Working and Learning Together
Working and Learning Together projects are based on the idea that work isn’t everything, but that the sense of uselessness and lack of recognition that comes from not having work can destroy lives.
The market economy excludes more and more people every day — people who want to work, but who, for various reasons, no longer have the opportunity to contribute to their own development, to that of their family, or to that of society at large.
Women and Poverty: Statement to UN Commission on the Status of Women
The International Movement ATD Fourth World has once again highlighted the particular injustices faced by women living in poverty. Below (…) Read more
The Story of the One Hundred Trades Courtyard in Burkina Faso
Thirty years ago on 20 November 1989, the UN adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This landmark (…) Read more
A Sustainable Job That Also Sustains Life
In May 2019, ATD Fourth World highlighted the informal, often unrecognized, work of people living in poverty. Because these people (…) Read more