by vf-editor | 2023/01/06 | 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News, Philippines 2022
According to data from the Philippines’ National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC), Super Typhoon Rai (local name Odette) which hit a large part of the Philippines on 16 December 2021 resulted to around 405 casualties and 78 missing people....
by vf-editor | 2022/11/28 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News
Anyone can suddenly end up with no place to call home, but homelessness doesn’t affect everyone in the same way, with the experience of women completely different to the experience of men. (CYREANS, 2021). Whilst men are more likely to sleep rough or to make use of...
by vf-editor | 2022/10/27 | 13 Houses Campaign, 13 Houses Campaign Bulletin, English, News
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is the largest country of the Melanesian Region in the South Pacific and ranks among the most culturally diverse worldwide, home to approximately 8.8 million people and 840+ ethno-linguistic groups (World Bank 2019). PNG remains close to the...
by vf-editor | 2022/04/12 | 13 Houses Campaign, English, News
The Daughters of Charity and their “13 Houses” Upendo Program are taking to the streets to commemorate the International Day for Street Children in Kitale, Kenya. Children are among the most vulnerable homeless groups, but their voices are barely heard. This walk on...
by vf-editor | 2022/03/08 | 13 Houses Campaign, 3 years, English, News
Botswana, France and Italy have joined the “13 Houses” Campaign with three very different projects. We are happy to have reached the benchmark of 50 countries with at least one “13 Houses” project, and even more to welcome France, the birthplace of the Vincentian...
by vf-editor | 2021/12/15 | 3 years, English, News
Over 7,000 lives have been transformed thanks to the “13 Houses” Campaign. In just 3 years this global endeavour has gone from a single house in Macon, Georgia (USA) to more than 70 projects in almost 50 countries with up to 2,000 houses built. Project after project,...
