Thanks to international advocacy, the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals target everyone, including those in deepest poverty.
Juan’s address, delivered with great emotion, prompted a standing ovation by everyone
The bursting of the real-estate bubble in 2009 created a paradox in Spain: while there was a large number of homes unfinished and unsold (3.5 million empty houses which was more than any other country in Europe), there were also just as many people homeless.
the very same morning.� Suddenly, a man who was recently evicted explains with emotion
Photo: Javier Pérez de Cuellar and Joseph Wresinski, New York, 1984. At a time when the international community is paying (…) Read more →
and above all as a human being, I read these words of Father Wresinski with deep emotion
Learn how effective participatory action can create impactful change in addressing extreme poverty and fostering collaboration.
said, “But to be told you can take the same voice, the same knowledge, the same emotion
Explore the Colloquium Extreme Poverty Is Violence, where participants share lived experiences and challenge societal norms.
parents writing letters to their children in care are not allowed to express their emotions
Stopping the cycle of poverty means listening to people in poverty, hearing what they say and putting them on equal footing with the rest of society.
is colourful and joyous, yet the participants remain conscientious–laughter and emotions
United Kingdom holds public virtual poetry jam on October 17 to celebrate the World Day for Overcoming Poverty.
In addition, they discovered how self-expression can help deal with difficult emotions
In Ireland, 30 events around the country this year marked October 17, United Nations World Day for Overcoming Poverty. The theme for 2017 was “Moving from humiliation and exclusion to participation: ending poverty in all its forms”.
“Until recently… intrinsic human emotions, such as lowered or damaged self-esteem
This article has been adapted from one published 28 April 2020 on the ATD Fourth World USA web site. “If (…) Read more →
On these calls, people talk about the challenges, emotions, successes, and efforts
Social and Institutional Maltreatment is the theme of October 17, 2024 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
Behind their situation, we no longer see who they really are, with their emotions
