MATI is an NGO that has been working in the north of Bangladesh since 1997. Their aim is to combine the human forces of energy and love in the universal fight against poverty and for a life in dignity for all human beings. Here's news about their opening of a youth centre.
Development begins at your own front door. It has been a long-standing...
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The Real Pearl Foundation is a non-profit civil organisation in Hungary whose primary focus is art education and talent development where they support socially disadvantaged Roma and non-Roma children. They are also heavily involved in family community development programmes.
We are operating in one of the most disadvantaged regions of the...
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During her PhD in Cultural Anthropology at Princeton University, Nadezhda S-G., from Bulgaria examined community development in poor areas employing the arts but she soon she discovered that what actually unites people most is food, and in particular bread as a universal symbol of peace. She founded the Bread Houses Network in 2009.
In 2008, when...
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Dr. Celia P.V., a physician in a small town hospital in Uruguay, came to know children who were especially disadvantaged and rejected. Outside working hours, and with little means, she reached out to them. In the following testimony, she describes how her commitment towards these children started and how hope grew from that special...
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I have been in charge of a mental health centre for four years and such I would like to let you know about Mrs. Juana.
Some of the Fourth World Movement volunteers in Peru already knew her and her son Miguel when they used to spend the night on the streets in the Marischal neighbourhood. The local children still remember that Miguel used to...
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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...
