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On Saturday the 20th May, ATD activist and volunteers will join volunteers from Afri in the Famine Walk 2017 “From Hunger and War…to a Home and a Welcome?”. 2017 is a special year for both ATD and Afri as it marks the 30th Anniversary of this famine walk and also the 30th Anniversary of the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty. For 30 years Afri has walked the famine road through the Doolough Valley in County Mayo. People from all over the country have walked this road over the last three decades, sharing their experiences with one another. This year’s…

At a time of global campaigning with the #StopPoverty Call to Action, 20 Company Members of ATD Ireland gathered on Saturday the 13th of May for the formal Annual General Meeting. The meeting took place in the very special context of the 60th anniversary of ATD’s inception and was an opportunity to  celebrate 60 years of activism & hope against poverty, a work that has its roots in the mobilisation of families  living in a slum on the outskirts of Paris, France in 1957. The AGM had a greater attendance in membership following an initiative of the Board. After the 2016…

"As this book has so many different stories I found it difficult to come up with a cover that would represent all of them at once. Instead of tackling each individual story I decided to base the cover around the stories main corresponding feature. All of the stories in this book were written by ordinary people who have a story to tell and this book enables them to do so. This is something that really inspired me and got me thinking. How each person we meet has a library inside of them, but too often we shy away from sharing it…

Join All Together in Dignity Ireland women volunteers along with nearly 40,000 other women in the biggest all-women's charity event in the world. Help us to collect sponsorship and support ATD in Manila and Dublin. For every €10 collected, €3 will fund our work in Ireland and €7 will be sent to the ATD team in the Phillipines. In July 2012, the ATD team in the Philippines launched its literacy programme Ang Galing in impoverished communities of Manila. Ang Galing are Street Libraries that supports children aged 6-14 to read and write. It builds up the self confidence of the children…

Discover how By Ann Marie Foley reported on the launch of ATD Irenland's project "When Voices Unite!" – originally published on www.catholicireland.net Choirs Unite in International Anti-Poverty Drive The ATD Ireland project will conclude on the 30th anniversary of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, 17th October 2017. The final singing event will be broadcast by radios worldwide as people from all backgrounds come together to sing and unite their voices against poverty and social exclusion. Voices united on the 11th April 2017 as members of choirs from Dublin and Strasbourg sang together. They were part of the Dublin…

ESC Rights Initiative Conference Making Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Meaningful Oak Room, Mansion House, Dawson St., Dublin 2 The Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Initiative (ESCRI) is a coalition of over 60 civil society organisations including ATD Ireland that support strengthening the protection of economic, social and cultural rights in the Irish Constitution. With the other members of the ESC Rights initiative, ATD  was very proud to organise  “Making Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Meaningful”  an event that brought together a range of stakeholders to discuss how enforceable ESC Rights such as housing and health would impact on individuals and…

“Whether he sings his love, pain, dreams or memory, the Human, between the lines, first sings for his thirst for dignity…  Whether in the Guatemala’s aldéas, as in Haïti’s dulls, or in African, Asian and European slums, everywhere I could hear families living in extreme poverty, singing for their dignity” Joseph Wresinski, 1987 To celebrate the dignity of people living in poverty, to mark the 30th anniversary of the UN Day for the Eradication of Poverty , a series of concerts will be organised by ATD Ireland. This project entitled "When Voices Unite: Breaking the Silence to Leave No One Behind"…

Video presented at the European 'Our Voices' meeting by ATD Ireland (video transcript) From Thursday 2nd of March to Monday 6th of March, 50 European citizens coming from Poland, Ireland and Spain met in the International Centre of ATD in France for a major meeting of the "OUR VOICES" project. The project is supported by the European Programme “Europe for Citizens”. This meeting came almost as the final stage in a 18 month-long project that has seen participants from the 3 countries meeting on a regular basis to discuss social issues in Europe and more specifically topics related to health, work…

Working Together to Transform the World On 1st March 2017, ATD Ireland was proud to take part in the official launch of Coalition2030 in the Mansion House in Dublin. The event was attended by leading civil society and political figures, with Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Denis Naughten TD,  Martin Fraser, Secretary General in the Department of the Taoiseach, Leader of the Green Party Eamon Ryan TD and Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Trade, Seán Crowe TD. Other speakers at the launch included Dóchas CEO Suzanne Keatinge, Sean Healy, Social Justice Ireland, Olive Towey, Concern Worldwide,…

Download the programme of events in Dublin here! With events on three continents, ATD will launch its global 'Stop Poverty' campaign on 12 February, 2017. Declaring that poverty is not inevitable, the campaign highlights people living in extreme poverty as full partners in efforts to overcome it. The year long campaign will emphasises that the world can put a stop to poverty if people in all areas of society work together with the intention of leaving no one behind. “Too often, the suffering people living in poverty face is used to instill fear, to call for walls to be built, and…