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Nazareth Sisters and value of medicinal plants in India

by John Freund, CM | Jul 29, 2011 | Vincentian Family

Artemisia is a miracle cure for malaria which is a killer disease in the area. Sister Anjana SCN cultivates artemisia around her health center in small scale to promote its use among the simple villagers who succumb to malaria in large numbers every year. Sister...

Transforming the world through Games

by John Freund, CM | Aug 16, 2010 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses

The creator of Farmville, Zynga, has raised more than $3.6 million for Haiti. Mark Pincus, Zynga’s founder and CEO, calls this “solidarity not charity.” Zynga describes this approach to giving back in this way: “Solidarity not charity is a...

World leaders pledge $3 billion to end malaria in 7 years

by John Freund, CM | Sep 26, 2008 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses

Thought impossible only a few years ago, the end of malaria is a cause that world leaders enthusiastically embraced at a UN conference to discuss new prevention methods and eradication opportunities. Private donors pledged an unprecedented $3 billion to virtually end...

Pope Appeals to World Leaders

by sjs | Sep 21, 2008 | Justice and Peace, Poverty: Analysis and Responses

Despite world economic conditions Pope Benedict appealed today to world leaders to “courageously take and apply the necessary measures to wipe out extreme poverty, hunger, ignorance and the plague of pandemics, which above all hit the most...

Drinking water for all: a challenge

by annaread | Mar 13, 2008 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses

There’s an extensive article in the Friday edition of THISDAY, one of Nigeria’s national papers, about the challenge of providing safe drinking water for everyone: “…women and children spend much of their lives in pursuit of this vital...
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