Al-arm

Al-arm is a non-profit association based in Geel, Belgium working on poverty & hunger, housing & homelessness, education +3 more.

vzw Al-arm is an association in Geel, Belgium, where people with experience of poverty speak for themselves and give poverty a voice. The association aims to strengthen the participation and social position of people in poverty, to bring them out of social isolation and to increase their influence on policy and society. Its work includes dialogue and training activities, campaigns for fundamental rights, adequate minimum benefits and affordable housing, including the yearly World Day for Resistance against Poverty on 17 October, and projects such as BONGO on equal educational opportunities. It also runs Verwante Stemmen, a community choir open to people with and without experience of poverty. The association is recognised by the Flemish government and is financed by Flemish and local subsidies as well as donations and volunteers. It serves residents of Geel and the surrounding area.