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In Democratic Republic of Congo, a neighbourhood outcast, once called a sorcerer, becomes a respected leader in the community.
Supportive Families began with the idea that “someone who’s poor is a friend of someone else
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be recognized as “rights holders” — people who have the same rights as everyone else
Ending the humiliation and exclusion experienced by people in poverty was the theme for this year’s UN World Day for (…) Read more →
dance group, the chief of Sakoula, the musicians, puppeteers, speakers and everyone else
A man in Democratic Republic of Congo needed some help. To his surprise, he found himself rebuilding another family’s house.
Or else, we have to cover the children with bags while they sleep because the iron
“Committing your time, that is the real commitment” I am both a seamstress and a teacher at a pre-school. There (…) Read more →
family, or even myself, might be in his situation one day, and I would want someone else
Social and Institutional Maltreatment is the theme of October 17, 2024 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
He feels a deep sense of injustice in not being treated the same as everyone else
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trains and are not respected by others even though they are the same as everyone else
Carine Parent on what it means to be an ATD Volunteer Corps member.
If I don’t do this, who else will?’”
When people in poverty are stigmatised and “othered” by harsh stereotypes, how can they raise awareness about this social discrimination?
After all, they are human beings just the same as anybody else.
In this video story, Mary Rabagliati discovers new forms of poverty and exclusion as ATD explores work in Africa.
adults must work such long hours that they have very little energy left for anything else
