Emmaus (charity)
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Emmaus is a homelessness charity that was founded in France in 1949 by the priest Abbé Pierre and is now run by énarque Martin Hirsch. The charity takes many different forms around the world, but in the United Kingdom it provides otherwise homeless people with a home and a job, usually recycling donated products and selling them on. The name is a reference to the biblical story of the supper at the town of Emmaus, described in the Gospel of Luke.
From the Universal Manifesto of Emmaus International: "Our guiding principle is one which is essential to the whole human race if there is to be any life worth living, and any true peace and happiness either for the individual or society:"
"Serve those worse off than yourself before yourself. Serve the most needy first."
