Daring to learn from people in extreme poverty More frequently around the world, we hear people living in precarious situations (…) Read more →
We know from first-hand experience that when these people have the opportunity to
Belgian young people express their dreams for a better world.
And in addition to struggle, we need a second gesture: the open hand, reaching out
The relentless struggle of ATD members in Peru to access water and their solidarity in times of Covid-19.
There’s more life in the Sierra than in Lima, everything is brought by hand: vegetables
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.
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
Ciara Margolis, a former team member of ATD Ireland talks a bout the team there. She says that „every day is different.“
everyone the opportunity to get involved in all manner of activities, “trying [their] 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
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
ATD Fourth World broadened my vision of the world: Diana Todorova talks about the year she spent as a Volunteer Corps member in Bulgaria.
many places in the world there are people looking for ways to overcome poverty hand
Analysis M.R has an experience of extreme poverty. He explains how rehousing or education projects cannot function if are not (…) Read more →
On the other hand, in ’La Pipe’, we could find work in the fields.
