Switzerland

October 17 in Geneva
In order to give added visibility to October 17 - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, the October 17 Team (Amnesty International United Geneva, ATD Fourth World, Codap and Mesemrom) organized a meeting at the Paquis Baths, a highly symbolic venue because it is the most popular meeting place in the city, in order to let people living in extreme poverty have their say.Overall Strategy for Fighting Poverty and Social Exclusion: a Major Breakthrough and Improvement Strategy with People Living in This Situation
Press Release from March 31, 2010
Today the Conseil federal has made public its overall strategy to fight poverty. For those who are poor, this is a major breakthrough. Since 2003, ATD Quart Monde has been calling for such a strategy to be developed with their active participation.A National Centre is Reborn
The official re-opening of the renovated Fourth World House at Treyvaux
The farm, situated in the village of Treyvaux in the Swiss canton of Fribourg, was already more than one hundred years old when it was first visited in 1967 by two members of the ATD Fourth World Volunteer Corps. They were looking to buy a (…)On the Web
ATD Quart Monde Suisse / ATD Vierte Welt Schweiz
http://www.quart-monde.ch/




