1. Realities of Today’s World

2. Contemporary Forms Of Poverty Causes: Conflicts / Wars Migration Gender inequality Child Trafficking Displacement of Indigenous people HIV / AIDS

3. Most often affected by poverty : Women Children

4. Globalization Integration of markets, communications and peoples Global Village Increasing consciousness of common humanity

5. Strong incentive for collaboration with many peoples, cultures and nations Positive implications of Globalization: Great potential for world unity

6. Negative implications of Globalization: Possible loss of national and cultural distinctiveness Unequal distribution of resources Powerful nations tend to dominate the smaller ones who cannot keep up.

7. Rapid Communication And Information We are all wired together in an invisible way.

8. Quick, reliable and updated information Sometimes, data are accepted uncritically

9. A wonderful means towards sharing our experiences with the poor

10. Religiosity Amidst Secularization

11. Religiosity Amidst Consumerism

12. Concern For Development And Empowerment OF THE POOR UN Millennium Development Goals Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Promote gender equality and empower women Combat HIV / AIDS Develop global partnership

13. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND Philanthropy Bono Gates Foundation “ Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is a human creation and it can be overcome and eradicated by actions of human beings.” Nelson Mandela

14. Challenges For The Vincentian Family

15. CHALLENGES Understand the new forms of poverty and attack their causes. AIC: Against poverty and its causes, to act together

16. Challenges Sharpen our global mentality Know more about your own association on the local, national, and international levels. Attend / organize meetings, encounters, conferences.

17. Challenges Sharpen our global mentality Maintain close communication with other branches of the Vincentian Family. Vincentian Family Office in Rome: famvin@tin.it

18. www.famvin.org

19. like a great fire Publications, bulletins, periodicals Vincentiana Vinpaz Asi@news Echoes of the Company Caminos de Misión Revista JMV

20. Annual Meeting of Heads of Some Branches of the Vincentian Family International (since 1995) Rome or Paris

21. Challenges Deepen and share our Vincentian spirituality which is the solid foundation of our service to the poor.

22. Share our distinctive perspectiv e on the poor: they can and do evangelize us too.

23. CHALLENGES Collaborate on projects for the poor with the various branches of the Vincentian Family.

24. Our Family has more than 2 million members from all sectors of society. Imagine the good that we can bring about, if our branches join hands in helping the poor!!

25. Collaborate with other Church groups, institutes, associations and similar organizations.

26. Collaborate with different national and international organizations.

27. St. Vincent tells us: “God loves the poor, and consequently He loves those who love the poor... Now, this (family) strives to devote itself lovingly to the service of the poor, who are God’s well-beloved, and so we have reason to hope that, for love of them, God will love us. Let us go, then, my brothers (and sisters) and devote ourselves with new love to serve the poor, and even seek out the poorest and most abandoned; let us confess before God that they are our lords and masters and we are unworthy to render them our little services.” (January 1657)