In Democratic Republic of the Congo, ATD Fourth World youth group rushes to aid victims of the Nyiragongo volcano showing solidarity.
And others are clearly in danger of doing the same.
Nelly Schenker grew up in poverty in Switzerland. Telling her story was her life’s work. To write one’s life story is a fascinating job, she says.
But at the same time, I found that the book wasn’t deep enough.
In New York City, ATD Fourth World wanted to increase involvement of young people from all backgrounds in it’s Fourth World People’s University program.
month later Rosa Parks started the famous Montgomery bus boycott by doing the very same
Extreme poverty is violence. It humbles, locks in silence and destroys lives, but it is not inevitable.
It is this same culture that we are trying to spread throughout the international
Virginia Pintó Muñoz, an ATD Volunteer Corps member from Spain talks about her involvement in ATD and what’s important in her work.
Afterwards, I also joined the Street Library that was taking place in that same neighbourhood
Support and government programs often don’t reach people in poverty. Sometimes the system even makes things worse for them.
At the same time, they were evicted from the family shelter that took them in when
Explore the Joseph Wresinski Archives and Research Centre, a vital resource in understanding and addressing extreme poverty.
During the same visit to the CJW, Kazi Imtiaz Hossain, Ambassador to France and Permanent
Building a more just and caring society based on ideas and experiences from people living in extreme poverty.
They aim to inspire the involvement of other people in the same way that this Workshop
Since the beginning of the recent violence in the Central African Republic, there has been an increasing influx of foreign (…) Read more →
Because even among the humanitarians they are all acting on their side doing the same
In 2017, ATD Fourth World invited people around the world to document real-life “Stories of Change”. These stories are about (…) Read more →
They explained their dream that all children should have the same opportunities in
