Month: October 2009
Late August, President Obama issued a request for an interagency review of all U.S. global development policy, responding to the calls from civil society and members of his own administration.…
By Rocco Puopolo s.x., Executive Director Bishop George Biguzzi of the Diocese of Makeni, Sierra Leone, was recently invited to Washington to make a presentation on migration in West Africa…
October 16 is World Food Day at the UN, and this year focus is how to achieve food security in times of crisis. This is a timely topic on the heels of last year’s food price crisis, the recent financial crisis, and the ongoing and accelerating climate crisis – this year, the global financial crisis has pushed over 1 billion people into hunger, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s latest annual report. Africa in particular feels the pangs of such a global crisis, where around 30 percent of the total population is estimated to be suffering from chronic hunger and malnutrition.
As part of the Presidential Study Directive on Foreign Assistance, initiated by President Obama at the end of August, the National Security Council has socilcited input from the NGO community…
By Rocco Puopolo, S.X., Executive Director As you read this very newsletter, a number of Bishops from Africa and around the world are meeting in Rome for the Second Special…
Earlier this month, the Zimbabwain Bishops put out a powerful pastoral letter on healing and reconciliation in their nation, entitled “God Can Heal the Wounds of the Afflicted.” “Today, we…
During a panel discussion with the U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Bill Garvelink hosted by the Washington DC chapter of the Society for International Development,…
October is shaping up to be an important month for action on climate change. Last week alone, President Obama indicated his support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s plan to regulate…
During her August trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saw her mission as the beginning of a new chapter in the U.S-DRC…
