Learn about the life of Joseph Wresinski, founder of ATD Fourth World.
He believed that every man or woman he met represented a chance for excluded families
In every country where we work, ATD Fourth World dreams of projects we’d love to implement to Support Children in Poverty.
Erick, a young Navajo man, runs the “Story Garden” in the center of the market.
Above: Andrew Kelly (left) with Mark Hogan This text is based on a speech given by Andrew Kelly at the (…) Read more →
Imagine all the lives you could save, because personally speaking when a man can’
By Isabelle Pypaert Perrin In February, Isabelle Pypaert Perrin, Director General of ATD Fourth World, launched the global campaign “STOP (…) Read more →
Joseph Wresinski was above all a man of meaningful relationships.
“Here in Angers, we have a special connection with ATD Fourth World. This is the city where Joseph Wresinski was (…) Read more →
ATD Fourth World, “it is not to celebrate the past, for Joseph Wresinski is not a man
Everybody has a right to be heard. Sometimes, though, you try to express yourself clearly, but the right words just won’t come out. To have a voice, you need to have the opportunity to meet other people who respect you.
said, “These expectations are created when we tell our children that a successful man
Orleans Parish Prison Photo: Richard Ross On October 17 in New Orleans, Jaquin Thomas, age 15, apparently committed suicide in his cell (…) Read more →
Another young man is one of many children whose future was stolen by the devastating
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
On June 8, 2014, Marco Aurelio Ugarte died peacefully in his home in Cusco, Peru. Founder of the Peruvian branch (…) Read more →
Founder of the Peruvian branch of ATD Fourth World, he was a sociable man of culture
Cati, an educational assistant in one of the Alternative Education Clubs of the Policy Centre for Roma and Minorities in Bucharest, explains how her struggle for education for all is rooted in her own history.
Parents tell me, “Now he is a man. He has to go to work”.
