Health: A real dread for people living in extreme poverty
Health represents a real dread for people in extreme poverty. This constant anxiety comes from them having no control over (…) Read more
The Knowledge of People in Poverty
Online documentation portal By opening its documentation portal to the general public, the Joseph Wresinski Archives and Research Centre is (…) Read more
The Goldfinch
One event from my childhood left profound repercussions in my life. It happened at a time when horrible poverty had (…) Read more
Restoring their history to the poorest
The history of the poorest people is relayed to others only when they feature in the lives of the non-poor: (…) Read more
Keeping alive the hopes of humanity
When I arrived in the camp in Noisy-le-Grand, I encountered families facing defeat, families with the words ‘suffering’ and ‘misery’ (…) Read more
Ho hafa ny rahampitso…
Ahoana ny fomba hilazana aminareo ny fitaintainan’ireny fianakaviana ireny amin’ny fotoanan’ny ririnina rehefa tapahin’ny fitondrana ny jiro sy ny gazy, (…) Read more
A profound love for humanity
Published as an editorial in the Revue Igloos, No. 44, January-February 1969, this text was announced as a “reflection on (…) Read more
Toran’ny hehy ny fahantrana
Noho izy miankina amin’ny olon-dehibe sy ny tontolo iainany, dia mahantra daholo ny ankizy rehetra eran-tany. Na zanaky ny mpanana (…) Read more
Time is pressing …
Time is pressing It is time to understand that there is no celebration that is not a celebration for all. (…) Read more
A State of Emergency for Children
Since the end of the 1970s, and in particular during the Year of the Child in 1979, the (ATD) Fourth (…) Read more