Editorials and prefaces

Work That Procures Honour

Even the most disparaged jobs can give those who do them a sense of purpose and dignity in the eyes (…) Read more →

I want to speak to you about an abused people; abused because they are on the margins of where rights (…) Read more →

It was 1959. I had been in the Noisy-le-Grand camp for over two years. I was tired; my nights were (…) Read more →

Making the poor work at any job, whatever it may be, so long as they are useful, has always been (…) Read more →

Health represents a real dread for people in extreme poverty. This constant anxiety comes from them having no control over (…) Read more →

Published as an editorial in the Revue Igloos, No. 44, January-February 1969, this text was announced as a “reflection on (…) Read more →

Time is pressing
It is time to understand that there is no celebration that is not a celebration for all.
It is (…) Read more →

Few children have known such an early, diverse, and formative experience of life as those living in poverty. At an (…) Read more →

The ultimate goal of human rights is the protection of human dignity.
It follows that implementing these rights will lead to (…) Read more →

You see the families who live in slums. You try to understand them, to perceive their reactions to your fraternal (…) Read more →