In the 2013-2017 planning for ATD Fourth World-Central African Republic, a key goal is: “to encourage young people by teaching (…) Read more →
friends of ATD Fourth World, as well as the support of partners and sponsors, we have
Building a more just and caring society based on ideas and experiences from people living in extreme poverty.
and Serbia Members of ATD Fourth World, from Poland and the United Kingdom, who have
When ATD Fourth World in Honduras recently celebrated its 25th anniversary, it was not a celebration of projects run by (…) Read more →
living in extreme poverty who, despite desperate struggles to survive day to day, have
Some 35 young people attended a training course on peace, organized by the Rwandan association “Umuseke,” which means “dawn” in (…) Read more →
This training, from May 1-3, 2015, was one of many opportunities these youths have
Nicole Maucher and Johnny Ocean Address the United Nations, UN Photo/Kim Haughton On October 17, 2016 Nicole Maucher and Johnny (…) Read more →
I don’t have the funds right now to do the things I want to do with my kids, the
Concluding plenary session – ATD Quart Monde-UNESCO 26 January 2012 Good morning everyone, ladies, gentlemen, dear guests, researchers, academics and (…) Read more →
I would like to thank you all for the efforts you have made during the past three
This article is excerpted from Volume 2 of Artisans of Peace Overcoming Poverty. Thousands of families in the Metro-Manila area (…) Read more →
with no passers-by, in many families, one bread-winner must return to Manila to have
ATD activists from Burkina Faso say that identity papers are critical to living in dignity. Sadly, too many people in poverty can’t get the documents they need.
Élise Kabré described what happens when you don’t have these documents.
As a child, Asha Athumani failed her exams on purpose to save her family from shame. As an adult, she experienced discrimination when she sought to travel to a UN speaking engagement.
They have no chance to express themselves.
An Editorial by Isabelle Pypaert Perrin, originally published in “Revue Quart Monde,” Issue n°235 In Madagascar, where families were recovering (…) Read more →
Because I live in poverty, I have often been asked to give my grandchildren up for
