, and mosque to adopt one of Denver’s 600 homeless families. A story in today’s Los Angeles Times looks at what changed in the material lives of one family what changed in the interior...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 7, 2007 | Featured, Formation, Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
[google 2238105394190368409] There’s a garbage pile that dwarfs, easily, the small hills of Rome — and people live on top of it. Payatas is home to people who live on and from the refuse of the super-metropolis of Manila (population 12 million). Learn more...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 6, 2007 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Rev. Norberto Carcellar, C.M. Homeless People’s Federation Philippines represented by Rev. Norberto Carcellar, C.M., executive director, is an organization that has enabled squatters living on a sprawling garbage dump in Quezon City, Philippines, to create...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 6, 2007 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
“Education is about molding better people and contributing to building a better world,” says Philippine Vice President and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council Chairman Noli “Kabayan†De Castro. De Castro welcomed the launch of the Vincentian...
by annaread | Oct 1, 2007 | Evangelization, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Oregon Web site describes five different pieces of the puzzle of affordable housing. Additionally, it proposes a strategy for moving from the “chaos model” to a “planned model” in providing...
