It has been over 60 years since the United Nations General Assembly adopted Universal Children’s Day to promote worldwide an awareness of the importance of improving children’s lives.
But certain conditions have to be met for them to be able to enjoy their right to
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How many have any kind of job training?
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.
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
It is possible to change an economy that wastes resources, destroys the planet, and exploits people into a more human economy?
However, people who live in poverty frequently have job-related expertise that goes
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
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
Recap of ATD Fourth World Europe’s webinar – Building an Inclusive Europe: Combating Socioeconomic Discrimination
shame society inflicts onto people living in poverty are constant and enduring and have
Summary of October 17, 2023 in the Philippines. October 17 is International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
Moreover, the program aims to build confidence in children who have major difficulties
