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I n t e r n a t i o n a l M o v e m e n t AT D F o u r t h W o r l d
107, avenue du Général Leclerc - 95480 Pierrelaye - France NOVEMBER 2011 – No.
78
LetteR tO fRienDS
aROunD the WORLD
forum on Overcoming extreme Poverty
New walls have been going...
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I n t e r n a t i o n a l M o v e m e n t AT D F o u r t h W o r l d
107, avenue du Général Leclerc - 95480 Pierrelaye - France NOVEMBER 2011 – No.
78
LetteR tO fRienDS
aROunD the WORLD
forum on Overcoming extreme Poverty
New walls have been going up around the world.
Some are
cement walls that make it almost impossible for people to
circulate and to get to know one another.
Elsewhere, we see
neighborhoods putting up metal gates to prevent camping
by people who have nowhere else to go.
Intended to make
life safer for some people, these walls condemn others to
insecurity and suffocate them.
They make it impossible for
people to develop the mutual respect needed in order to
work toward solutions together.
Everyone misses out on the
community that might have been.
And yet, faced with these formidable obstacles, sometimes
taking great risks, there are women, men, youths and
children who find breaches in the walls.
They open doors,
they invite others to
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