“The Volunteer Corps Is a Gift That Helps Us Connect in a Big Way” – ATD Fourth World https://www.atd-fourthworld.org/atd-volunteer-corps/
Carine Parent on what it means to be an ATD Volunteer Corps member.
If I don’t do this, who else will?’”
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Carine Parent on what it means to be an ATD Volunteer Corps member.
If I don’t do this, who else will?’”
In this video story, Mary Rabagliati discovers new forms of poverty and exclusion as ATD explores work in Africa.
adults must work such long hours that they have very little energy left for anything else
When people in poverty are stigmatised and “othered” by harsh stereotypes, how can they raise awareness about this social discrimination?
After all, they are human beings just the same as anybody else.
So as to build trust with people in poverty, members of the ATD Volunteer Corps maintain a regular presence with them and their families.
Missing an appointment creates uncertainty and stress, adding to everything else
For success in Guatemala, an education program needed to develop close ties with families in order to support students in school.
Not all of them wanted to continue school but they didn’t know what else they might
By adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after the carnage of the second World War, the world’s nations proclaimed (…) Read more →
they continue to share what they have and to make room for people who have nowhere else
Joseph Wresinski Centre tells stories that would otherwise be lost not only for “History” but for individuals with no record of their own personal life.
Nowhere else are the stories of those who live in extreme poverty documented in such
In the midst of one of the most extreme humanitarian crises of recent years, while humanitarian aid flows elsewhere, neighbors help neighbors in some of the most devastated communities.
was touched and surprised that he had found her, because she rarely saw anyone else
Mr. Cassam Uteem was the first head of state to ask that the UN recognize October 17 as the International (…) Read more →
which people in poverty are excluded, and see how they can be included like any one else
On 10 June 2016, the International Organization of La Francophonie (an intergovernmental body of French-speaking nations) hosted the formal meeting (…) Read more →
“It must involve the most destitute people as partners, or else the struggle is doomed