Joseph Wresinski was born in Angers, France, on February 12, 1917. Today is the 99th anniversary of his birth. As (…) Read more →
Around the world, millions of people are without decent homes, decent work, or resources
ATD activists from Burkina Faso say that identity papers are critical to living in dignity. Sadly, too many people in poverty can’t get the documents they need.
Sadly, millions of people around the world live without the documentation they need
ATD’s secret is bringing people together. If we don’t start out working together–the powerful alongside the powerless, those who are (…) Read more →
“Today, millions of men, women, and children say ‘no’ to extreme poverty and shame
Message by Donald Lee, President, International Movement ATD Fourth World for the World Day for Overcoming Poverty.
Yet, for millions of people today, human dignity is denied and violated when they
All persons have the right to be treated with dignity no matter who they are. Message from Donald Lee, President, International Movement ATD Fourth World.
Yet, despite the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, millions
Message from Aye Aye Win, President of the International Committee for October 17.
In a world that wastes and over produces food, why do millions die of hunger?
Message from Donald Lee, President ATD Fourth World International, for World Day for Overcoming Poverty, October 17, 2020.
Millions of children who depended on free or subsidized school meals are going hungry
On 27th September, the UN Human Rights Council adopted by consensus the Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights. (…) Read more →
is evident, for example, in efforts to achieve the MDGs falling short for many millions
For World Children’s Day, rethinking childhood from the perspective of children in extreme poverty.
The consequences of this are dire, forcing millions of children to live without adequate
So much has changed over the past year in the Central African Republic. Last March the government was overthrown and (…) Read more →
overthrown and since December a new round of conflict and uncertainty has affected millions
