In 1957, six European countries founded the “European Economic Community”. Thirty years later, in a June 1987 editorial, Joseph Wresinski (…) Read more →
His words could easily have been spoken today.
Answering the Call of October 17 to End Poverty: A Path Toward Peaceful and Inclusive Societies Message of Martine Le (…) Read more →
You have struggled against extreme poverty all your life.
A school headmaster in Tanzania: “This has motivated me to work after working hours to ensure that all children get (…) Read more →
I have learned the importance of the interview environment and process.
Martine LeCorre felt useless and guilty. Today, she urges others to recognize the strength people in poverty demonstrate every day.
We have been undermined by the measures that are supposed to help us.
Above: Andrew Kelly (left) with Mark Hogan This text is based on a speech given by Andrew Kelly at the (…) Read more →
I still have a voice and I intend to use it.
This past week saw the death of one of the men who lived in the homeless shelter of Port Louis, (…) Read more →
This word ‘exclusion’ should never have been brought into existence.
ATD members in Latin America talk about solidarity in their neighbourhoods during the COVID-19 pandemic.
We have to do something so that others don’t experience it as well, because it’s
This article is imported from our 2017 Stop Poverty Campaign web site. In July’s humid heat of Dakar, a group (…) Read more →
We all have the same aim in life even if we take different paths to get there.
Martine Le Corre’s book My People Are My Strength (Les Miens sont ma force) , published by ATD Fourth World came out at the end of 2023.
Since then I have of course, caught up.
Children from Madrid speak at the UN about poverty and family.
Alma: We think that all children need to have a family who supports them and to have
