by John Freund, CM | Sep 18, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Systemic change
Perhaps an unlikely pairing of topics. But the Center for Financial Inclusion describes how these concepts can be dynamically related. Â “If you want your message to be heard, go to where your intended audience is. If that intended audience is teenagers in the...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 13, 2012 | Sisters of Charity, Vincentian Family
The 11/12/12 newsletter of the Sisters of Charity Foundation illustrates practical steps on the stairway to systemic change in Haiti. Fonkoze began with one loan product. Intent on reaching and empowering the poorest of Haiti’s poor, Fonkoze was confident this...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 6, 2012 | Vincentian Family
Mrs. Solange Midi finds inspiration for her art by using things many people might throw away such as coconut shells and husks, straw, cardboard, scrap pieces of canvas, branches, and tiles. She transforms them into valuable and highly creative decorative and...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 26, 2012 | Vincentian Family
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton included content from our May Zafèn press release in her remarks today at the Global Diaspora Forum in Washington. She said: “Now, this story can be and is being replicated in country after country. For instance, we have Katleen...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 26, 2011 | Daughters of Charity, Vincentian Family
Alina Rizvi and Marco Sementilli, this year’s St. John’s University  GLOBE student fellows, accompanied Dr. Linda Sama to Vietnam for the program’s inaugural international visit with potential microloan borrowers and local Daughters of Charity, who serve as...