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...
by Beth | May 6, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
New York City, already having levels of hunger that dwarf levels in any other major city in the industrialized world, is planning to cut funding for the Emergency Food Assistance ProgramBloomberg AGAIN Proposes Reduction in Pantry, Kitchen Funds $670,000 Cut Would...
by Beth | Apr 22, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
You have an opportunity in the next 9 days to have your donation to Food First matched by Alan Shawn Feinstein, who is giving $1 million to fight hunger in the U.S. http://thedatabank.com/hfriend.asp?aacwc=374419911756891063137095 Join the Feinstein Hunger Challenge!...
by Beth | Apr 7, 2005 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
There were some 160 projects generated by the Vincentian Family Campaign Against Hunger. These projects gbenerated the following funds * Africa: 494,280 $USA * America: 993,800 $USA * Asia: 32,500 $USA * Europe: 1,245,000 $USA The report provides more in depth...
