Here Where We Live: Wresinski, Poverty, and Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean was recently published in Mexico (…) Read more →
the book provides an excellent opportunity to learn more about this extraordinary man
For 15 years, the Dialogues in Humanity have been organised in Lyon by ATD Fourth World. Today they are held (…) Read more →
Public Assembly: “Human Rights are first and foremost about the right to be a man
The bursting of the real-estate bubble in 2009 created a paradox in Spain: while there was a large number of homes unfinished and unsold (3.5 million empty houses which was more than any other country in Europe), there were also just as many people homeless.
day of an eviction; sometimes we only know the very same morning.� Suddenly, a man
This book explores resilience of extended families and communities in central and western Africa and how African children strengthen communities.
It was well put by one man who as a child participated in the Courtyard of a Hundred
Photo above: Anastasiia Chepinska on Unsplash This article was originally published 28 April 2020 on the ATD Fourth World-USA site (…) Read more →
And a man who had just been given a private room at a shelter after he’d had roommate
In Burkina Faso, everyone has their roots in a village: whatever type of life they’re leading – in a city’s (…) Read more →
But a man recognized us and beckoned us to come.
The Volunteer Corps is a group of persons who work alongside and learn from people with an experience of extreme poverty.
Absence), inspired by her father’s story: “who died in circumstances of a poor man
On a beautiful sunny Saturday, over 150 people came together to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Frimhurst Family House in Surrey, England.
Martine shared the story of the first piece of cloth donated by a man from Burkina
Tatiane Soares decided not to live off leftovers anymore. Determined to stand up to poverty, small gestures of kindness can be very powerful.
For example, Tatiane remembers a man who sold roast chickens.
People on welfare are often stereotyped as people who are ‘happy’ to be idle, living off of the work of others. As Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, underlined in his statement at the end of his visit to the USA in December 2017, “I have been struck by the extent to which caricatured narratives about the purported innate differences between rich and poor have been sold to the electorate by some politicians and media, and have been allowed to define the debate. The rich are industrious, entrepreneurial, patriotic, and the drivers of economic success. The poor are wasters, losers, and scammers. As a result, money spent on welfare is money down the drain.”
A 23-year-old Swiss man, for example, who had spent much of his childhood in care
