Understanding Poverty
From a Dark Place to Paradise
Above at right: Zakia Mohamedi In May 2021, members of ATD from 11 European countries connected via Zoom for a (…) Read more
‘Mundane adherence’ to Covid rules: ‘You split yourself in two’
Photo from a video by Anjali Gupta In January 2021, BBC journalist Justin Webb spoke about the self-defeating cycle where (…) Read more
Unity Is Strength with Poverty2Solutions
On the face of it, Patricia Bailey, Ruth Patrick and Dan Farley don’t have much in common. One works at (…) Read more
Addressing Poverty with Lived Experience: Artur & Aida’s Story
– Photo by Karen A. Hart In July 2020, SoundDelivery: Harnessing the Power of Digital Storytelling featured a blog post (…) Read more
Words That Hurt, Discrimination, and Stigmatisation: A Conversation About Black Lives Matter
As the Black Lives Matter protests continue, the ATD Fourth World community keeps engaging in conversations about racism, extremism, vandalism, (…) Read more
Racism, Poverty and Human Rights
Above, Amina D. Weston (left) and Amina M. Weston (right) display their posters: “Black Lives Matter”, “We Are Human”, “End (…) Read more
Digital Exclusion: Feeling Anxious, Under Pressure, and Bored
Artwork by Dan Healey This is part of a series of blogs about how people in poverty experience the digital (…) Read more
The Disconnect: Swallowing Pride and Feeling Locked Out
Artwork by Dan Healey People in poverty have always had an uphill batter to access the internet. Now that social (…) Read more