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
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
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
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
ATD Fourth World invites you to participate in Festivals of Learning taking place this summer in countries around the world. (…) Read more →
14 July: five neighbourhoods; Roubaix 18-22 July Saint Nazaire: 23-25 August Le Mans
«Um livros é uma coisa mágica» Durante o Outono de 2007, surgiu o projeto de lançar as bibliotecas de rua (…) Read more →
para lá chegarmos, damo-nos conta do isolamento das famílias que vivem naquele “no man
In 2017, ATD Fourth World invited people around the world to document real-life “Stories of Change”. These stories are about (…) Read more →
He was off the streets, but had we really taken into account this man’s needs?”
