Joseph Wresinski explains why women are a last line of defence against poverty and why work undertaken by ATD was once targeted to women.
If they gain the upper hand, the family can stay afloat.
Ciara Margolis, a former team member of ATD Ireland talks a bout the team there. She says that „every day is different.“
the opportunity to get involved in all manner of activities, “trying [their] hand
Finding hope in a blank sheet of paper, photos from Haiti speak volumes.
school, two cars, a playing field, a football field and a house, a boy and a girl hand
European gathering brings together energetic young people determined to make a difference and express young people’s hopes and dreams
The two go hand in hand and can’t be separated.
Axelle Brodiez-Dolino is a historian whose focus is anti-poverty movements. Here she talks about the historical perceptions of people in poverty.
Although it is rather paradoxical since it is them after all who have first-hand
A New Humanity Without Poverty Will See the Light of Day “The very poor tell us over and over again (…) Read more →
Around the world, thousands of people with first-hand experience of poverty have
Policy makers, social workers, researchers learn from those with a lived experience of poverty. Thanks to new US ATD training program.
People who know poverty first hand are trainers What makes the ATD trainings unique
The most vulnerable have been left behind. This year, the UN Secretary General’s evaluation of the Millennium Development Goals focussed (…) Read more →
Ban Ki-moon painted a bleaker picture: Reaching out to the poorest “On the one hand
Joseph Wresinski was born in Angers, France, on February 12, 1917. Today is the 99th anniversary of his birth. As (…) Read more →
As he was growing up, he experienced first-hand the ways in which society makes people
February 12, 2020: Remembering Joseph Wresinski, Founder of ATD Fourth World. A remarkable vision that gave birth to a worldwide movement.
Having experienced how it feels to be humiliated, he knew first-hand that what people
