by John Freund, CM | Sep 14, 2011 | Vincentian Family
Dr. Michael Thio, international President of the SVDP writes…”There has been widespread media coverage on the famine in the Horn of Africa affecting mainly Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and a few others. Many countries have indicated that they wish to...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 7, 2011 | Vincentian Family
A St Vincent de Paul Society New South Wales Energy Report discovers that customers are being enticed to change providers by cheap deals, only to be left out of pocket with excessive fees. And in a self-fulfilling cycle, those profits are then being used by power...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 24, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Most of the world’s newspapers are running features on how to survive in a bad economy. But I have seen no articles on “How to survive on less than $2 a day”. Yet over 2.7 billion people in the world live on $2 or less a day. How do they do it? How...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 9, 2011 | Vincentian Family
We have heard the mantra about John Paul II’s challenge t0  Vincentians –  “Understand underlying causes and work toward long-term solutions”. How do we move beyond the mantra? With the theme  “Building Bridges Out Of Poverty” the...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 3, 2011 | Poverty: Analysis and Responses
“Poor Economics – Rethinking Poverty and way to End it ” suggests small interventions rather than grand solutions to help the poor. Authors Banerjee and Duflo steer clear of tall claims about a yellow brick road out of poverty. Their implicit message...
