Isabelle Pypaert Perrin
Isabelle Pypaert Perrin - Director General ATD Fourth World
Isabelle Pypaert Perrin joined ATD Fourth World’s Volunteer Corps in 1981 and has since worked in many different countries in addition to her native Belgium. She has helped build ATD Fourth World in a number of different cultural contexts in Europe, Central America, the Caribbean, and Asia.
Particularly formative for Isabelle was the opportunity to be in ATD founder Joseph Wresinski‘s secretariat for several years. Through her work with him, she saw how ATD’s people-centred work grows, person by person. Isabelle first joined the International Leadership Team in 2008, alongside Eugen Brand (Director General) and Diana Skelton. She took on the role of Director General in 2012, in partnership with team members Jacqueline Plaisir, Diana Skelton, and Jean Toussaint.
Articles by Isabelle Pypaert Perrin
Never Dismiss Young People
Photo above: Dole, France, 2021 © ATD Fourth World By Isabelle Pypaert Perrin, Director General ATD Fourth World Kevin is (…) Read more
Grown-up Support Needed for Children’s Visionary Ideas
Drawing above: Being Together, 1994, The Netherlands © Wim Oostdam et Annelis Wuillemin / ATD Fourth World / CJW-AR1000101276_08 Statement (…) Read more
Support Children in Poverty Struggling to Learn during COVID-19
Photo above: Story Garden, Gallup Market, New Mexico, USA, 2019 © ATD Fourth World “There is no alternative: either we (…) Read more