A new Street Library in Spain starts in two troubled neighbourhoods near Madrid, started by ATD Fourth World Spain.
Institutional and social neglect have left the residential buildings without proper
Adapted from a speech at the fifty-sixth Session of the Commission for Social Development at the United Nations in New York: side-event. Social protection floors as key tools for eradicating poverty: Best practices and strategies for the future.
Also by participating in this project as stakeholders, they have the opportunity
Meeting at the UN highlights importance of coordinating programs for children and other social supports for families in poverty.
Improved coordination between social supports and child protection systems can have
This article is imported from our 2017 Stop Poverty Campaign web site. While truly appreciating the final impact of the (…) Read more →
While the Stop Poverty campaign may have come to a close, the real work of fighting
On 14 June 2016, ATD Fourth World succeeded at adding social conditions to anti-discrimination law. From now on, the law (…) Read more →
were refused access to school cafeterias on the grounds that their parents should have
Lack of resources: monetary, material and social is the most visible dimension of poverty. From the The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty report.
“We have no choice, we have to do the work that others don’t want to do.
Shirley and Alexander are friends of ATD Fourth World in Mayotte, a small island in the Indian Ocean. In the (…) Read more →
He suggests other ways to support the family so the children do not have to be placed
When people in poverty are stigmatised and “othered” by harsh stereotypes, how can they raise awareness about this social discrimination?
The media don’t have the right to criticise someone who isn’t as well off or as well
In 2017 ATD Fourth World invited people around the world to document real-life “Stories of Change” starting from situations of (…) Read more →
tensions at home, and tired from their week at school, where some of them constantly have
By Isabelle Pypaert Perrin In February, Isabelle Pypaert Perrin, Director General of ATD Fourth World, launched the global campaign “STOP (…) Read more →
They recognize that they have both good ideas and determination, and they want to
