by Beth | Oct 18, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Vatican, Oct. 17 (CWNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) said that hunger and malnutrition are scandals, caused by selfishness, in a message to the director general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The Pope’s message...
by Beth | Oct 11, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
St. John’s Bread and Life will both be featured and supported on this year’s Hungerthon broadcast. As you may know Hungerthon joins together WHY, radio stations, corporations, and individual donors to fight the hunger and poverty problem that affects 37 million...
by Beth | Aug 22, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
UN World Food Programme launches Food Force.com, a rich-media game targeted at 8-13 year-olds.The site is also rich in ideas about how to combat hunger. Food-Force
by Beth | Aug 9, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Officials estimate 2.5 to 3.6 million people in Niger may go hungry. At risk are an estimated 800,000 children under age five, including more than 100,000 who are severely malnourished. World Vision staff members fear that 10 percent of the children in some areas...
by Beth | Jul 31, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
The Irish relief agency GOAL begging for much needed help in Niger. They are asking for people skilled in feeding programmes, especially nurses. Sr Sarah and her Council feel that the Daughters should respond to this desperate plea and very generously Sisters Liz...