Jennifer Harris recently wrote an article about awWater project helps that alleviate world’s poverty More than 270 Christian organizations in the Micah Network are working together to ensure the United Nations keeps the Millennium Development Goals designed to cut global poverty in half by 2015. First Baptist Church of Columbia is one such group, striving […]
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Join The Important Discussion
The old ways don’t work. We need to work together and come up with new ways to effectively eliminate hunger and poverty. To that end, please come join the important discussions at the Hunger and Poverty Forums, where we discuss those topics plus other serious social issues such as education and healthcare. You can register, […]
Healthcare Reform Calls Get Louder
Daniel Costello and Abigail Goldman wrote an article about calls for healthcare reform: An unusual new coalition of big employers, labor unions and politicians united Wednesday to push for “quality, affordable” healthcare for all Americans by 2012. The proposal adds to growing pressure on Congress, President Bush and statehouses across America where governors including California’s […]
Taxes Fund War Instead of Social Services
Catholic Online reports on criticism of the contrast between President Bushes cuts to social spending and his increases in military spending: The proposed $2.9 billion U.S. government budget proposed by the Bush Administration is a moral document that misses the mark in reducing poverty, with draconic cuts that will hurt America’s poor families, said the […]
PBS Article about the Causes of Homelessness
PBS recently published an article with facts about homelessness in the United States. I include an excerpt about the causes of homelessness. Homelessness may be caused by a variety of factors, but the coincidence of increased levels of poverty and decreased numbers of affordable housing often to blame. Other notable causes may include: Lack of […]
Help Ends Early for Poor South African Children
Katharine Hall And Jo Monson posted an article about South African Poverty. They say that help for poor children ends too early. In South Africa the majority of children are born into poor households. Poverty is associated with unemployment and exacerbated by low levels of education, and so the stage is set for yet another […]