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Newsletter April 2012

During ATD Fourth World’s April workshop, “Working Together as Equal Partners”, we will bring together people living in extreme poverty and people working in positions of authority to share their views and experiences. The workshop will be inspired by the words of the founder of ATD Fourth World, Joseph Wresinski, and first president of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, who shared very interesting and common thoughts on poverty…

Newsletter February 2012

Some weeks ago, it was the start of a new school year, an enjoyable time for most children, happy to become pupils or to meet again their schoolmates. However, for some children, the start of a new school year is a tough time: impossible registration in Standard 1, the distance of secondary schools, difficulties for paying what is requested by the school…

Newsletter Dicember 2011

Salehe, Tanzanian member of the Fourth World Volunteer Corps, has been asked to join a team in the United States. After his testimony, we will explain what is the Volunteer Corps.
"The tears of a poor person here in Tanzania and the tears of a poor person from the United Kingdom or the United State are just the same…"

Newsletter September 2011

A community workshop means a day in which all the members of the community are invited to participate : all the members means not only the most dynamic and the most skilled, all the members means also those usually excluded, the handicapped people, those who are not recognised by the community as being part of it… This is not easy to do…

Newsletter June 2011

Today we share several stories showing that, everywhere in the world, people are committed to a fairer and more caring world. It would be possible to tell only stories from Tanzania, because many Tanzanians are involved in the fight against extreme poverty. However, it is also encouraging to discover how great is the commitment of others, both those experiencing the worst destitution and those joining this struggle alongside them.

Newsletter March 2011

Being an ATD member… (…) I have also learnt to be a good observer, to be attentive to the most disadvantaged of my fellows, of my neighbours. As a member of ATD I have been encouraged to involve myself…
 
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Wherever men and women are condemned to live in extreme poverty, human rights are violated.
To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is our solemn duty.

Joseph Wresinski