Dear friends of the Forum on Overcoming Extreme Poverty,
We are planning to update our website "www.overcomingpoverty.org" and would like to ask you to help us do this.
Its creation in 2011 has proved to be a great step forward in providing a public space that brings alive some of the many initiatives to overcome extreme poverty in the...
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“I’m lucky to have a mum who works hard for me and my brothers and sisters. My mum wants to stop using the food bank. Every child deserves to have a home, food and a proper bed to sleep in. Some children don’t have a family to love them, to cuddle them when they’re sad. I have all of that. Let’s pray for all the...
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An international workshop was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in early September 2019. This workshop was the result of several years of ATD Fourth World Movement’s presence and work in the southeast of Europe as part of a process of mutual understanding with people and groups fighting against poverty. This meeting also was built on...
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To read the testimonies that were shared on October 17 in Dublin, click here.
Here is one testimony
My name is Monika. I am happy to talk today.
Today I would like to talk about my experience within the homeless crisis in Ireland.
One day 4 years ago we got a letter saying that our apartment was being put up for sale and we have30 days to move...
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May 2019 - The consultation is now finished.
We have received 74 contributions from 34 countries, which have enriched the two proposals below. The contributions were presented to the United Nations...
