The fair-trade cooperative, Miasa Mianatra Miaraka (Working and Learning Together), has 26 Malagasy artisans employed in weaving, sewing, embroidery, carpentry, (…) Read more →
These six men and twenty women have all lived in extreme poverty.
Throughout Europe, ATD Fourth World works with young people living in conditions of poverty. What are effective ways to involve (…) Read more →
s important to go to the same place regularly, seminar attendees agreed, and to have
ATD’s founder, Joseph Wresinski devoted his life to showing how people in poverty are more than their problems and defenders of human rights.
“How many times have I met men who no longer dare to present themselves at the employment
A story of a young boy in one of our Street Libraries in Bangui shows the way that ordinary people (…) Read more →
Library is a reference point for everyone in the camp, where over 100,000 people have
ATD Activists’ strength in the face of Hurricane Katrina can inspire us today.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the first time they have paid heavily.
“Acting together to achieve social and environmental justice for all” This is the United Nations theme for October 17, 2020, (…) Read more →
In 2020 a collective awareness is growing: we share the Earth and we all have to
ATD Fourth World is rooted in the affirmation of the equal dignity of all human beings and stands against racism in all its forms.
For so many years, voices from the ATD community have been sharing their anger at
ATD Fourth World broadened my vision of the world: Diana Todorova talks about the year she spent as a Volunteer Corps member in Bulgaria.
What have you learned?
A story about a humble office cleaner standing up to his boss inspires an artist in Ireland.
By Long Weng (Ireland) This one came from my heart I have done many sculptures in
This is a letter from ATD’s International Leadership Team. During the recent election campaign in the United States, harsh words (…) Read more →
expressing their anger, frustrations, fears, and their rejection of politicians who have
