L’Arche and the Olympics volunteers
‘Go for it – you won’t experience this every day!’ That’s Elio’s advice to anyone thinking of following his example of volunteering.
Read moreL’Arche takes over UN news blog!
How many people with an intellectual disability get their voices heard on a world platform to actually shift forward the dial of human rights?
Read moreL’Arche turns the page at 60
A world class event ! This is what a small corner of Brittany in northern France has just witnessed
Read moreEmpowering young change-makers
Launched in February 2024, a ground-breaking self-advocacy project titled "TwidSA: Together With and Without Disability in Self-advocacy" is about to see youth workers with and without intellectual disabilities team up across four richly diverse cultures.
Read moreThree writers, three countries, and two ants
Over 100 countries participate each year in World Book Day on 23 April, the annual UNESCO celebration of reading and writing.
Read moreL’Arche gets behind Zero Waste Day 30 March
Thousands of tons! That is the answer to the question, ‘how many old books get buried in UK landfill sites each year?’ Which partly explains why L’Arche Brecon’s (UK) Rebound Books received another Sustainability Award
Read moreWho knows where a chance encounter might lead?
For Juana Isela Guerrero Puga, an intellectually disabled member of the L’Arche community in Querétaro, Mexico, the answer is... a new job, new colleagues, new horizons, and with it, a new self-confidence.
Read moreEdita: My life, my voice.
Edita Daugėlaitė’s inspirational story has set a legal precedent in her own country, Lithuania. It is not every day that a person with an intellectual disability wins the legal right to be treated as an adult.
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