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Ireland, Greece, Spain, Italy and Hungary were the EU member states where poverty and social exclusion increased the most during the economic crisis, according to the European Commission's Annual Review on employment and social developments in 2014 released on Thursday 16 January 2015. The high unemployment since 2008 had resulted in an increase in the number of households with no working family members, mainly, in Greece, Spain, Lithuania and Ireland. Ireland, with Spain and Greece had also the highest percentages of young adults who continue to live with their parents or have moved back into their parents' home due to financial…

  action/2015 is a global movement calling for pivotal change in 2015 for the future our people and the planet. Right now, few people realize that the year 2015 is a test of our human rights and values. The year ahead is a historic opportunity for us to come together as a global community to demand equality for all and ensure that every member of our family – now and future generations – are able to lead good and dignified lives enriched with opportunity. Find out more at: www.action2015.org

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…

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…

 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…

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!

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…

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,…

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…

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…