Emmaus - Definition

This is a page about the charity, Emmaus. For the biblical town, see Emmaus (bible). For the Pennsylvania town, see Emmaus, Pennsylvania.

Emmaus is a homelessness charity that was founded in France in 1949 by the priest Abbé Pierre. 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 they would recycle donated products and sell them on.

People involved or associated with Emmaus

• Richard Branson
• Tracy Edwards
• The Duke of Kent
• Terry Waite

External links

• Emmaus International (http://www.emmaus-international.org/fr/agfr.html)
• Emmaus UK (http://www.emmaus.org.uk)