Tatiane Soares decided not to live off leftovers anymore. Determined to stand up to poverty, small gestures of kindness can be very powerful.
For example, Tatiane remembers a man who sold roast chickens.
A few months after the earthquake in Haiti Jane Birkin visited and left a lasting impression.
She accompanied a young man, Jean David, now a member of the Volunteer Corps, all
The December, 2016 Plenary Session of the European Fourth World People’s University took place at the European Economic and Social (…) Read more →
A man from the Netherlands felt a kind of violence in not being recognized by others
ATD Fourth World seminar gathers families across Latin America to support one another.
‘I have this piece of paper,’ an elderly man told me, showing me a very old birth
Liebe Freundinnen, liebe Freunde, Wir hoffen, dass Sie noch immer voller Mut und Hoffnung sind. Wir sind noch weit davon (…) Read more →
Wie soll man sich häufig die Hände waschen, wenn kein fließendes Wasser zur Verfügung
In a large shed, a board on the wall bears this cryptic message “Let people who think they don’t know (…) Read more →
A man facing the same hardship added: “If you live in the city, your heart hardens
In the 1980’s, ATD began work in Burkina Faso, but not with a project or specific goal. The first step was getting to know children who lived in the street.
There was Luc, a civil servant, and Jean, a young man working for an art dealer who
Dr. Gill Main and Silvia Pérez on violence against women and girls and the implications with human rights abuses & good practices.
child’s main carer), rather than to a notional ‘head of household’ who is usually a man
Fab Fabros is an ATD Volunteer Corps Member in the Philippines. She works in Manila where impoverished families live in the North Cemetery.
Soon after the Forum, she was thrilled that a new man who had been there joined another
Despite efforts to promote women’s fundamental rights, there remains a gap between theory and practice regarding women’s access to rights.
women are forbidden from speaking in front of men, especially from contradicting a man
