Unheard Voices
Unheard Voices added a video on Feb 28, 2014
I want to be heard
When Hurricane Katrina ripped through New Orleans, it ripped apart families and communities as well as the city itself. But through it all, the resilience of the people of New Orleans has been inspiring.
Unheard Voices added a video on Nov 22, 2013
Burkina Faso: To go to school, our stomachs were full of our parents' courage
This is very strong story to fight against extreme poverty with pride and dinigty. "If your stomach is empty, it's only your eyes that see you cannot hear but in spite of all that , we went to school. I personally know that we put...
Unheard Voices added a video on Nov 6, 2013
Geneva: When Poverty Is No Longer Hidden
"Dignity starts with being living in dignity, with a decent salary and having access to housing, food and having friends" "When you are poor you are discriminated" "How will the situation be in the future, if we don't
Unheard Voices added a video on Oct 30, 2013
Towards Sustainable Development that Leaves No One Behind
"Even in extreme poverty, a person has ideas. If these ideas aren't recognized, people fall even deeper into poverty" (participant in the Ouagadougou MDG seminar). To understand the successes and failures of the current MDG agenda, it...
Unheard Voices added a video on Oct 3, 2013
Participating we're losing the fear
"I'm going to talk to you about how important it is to have the poorest members of our society participate. For us, participation lets us escape our isolation, break the silence and bring an end to fear." That's h
Unheard Voices added a video on Aug 23, 2013
What is important is the relationship
 Here is the portrait of a man who faced with the difficult life, uprooting, leaving his village and the harsh life of poverty in the city. Step by step Jean Diene fought, first for himself, then for others. In the suburbs of Dakar he...
Unheard Voices added a video on Aug 8, 2013
Montreal, a law measured with people living extreme poverty
This is an original experience in Quebec. A law passed in order to fight against poverty is measured and monitored with people who are living this situation in an oficial setting.
Unheard Voices added a video on Jun 28, 2013
when you are listening to the voices of people in poverty...
Donald Lee and Emma Speaks come from very different backgrounds. Donald is an experienced economist and advocate for social and economic development, and a strong supporter of the fight against extreme poverty. He was head of the Social...
Unheard Voices added a video on Jun 13, 2013
When I met Kofi Annan (UN)
Years of struggle had long honed Aling Tita's powerful sense of solidarity. Her neighbors rely on her in many ways. She often supports parents trying to enroll their children in school, or applying for administrative papers from the...
Unheard Voices added a video on Jun 5, 2013
Bolivia: Fighting for decent work
Goal 1 of the Millennium Development Goals : Reduce extreme poverty and hunger.
Unheard Voices added a video on Apr 25, 2013
Our lives and efforts have an impact on others
The Youth Project in New York City aims to build the capacity of inner-city kids to advocate for themselves and their communities. We build on participant's confidence, creativity, and self-expression skills through creative workshops...
Unheard Voices added a video on Feb 26, 2013
Give People their Rightful Place
This film is set in Dakar and its suburbs. A few kilometers from the Social Forum 2011 which took place in the University, residents of a neighborhood affected by extreme poverty spend time and energy trying to improve their living...
Unheard Voices added a video on Feb 20, 2013
We can speak out, but will we be heard?
Mrs. Ratchanee Saychana, President of Sisaket Community Network, has been actively supporting community-leaders in many neighbourhoods, to establish credit unions, an obligatory condition in order to gain access to national...
Unheard Voices added a video on Feb 18, 2013
No development without the participation of everyone
Here is an example of a consultation led by ATD Fourth World in Brazil, with Brasil pela dignidade, Verdejar and Raizes en Movimento. A group in Petropolis welcomes mums and young people, from the street library in order to work on...
Unheard Voices added a video on Feb 13, 2013
I'm Emma
Emma lives in El Alto, above La Paz, the capital of Bolivia. She is very committed to her community and is actively involved in establishing links and meeting with others who are very poor and who struggle to keep their heads above...
Unheard Voices added a video on Feb 8, 2013
Evaluation by those who live in poverty (Manila)
Millenium Development Goals (MDGs): 2015 is the deadline by which members of the United Nations agreed to evaluate their efforts - to halve the proportion of people living on less than 1$ a day; to ensure education for all; to...