April 9, 2018
Posts Tagged: presbyterian hunger program
April 10, 2017
Emission Standards Relaxed Again in La Oroya
August 5, 2016
We’ve made you angry, so now what?
By Cindy Corell | Mission Co-worker, Joining Hands Haiti The man sat in the Fellowship Hall growing angrier by the minute. I continued explaining how foreign countries dumping cheap imported food into Haiti made it all but impossible for Haitian farmers to sell their local foods at market. Cheap rice from the U.S. sells quickly. Better quality,… Read more »
August 2, 2016
Peru “Wins!” But What About La Oroya?
By Jed Koball | Joining Hands Peru In an unexpected turn of events, after five years of closed-door hearings, the arbiters overseeing the case of The Renco Group, Inc. v Peru issued a surprise decision on July 15, 2016 in favor of Peru on grounds of jurisdiction. Early reactions from the Peruvian government and civil… Read more »
March 7, 2016
TPP: Concentration of Power for Investors and Inequality for Citizens
By Conrado Olivera | Red Uniendo Manos Peru, Joining Hands Peru On October 5, 2015, after numerous rounds (and years) of negotiations, the public officials and advisors of the twelve countries representing more than a third of the global economy, finished redacting the terms of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. After being signed on… Read more »
March 2, 2016
Presbyterian Hunger Program launches new initiative to look at root causes of poverty
Participants asked to weigh in on charity, policies and practices By Rick Jones | Presbyterian News Service Louisville—The Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP)—through its Joining Hands program—is inviting people interested in digging deeper into the root causes of poverty to join one of three roundtables focusing on global issues that create poverty and affect our global partners and the… Read more »