Writings
Not all suffering corresponds to extreme poverty
(…) Not all suffering corresponds to extreme poverty, far from it! Suffering is part of the human condition, it can (…) Read more
Loving so as to understand, understanding so as to love.
You see the families who live in slums. You try to understand them, to perceive their reactions to your fraternal (…) Read more
The poorest, partners in the future of our world
I am thinking of the families uprooted from their villages
in the southern Sahara. Extreme poverty has forced
them to take to (…) Read more
When Children Smile
“Go ahead, smile!”
my mother would whisper to me,
whenever she was anxious herself,
having to face intimidating or worrisome people.
In moments of (…) Read more
Resist creaming off, stay in touch with our roots
One thing young people from the Fourth World need to know is that they belong to a group that has (…) Read more
Christmas, when the ‘last’ are first to share the good tidings
To better understand the amazement, the fear and the hope that the angel’s visit brought to the shepherds, we need (…) Read more
What do children experience when their families are trapped in poverty?
[…] What becomes of children in this marginalised world? How do they experience living in poverty? In a recent book, (…) Read more
Exposed to arbitrary intervention and humiliation
During the early 1960s, my companions and I had the impression of being so isolated that I wanted to verify (…) Read more
Founded on an act of faith
The ATD Fourth World movement was founded on an act of faith. Its creators believe that human beings find within (…) Read more
A Europe Commited to Freeing People from Poverty
People write and speak of more than 10 million people trapped in extreme poverty in Europe.
Behind this figure you and (…) Read more