Rights in Name Only: In Spain, application hurdles keep program recipients out.
In Spain, for example, people who have been out of work for a long time are eligible
No matter the period, young people should never be disregarded.
Volunteer Corps members, choose to live in this under-served neighbourhood and have
Mental anguish is a key element of poverty, yet often overlooked in the rush to examine external factors such as income, housing, and employment.
ATD Fourth World members who have experienced poverty talked about how foster care
In Madrid, an address is key to accessing benefits. But legal housing remains unaffordable for many. This means a struggle for housing rights.
We have built these shacks because we don’t have any income and we need a place
Working and Learning Together is a cooperative with 23 employees in Noisy-le-Grand, France. It is a laboratory in dignified work founded by ATD in 2002.
Managers have families, so how are they not affected by these issues?
On October 17, 2014, the World Day for Overcoming Poverty, Geneviève de Coster, an ally of ATD-Fourth World in France (…) Read more →
Thanks to ATD, I have been able, with great humility, to walk alongside people whose
A man in Democratic Republic of Congo needed some help. To his surprise, he found himself rebuilding another family’s house.
Any dog could have actually come in and taken my child.
Explore successful research strategy techniques that enhance participatory research and engage communities in social science.
Too often, we try to alleviate poverty by putting in place measures that have not
On Friday 16th June, a large audience attended the Wang Bin concert in the Richelieu amphitheatre at the Sorbonne, Paris. (…) Read more →
commitment in her introduction to the concert: “We are pleased that so many of you have
Geneviève de Gaulle Anthonioz, hero of the French resistance, describes the Fourth World People’s University as “a new kind of education for citizenship”.
You have felt this in your own soul, in your life, and in all your family’s suffering
