by vf-editor | 2021/06/09 | 13 Houses Campaign, English, News
On July 8th 1 pm CEST (9 pm Sydney, 7 am New York) the FHA is hosting the first of a series of online events featuring Vincentians who are working on “13 Houses” Campaign projects. Three speakers from different projects and approaches will talk about how they got...
by vf-editor | 2021/05/18 | English, News
Last Sunday the FHA organised its first online training event to encourage more Vincentians to join our efforts to end homelessness. We had the privilege to explain our goals and plans for the next three years to the Society of St Vincent de Paul, the biggest...
by vf-editor | 2021/05/05 | 13 Houses Campaign, English, News
Annie and her seven children were homeless, although they did have a roof over their heads. “I can’t say I was living in a house; it was rather like a birds nest”. They were living in a hut and were extremely vulnerable to the weather. Annie’s story is one of many in...
by vf-editor | 2021/04/23 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English
“To serve and enlighten, to speak a redeeming word, to be a helping hand”, this is the motto of the jubilee year of the Brothers of Our Lady Mother of Mercy (CMM), in which they celebrated their 175th anniversary (1844-2019), derived from the rule of life of the...
by vf-editor | 2021/04/15 | English, News
Vincentians keep bringing the voices of homeless people to the United Nations despite the pandemic. The UN NGO Working Group to End Homelessness (WGEH) organised the side event “Homes First: Strategies to Promote Youth Empowerment Post Covid-19” during the ECOSOC...
