In the heart of parents who live every day in conditions of exclusion and severe poverty, lies the hope for a world where each person has their place.
To create a future where suffering and constant deprivation will no longer exist, they devote themselves body and soul to their children's education, to make sure they do not abandon their...
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Dear Friends,
We are happy to bring to you another Letter to Friends Around the World - this one specially devoted to 17 October.
It contains a poster and extracts from a selection of testimonies and
messages posted on the website overcomingpoverty.org. This website provides a way for us to publicly share our commitments and our experiences....
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The work conducted by the ATD Fourth World Movement on five continents to evaluate the impact of the Millennium goals confirms that “anti-poverty policies not thought out with the poorest only very rarely have any impact on them, and too often turn against them”.
On the other hand, if we are capable of creating the conditions to...
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The families directly hit by typhoon Haïyan, who are desperately searching for their loved ones and supporting each other in the struggle to resist giving up, remind us of all those whose lives are ceaselessly devastated and yet never lose hope.
Only recently I met some families in the Paris area who are worried because they are going to have to...
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Dear Friends,
In this special edition for 17 October of Letter to Friends Around the World, we
will be sharing with you experiences from Forum correspondents about how they
celebrated the World Day in 2012.
The important thing isn't to organise big events, even if several did take place in
different countries last year. What's more...
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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...