Nonstop, we keep up the struggle! Haiti 5 years after the earthquake

This message, prepared by over 100 members of ATD Haiti, tells of the strength and resilience of communities in poverty after the 2010 earthquake. It’s a message of promises made and of real changes that have taken place. But also a message of international aid that didn’t reach everyone, and the daily struggles of people in extreme poverty working to participate and contribute to building a better future for their country. In the wake of the 2010 earthquake, people were forced to seek shelter with their neighbors and to accept help from people they didn’t know. Entire neighborhoods lost their homes…

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Creating Community and Rejecting Violence

After the tragedy that took place at the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, the International Movement All Together in Dignity (ATD) Fourth World shares the grief of the families and relatives of the victims. As with so many other acts of violence that occur daily in our world, this murderous attack against freedom of expression, which seeks to create fear and division, touches us all deeply. This reinforces our conviction that freedom of expression is an inestimable value for everyone. It must be reinforced also for those who are condemned to silence because of poverty and exclusion. More than ever we…

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2015, a real opportunity to reshape our priorities!

 The ATD volunteers and friends, the permanent volunteers' staff and the ATD Board would like to thank you for your friendship and your support in 2014 and wish you a Very Happy New Year! We are looking forward to coming together with all of you in 2015! In 2015,  a number of high level summits will formulate new approaches and new goals to #EndPoverty, protect the planet and limit the #ClimateChange. These events provide all of us with an opportunity to reshape our priorities, and to re-think our place in the world. will be a global movement to End Poverty, Inequalities…

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Drodzy przyjaciele… News from Poland for the Polonia

Razem budujemy Ruch ludzi zaangażowanych, dla których los drugiego człowieka nie jest obojętny. Bardzo nas cieszy, że nasze grono stale się powiększa i dołączają do nas nowe osoby. Przygotowaliśmy newsletter z wiadomościami o ATD z Polski i ze świata. Mamy nadzieję, że będzie to okazja do powspominania wspólnie spędzonych chwil oraz poznania naszych działań. Niech Nowy Rok przyniesie wiele zadowolenia z podejmowanych wyzwań!

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In 2015, let’s make every day, an #EndPoverty day!

Download the calendar "In 2015, let’s make every day, an #EndPoverty day!" here! This calendar has been prepared by ATD with the members of the  Irish 17 October Committee. It reports on two major events in 2014: the visit to Dublin in May of the International Committee for the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty and the annual UN Day 2014 observance throughout the country. More information on the work of the International Committee are available at www.overcomingpoverty.org. In 2015, a number of high level summits will formulate new approaches and new goals to #EndPoverty, protect the planet and limit…

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Communities can be strengthened by bringing people together

Bridging the Gap is a charity based in the Gorbals area of Glasgow with over 15 years  experience of working with people from different backgrounds and cultures. They want to support families, create inclusive communities and inspire young people. To give children the best possible start in life we support parents by providing places for their children to meet, play and learn. Our pre-baby and toddler groups are called Rowdy Rascals. We also offer free family communication courses. Bridging the Gap passionately believes that you can build and strengthen communities by bringing people together.  At our weekly drop-in called Big Thursdays,…

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European Parliament validates again the “Extreme Poverty and Human Rights” Intergroup

On Friday 11 Dec, the European Parliament's main political factions agreed on new intergroups for the current mandate (2014-2019). Intergroups have no legislative power, but are formed to promote exchange of views - on subjects as diverse as animal rights or youth - and are often used as a single point of contact by lobbyists. Among the 28 groups, the continutation of the Intergroup on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights was validated. This Intergroup - chaired between 2009 and 2014 by Sylvie Goulard (The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE - FR) - works to draw  policy makers' attention to the importance and urgency…

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Dear Santa, Water and Freedom, a Roof and Dignity, Bread and Roses…

To mark the 2014 Human Rights Day, ATD members will gather with social justice and human rights activists on the 10th December from 5pm to 5.20pm around the Human Rights and Poverty Stone near the Famine Statues and remember friends who died this year after a life living in chronic poverty and times of sleeping rough. At this commemoration, ATD will launch the project “Let's put Human Rights on our Christmas List”. From this December 2014 to March 2015, ATD volunteers and community groups from the North Inner City will look at how to implement at grass-root level the United Nation…

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ATD with 12 other Irish NGOs call on the Government to accept the Constitutional Convention’s recommendation to protect more rights in the Irish Constitution

On 23 February 2014, the Irish Constitutional Convention recommended to its Government, by an overwhelming majority of 85 per cent, that ESC rights be given enhanced protection in the Constitution. Eight months later the Government has yet to even respond to the Convention’s recommendation. ATD with the other members of  ESC Rights Initiative is calling on the Government to accept the recommendation of the Constitutional Convention to strengthen protection of ESC rights in Ireland and allow the Irish people to decide whether future Irish governments should be obliged to make decisions that prioritise the fundamental dignity of people living within the…

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How Can Humanitarian Aid Better Reach Those Who Most Need it?

On December 16 at 3pm Dublin time (10am NY time) ATD International will be hosting an online panel discussion about the humanitarian aid system and whether it fails to reach the most vulnerable. Participants include Liz Gibbons of Harvard University, Mike Delany of Oxfam USA, Dayna Brown of CDA Collaborative, Sean Healy of MSF UK, and Diana Skelton of ATD International. More information online here. Link to register here.

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