by vf-editor | 2020/11/25 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News
Mr EE is an elderly man who, for most of his life, has suffered from substance abuse. With limited family and support, Mr EE found himself living in a small room at a pub. His life changed when he accessed one of the new 502 housing units that make up the latest “13...
by vf-editor | 2020/07/30 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News
The “13 Houses” Campaign keeps growing in the United States, the country where it all began back in November 2018 with a single house for a single person. Almost two years later, the Campaign is touching the lives of nearly 5000 people worldwide. There are two...
by vf-editor | 2020/06/24 | 13 Houses Campaign, English, News
The FHA’s 2020 ‘Conference on Refugees and Human Trafficking’, is due to take place in Seville later this year unless COVID-19 forces us to postpone until spring 2021. As part of the FHA’s endeavor to build global capacity within the Vincentian Family on homelessness,...
by vf-editor | 2020/06/23 | 13 Houses Campaign, covid19, English, News
Latin America is now the epicenter of COVID-19. Like many times in the past, the Vincentian Family has stepped up to the challenge and is continuing to work with the poorest of the poor during this difficult time. The Vincentian Family in Ecuador, who are already part...
by vf-editor | 2020/06/05 | 13 Houses Campaign, covid19, English, News
Being a single mother of four is always a challenge, even more during a global pandemic. Letay Kassa, 34, was already used to hardship and homelessness when COVID-19 struck Mekelle, Ethiopia. Letay’s family sent her to the city from their village to escape the hard...
by vf-editor | 2020/05/21 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, covid19, English, News
In his April 2020 Letter to Popular Movements, Pope Francis says to them: “you are social poets because, from the forgotten peripheries where you live, you create admirable solutions for the most pressing problems afflicting the marginalized”. As States declared a...
