By Diana Skelton The United Nations is planning a World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) — scheduled for May 2016 in Istanbul (…) Read more →
Today, almost 60 million people somewhere in the world need humanitarian support.
The UN’s work often seems remote, not very concrete, disconnected from the suffering of families living in extreme poverty, and (…) Read more →
It is estimated that in 2016, 3.8 million people were “poorly housed” or homeless
By Romain Fossey For several years, I was able to join an adventure: meeting people who lived and/or worked in (…) Read more →
A country which 2 million emigrants left, so as to look abroad for what their homeland
Created on May 5, 1949, the Council of Europe is an intergovernmental organisation. It is composed of 47 member states (…) Read more →
composed of 47 member states that have a combined population of approximately 830 million
In this video story, Mary Rabagliati discovers new forms of poverty and exclusion as ATD explores work in Africa.
1970s, the apartheid government in South Africa carried out the mass removal of 3.5 million
Above: Mr. Armindo Goes Melo, Secretary General of the Hutukara Yanomami Association, Brazil (left); Guillermo Campuzano, Representative of the UN (…) Read more →
According to the World Bank, “There are about 370 million Indigenous people in
President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins, on International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
insecurity, already exacerbated by the effects of climate change, have resulted in 5.3 million
Statement by Donald Lee, for World Health Day 2021. We must start now to address the fundamental health, social and inequalities that plague our societies.
The World Bank estimates at least an extra 160 million people are at risk of being
Small but important victory in the New Orleans criminal justice system. As criminal justice activists fight vigorously against mass incarceration.
The report estimated that in 2015, defendants and their families paid $9.2 million
In the beginning I was afraid, but then thanks to football, we became friends. So friendship through football is possible.
the stories of social cohesion, which are as varied and unique as each of the 272 million
