“Globalization of Charity
: The Struggle against Hunger”
Vincentian Family : Sept. 27
2001 - Sept. 27 2003
The campaign is prolonged
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
During the 10th Meeting of the International Heads
of the Vincentian Family, a member of the Commission
for the Campaign against Hunger presented a report on
the major part of the projects that have joined it.
The data given were based on 160 projects which, during
these three years of the Campaign, have reached the
hands of the Commission. We are aware that there are
many more but we do not have their data. We can say
that our vision, certainly based on reality, is still
partial and limited but, at the same time, we believe
that it helps us know the impact produced by this Campaign.
During this meeting with the International Heads of
the Vincentian Family, we informed them of some specific
data: type of Projects (assistance or fight against
the causes); people benefited (children, the elderly,
the sick, women, community); kind of actions undertaken
(soup kitchens, schools, cultivation of fields, integral
development of the community, etc.). One can state that:
- The number of projects undertaken in the various
countries to attack the causes of hunger has increased.
- The collaboration among the various branches of
the Vincentian Family has intensified.
- The amount of twinning among the countries has
increased and solidarity is more noteworthy.
- The funds received have increased and these have
been placed at the disposition of the Campaign.
The Heads of the Vincentian Family evaluated these
results very positively and they indicate:
- Above all, their gratefulness to all the Vincentian
groups and the National Coordinators of the Vincentian
Family for the interest, the creativity and the solidarity
with which they worked on this Campaign;
- Their great desire that the Campaign continue its
course because it has done much good for the poor;
- That this Campaign is benefiting the Vincentian
Family already because it has helped it live more
fully the Vincentian vocation, with the feeling of
family, and uniting its forces in order to reach further
than projected in the service and evangelization of
the most needy;
- Their desire that, with creativity, Projects against
hunger which have the following two characteristics
above all, be continuously realized: :
- those that are directed to fight against the
causes of poverty (development, promotion…);
- and those that seek a greater participation
of all the associations present in the country,
region or locality.
The members of the Commission of the Campaign against
Hunger wish to share with you, from among the projects
we received, three which can serve as inspiration for
new Projects to be realized (Madagascar, México
and Mozambique). We are sending you a AProject Outline@
that can help you as a guide to synthesize and evaluate
each Project.
The poor, who still continue to hope for the presence
of a helping hand that permits them to be on the way
to salvation, are still many! Take courage, brothers
and sisters!
Examples of this campaign
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Please visit :
http://www.famvin.org/en/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=398
Contact the AIC key person in charge of this
campaign :
Any Rodriguez : rany@att.net.mx
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