“Tons of clothes were unloaded, but we needed help to get our children to school” People living in extreme poverty (…) Read more →
we would be given a place where we could lead a better life – but we didn’t even have
“ATD is really helping people,” says Fourth World Activist Stacy White.
What have you done with ATD Fourth World?
How a weekly children’s program at a flea market in rural New Mexico changed life for many in the community.
Many of these families are low-income and have little access to educational programs
From taking part in a grassroots project, to fundraising, to being a „digital ambassador“ on social media, you can get in STEP with ATD Fourth World.
You don’t have to have a college degree to serve.
Learning to read was the beginning of hope. In Tanzania, a small literacy class brings about big changes.
Sometimes I even have to carry my bucket and the food I sell with me.
This article by ATD Activist in Canada, Frédéric Mailhot-Houde is inspired by Take Justice To Heart, a speech by ATD founder Joseph Wresinski.
Often through living conditions that are unjust, unsustainable and over which we have
ATD Fourth World’s Social Philosophy Conference took place from December 9-10, 2022 at Paris Cité University.
of education and not everyone has an experience of extreme poverty, but we all have
“I really wondered if it would be possible for an older person like me to learn… but now I can (…) Read more →
a Privilege Basic literacy is not a privilege but a right that everyone should have
In Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, video clubs present a temptation to children and young people. Parents and children alike discussed their (…) Read more →
attended the meeting and also expressed concern about the influence video clubs can have
This article is imported from our 2017 Stop Poverty Campaign web site. Tribune Emmaüs International and ATD Fourth World With (…) Read more →
For some years now, we have witnessed a dangerous reversal of the values that are
