Our History
Important developments in our history
Started in an emergency housing camp in France in the 1950s, ATD Fourth World has transformed the struggle to end poverty by recognizing poverty as a violation of human rights.
“The families I met there, made me think of the poverty of my mother. The children could have been my brothers, my sister, or me, forty years earlier.” – Joseph Wresinski
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Key Moments in our History
In 1956, Joseph Wresinski, a Catholic priest, became the chaplain to 250 homeless families. They (...)
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Joseph Wresinski
While Joseph Wresinski (1917-1988) is not the first person to listen carefully to people living (...)
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Our Name
ATD Fourth World — it’s a name with a lot of history. To Joseph Wresinski, (...)