When people in poverty are stigmatised and “othered” by harsh stereotypes, how can they raise awareness about this social discrimination?
The media don’t have the right to criticise someone who isn’t as well off or as well
In 2017 ATD Fourth World invited people around the world to document real-life “Stories of Change” starting from situations of (…) Read more →
tensions at home, and tired from their week at school, where some of them constantly have
Lack of resources: monetary, material and social is the most visible dimension of poverty. From the The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty report.
“We have no choice, we have to do the work that others don’t want to do.
Orleans Parish Prison Photo: Richard Ross On October 17 in New Orleans, Jaquin Thomas, age 15, apparently committed suicide in his cell (…) Read more →
Like Jaquin, the vast majority of people in the Orleans Parish Prison have not been
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How many have any kind of job training?
Maryori Vasquez Delgado is an ATD Fourth World member who runs a street library in Peru. Below she talks about her experience.
I have a 1980s Volkswagen, and I realized it could be a useful part of the project
Cati, an educational assistant in one of the Alternative Education Clubs of the Policy Centre for Roma and Minorities in Bucharest, explains how her struggle for education for all is rooted in her own history.
But the pay wasn’t very good with these jobs because I didn’t have the certificates
In a neglected suburb of Dakar, a community comes together to ensure everyone has dignified housing.
protective barriers with sand or rubble to keep their feet dry after the rains have
In Ireland, social work students learn from ATD Community Activists. One student said, “It made me evaluate what kind of social worker I want to be.”
I don’t have much of a voice myself.
ATD takes part in conference at the Sorbonne in Paris, France.
For the last two years a group of professors at the Sorbonne University in Paris have
