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Coming together on a road to peace
“So that no one will feel alone and powerless faced with extreme poverty, and so that no effort will be lost.” Joseph Wresinski

Is it possible to live in peace when others—nearby or thousands of miles away—endure social inequalities, family displacement and insecurity, disposing at best of the bare minimum for survival, with no means to break the vicious cycle of injustice and isolation? It is urgent to take a step towards people in extreme poverty and take on the challenge of living, working and learning together in order to build a world of solidarity where each person is respected and their dignity is recognized. These encounters can lead to peace in neighborhoods, villages and countries, and show us a road to the peace that people in poverty carry within themselves and that the world needs to learn about.

The challenge is to reinforce and give visibility to the growing group of people who, generation after generation, consider extreme poverty a scandal and work in the spirit of the declaration made on October 17th, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

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