by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Australian Vinnies tell government: “It’s time for new thinking on poverty” The St Vincent de Paul Society National Council marked Anti-Poverty Week today by launchingTwo Australias: a report on poverty in the land of plenty. The report outlines practical...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 16, 2013 | Justice and Peace
The following two videos give some sense. (It may take a moment to load) We can speak out, but will we be heard? – Fighting for unheard voices: Ratchanee Saychana from Unheard-voices.org Extreme poverty is violence 8′ presents the violence of contempt, of...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 1, 2013 | Justice and Peace
Vincentians in Partnership (VIP), along with other Catholic charities, including a number of our partners, have signed an open letter written by Helen O’Brien, CSAN’s Chief Executive, to the Public Accounts Committee, regarding public costs incurred by rising...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 1, 2013 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Which comes first? The chicken or the egg? Some research about an analogous question Does low intelligence cause poverty or does poverty cause low intelligence move in the the direction of the latter. Another article puts it this way… “What do Poverty and...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 7, 2013 | Vincentian Family
The Huffington Post writes… “One UK company is thinking outside of the box when it comes to helping homeless youth. Advertising group Publicis and its charity client, Depaul UK, recently founded theDepaul Box Company, which sells recycled cardboard boxes...