Latin America and Carribean
ATD Fourth World established itself in Guatemala in 1979. We then developed our activities in the region with teams of permanent volunteers in Bolivia, Haiti, Mexico, and Peru. We also have groups of friends and allies in Brazil, Guadeloupe (an overseas département of France), Honduras and El Salvador.
In all these countries we have established projects to promote access to knowledge, culture and education, so that children and parents living in extreme poverty can have the experience of learning and of developing constructive relationships with schools.
The “Fourth World Committees” in Haiti, Tapori children’s meetings in Bolivia, the Uyarinakusunchis People’s Universities in Peru, and the celebration in all countries of the World Day to Overcome Extreme Poverty – all of these activities open up spaces where people living in poverty can share their experiences and ideas, both with each other and with their supporters.
This in turn gives rise to opportunities for meetings and dialogues with academics, professionals working in relevant sectors, government officials and political leaders, on both the national and international level.
All teams in the region are able to offer internships to young people who want to get involved in the fight against extreme poverty. Many of these interns have gone on to join our teams of permanent volunteers.
The administration of the Tapori Network for the Spanish-speaking world is based in Boliva.
My way to the Fourth World Volunteer Corps
Yvenson, a Young Delegate From Haiti
On October17, 2010, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, delegates from Cameroon, Canada, Haiti, Honduras, and USA gathered in Washington, DC to bring ideas about how to fight poverty. Twelve Haitians who had lived through the earthquake in January 2010 contributed their ideas. They told what it means to fight poverty in a country suffering from natural disasters and persistent poverty. They spoke with other delegates, sang, danced, and painted.
The hidden side of Haiti’s emergency assistance
May 2011
Emergency assistance was of course greatly needed in Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake. Looking back over the past year however, we can now assess the impact of this international aid including its unintended negative effects.Other files
Since 1987 we have been active in Guatemala City, and since 2002 also in Escuintia. It is mainly in these two places that our activities continue today.
