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
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.
Suddenly, a man who was recently evicted explains with emotion that his family is
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
Jacqueline Plaisir, Deputy Director of ATD Fourth World, was a member of the team in Haiti at the moment of (…) Read more →
to connect with one another to free ourselves for good of vain notion of “every man
A couple who experienced homelessness courageously share with others what the 17 October Commemorative Stone means to them.
That day he was another 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
Is a universal basic income a means to ending extreme poverty?
As one man in the People’s University explained: “During the summer holidays, my
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
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
Free PDF download of ATD Fourth World’s multi-voiced publication, „Not Meant to Live like This: Weathering the storm of our lives in New Orleans“
Still Weathering the Storm Posted on 28 August 2015 Natural and man-made
