October 17 is the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty. It has been commemorated since 1987, when, at the call of Joseph Wresinski, thousands of people from all walks of life gathered on the Trocadero square in Paris to affirm: “Wherever men and women are...
Letter to Friends around the World 110
Ending Social and Institutional Maltreatment Sharing our experiences, our difficulties and our hopes for the future are at the heart of the purpose of the Forum on Overcoming Extreme Poverty and the public speaking events that will take place on the occasion of...
Everyone carries a message for the world
From powerlessness to empowerment
Special 17 October 2022
Learning from the involvement of others
This Letter to Friends Around the World 107 has real-life stories of commitment rooted in the life of people who resist poverty and exclusion daily. For example, Marielle's commitment in Haiti to support her parents and siblings through a farming project. Or the young...
A useful tool in the fight against extreme poverty
Letter 106 Our dialogue with 40 readers of the Letter to Friends Around the World about the Hidden Dimensions of Poverty Research has been most encouraging in this respect. It shows that the research output – nine dimensions of poverty and five modifying factors – is...
Special 17 October 2020
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