Housing
All over the world, people in extreme poverty struggle for suitable housing. Whether it is in the Philippines, where people living under a bridge in the center of Manila have worked to build partnerships with city planners, or in New York City, where families in a homeless shelter try to create a community and a safe space for their children, ATD Fourth World teams all over the world consider housing close to the core of their work.
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