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
“We cannot build a Europe of human rights and peace without including those in poverty.” Isabelle Pypaert Perrin at People’s University in Brussels.
We have also shared knowledge and political proposals based on contributions from
Systems set up to support families often confuse poverty with neglect, ATD Fourth World UK activist explains.
Because the children are stuck at home, we have to spend much more money on food.
By adopting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights after the carnage of the second World War, the world’s nations proclaimed (…) Read more →
Without means, they continue to share what they have and to make room for people
In Democratic Republic of the Congo, ATD Fourth World youth group rushes to aid victims of the Nyiragongo volcano showing solidarity.
In addition to the volcano eruption, there have been earthquakes, power cuts, and
Stop this vicious circle: foster care in Switzerland means that some families lose their children to the state generation after generation.
Andréa Saffore is one of many parents in Switzerland who have had their children
This was how, in 1987, ATD Fourth World founder Joseph Wresinski invited singers to take part in the first World Day for Overcoming Poverty in Paris, a day that is now celebrated every year all over the world.
living in deep poverty, people held in slavery, in prison, and in forced labour have
Speech by Isabelle Pypaert Perrin for the UN DESA Online Webinar for the International Day of Families. What I will (…) Read more →
In the Central African Republic, young people have built “mobile washing places”
In France the “Zero Long-term Unemployment Zones” project is a path to employment for many.
Representing a wide range of social and cultural backgrounds, these individuals have
SDG #4 promotes life-long learning for all. ATD Fourth World knows this requires recognition and dialogue with parents for local knowledge and aspirations.
These objectives, known as Education for All (EFA), have shaped the education priorities
