Each year on October 17, the World Day for Overcoming Poverty, citizens across the world and across socio-economic backgrounds gather, (…) Read more →
We know many families who fight every day to have a better life.
Guillermo Díaz Linares, a member of ATD Fourth World’s Volunteer Corps in Guatemala, discusses the time he spent mentoring a (…) Read more →
I have been on the Guatemalan team since 2014.
Explore the current situation in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, where insecurity deeply impacts children and families.
Many suffer psychological trauma due to the violence they have seen.
Answering the Call of October 17 to End Poverty: A Path Toward Peaceful and Inclusive Societies Message of Martine Le (…) Read more →
Against all odds, you have worked to create peace.
Message of Isabelle Pypaert Perrin, Director General of ATD Fourth World International on the occasion of the World Day for (…) Read more →
On that day, he bore witness to “millions of children, women, and fathers who have
“We all need a friend, not just someone who gives us money or clothes”, says person in Ireland who feels this is central to overcome poverty.
You have no independence and no freedom.
This article is imported from our 2017 Stop Poverty Campaign web site. On June 17 2017, a ‘friendship day’ took (…) Read more →
Now, all the children have become her friends, even those who hurt her before.
Leave no family behind for International Day of Families. We need everyone’s experience, resistance, inventiveness, and bonds of friendship.
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Martine Le Corre’s book My People Are My Strength (Les Miens sont ma force) , published by ATD Fourth World came out at the end of 2023.
Since then I have of course, caught up.
COVID-19: News from the United Kingdom and ATD Fourth World UK. How the pandemic is impacting people in poverty there.
Dear friends, ATD members have called our attention to some of the ways in which
