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The first place to attack the problem of adult illiteracy is in school. In the future if it is possible for all children to achieve the most basic level of education, learning how to read and write, adult illiteracy will be a thing of the past. But until that day comes, what initiatives can the people of Tanzania take to overcome the problem of adult illiteracy?

People’s University New York: Knowledge, Experience and Action In Overcoming Extreme Poverty

‘What really struck me in the People’s University was hearing from young people about their experiences. It made me want to get to know them better and share my knowledge and skills with them. I knew that I would learn a lot from them’
These words came from Alana Jiwa, a supporter of the Fourth World Movement in New York who took part in the first People’s University session in June 2011. The People’s University opened Alana’s horizons to young people (…)

Swiss Federal Council asks for forgiveness from victims of coercion meant to be forms of assistance

Bern, April 11, 2013

In the ceremony that was held on Thursday in Bern, hundreds of former children who were forcedly taken away from their parents and other victims of coercion meant to be assistance, commemorated, in the presence of government members, Churches, the Swiss Union of Farmers and social institutions, a dark moment in the history of Switzerland. Simonetta Sommaruga, the federal councilor minister of justice, asked for forgiveness, in the name of the Federal Council Swiss Government, for the immense suffering inflected upon victims of coercion measures. Mrs. Sommaruga declared that the commemoration ceremony would be the departure point for vast historical work on this trying time in Switzerland’s history.

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Latin America and Carribean ATD Fourth World established itself in Guatemala in 1979. We then developed our activities in the region with teams of permanent volunteers in Bolivia, Haiti, Mexico, and Peru. We also have groups of friends and allies in Brazil, Guadeloupe (an overseas département of France), Honduras and El Salvador.

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