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 | 2020/06/24 | English, News
Earlier in February, before COVID-19 stopped the world, the United Nations adopted the first resolution defining homelessness, after the first debate on the issue in a generation. The resolution incorporates all the key categories of homelessness from the Framework of...
by vf-editor | 2020/06/24 | English, News
On January 8-12, 2020, more than 200 leaders of the Vincentian Family, representing 91 branches, gathered in Rome (Italy) to reflect upon the realities of collaboration and the future of the Vincentian charism. This event was unique in many ways. It was the first...
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 | 2020/06/17 | English, News
The Vincentian Family is a worldwide movement made up of more than 4 million believers and more than 160 ecclesial institutions which, for more than 4 centuries, has served the most needy in our world. As members of Vincentian Family, we do not want to nor should we...
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...
