by John Freund, CM | Jan 14, 2010 | Collaboration, Disasters and Responses, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change, Vincentian Family, Vincentian Family Haiti Initiative
Haiti needs immediate (disaster relief), intermediate (reconstruction) and long-term (systemic and disaster prevention) assistance writes Aidan Rooney, CM. The Red Cross, Mercy Corps, Doctors Without Borders, CRS and others excel in their abilities to plan and to...
by John Freund, CM | Jan 4, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A growing number of people live on zero dollars in monthly cash and a few hundred dollars in food stamps, an overlooked subgroup that is growing especially fast according to the NY Times.. The surge in this precarious way of life has been so swift that few policy...
by John Freund, CM | Dec 31, 2009 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
The poor in Victoria (Australia) have been under unprecedented stress and the SVDP has responded. The 2008/09 financial year has seen: – a 60% increase in the number of people provided with assistance to find accommodation. – a 67% increase in the number...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2009 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
While in no way comparable to the hunger experienced in many other parts of the world, The New York Times today writes “With food stamp use at record highs and climbing every month, a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme now helps feed one in eight...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 25, 2009 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Vincentian Family
Seven Daughters of Charity in Tianjin have been hospitalized with dehydration after a five-day fast aimed at getting the government to return a Church property. About 20 members of the Sisters of Charity took part in the “fasting prayer” at Charity...