by John Freund, CM | Apr 27, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A brutal convergence of events has hit an unprepared global market, and grain prices are sky high. The world’s poor suffer most. Hunger related riots have occurred in 17 countries. Food is becoming speculation tool replacing mortgages. Excerpts fro an...
by sjs | Apr 12, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
A bank in the Midwest sponsors a hunger awareness week to bring attention to hunger and poverty. Teens in Calgary initiate a 30-hour fast to raise awareness of what it is like to be hungry. Read the articles here and here as a springboard to considering other...
by annaread | Mar 30, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
That’s the judgment of a food bank executive in Tampa Bay, Florida USA where demand at food pantries and soup kitchens such as the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul’s has increased by 20 to 25 per cent. At the same time, cash donations have decreased. Read...
by annaread | Mar 27, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA a dining room that is the project of the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul served lunch for 300. On the menu: ham, green beans, dirty rice and cheesecake. The dining room served a record 217,000 meals last year. Read the...
by annaread | Mar 11, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Seeing “dressed up” guests isn’t uncommon these days at soup kitchens in eastern Massachusetts, USA. The story includes coverage of the work of a Society of Saint Vincent de Paul food pantry in Middleboro. Read the article.