Manuel Heredia gets up every day at 5 in the morning to go to work. He washes his face and teeth, ties up his hair, takes the train, and at 6:20 am he enters the company door. Eight hours later, he showers and does the journey in reverse. Until the next day. It's the same routine for so many workers, but Heredia's particularity is that he lives on the street, an exceptionality that is becoming increasingly normalized, social entities warn. The FOESSA report from Cáritas estimates that in Catalonia 1.4 million workers are poor.

Helping a stranger doesn't usually make headlines. It often happens quietly: a discreet gesture on the street, a hand extended in a moment, a conversation that comforts a stranger. But behind these small acts lies a force capable of changing lives. In Catalonia, there are many initiatives that encourage people to take this step. Projects that transform the reality of children, young people, and families who, for economic or social reasons, face more difficult paths.

Dismay in the third sector: Catalan human rights activist Enric Morist (Igualada 1965) died suddenly this Friday, according to ARA, of a heart attack. Morist had been elected as the new president of the Third Sector Roundtable—which brings together 37 federations and 3,000 organizations fighting poverty—barely six months before, but he had been involved for much longer, having served as vice president since 2013. He was also a well-known figure for his previous work on the Roundtable, as coordinator of the Catalan Red Cross. The activist was 59 years old, married, and had three children, one of whom was adopted in Bosnia.