Posts Tagged ‘development’
‘The Audacity to Love’
Posted by admin | Filed under Photography, Social Entrepreneurship, development
Travelling through Uganda a few years back, I was introduced to the wonderful Dr. Ita Harnett, who was then working for Hospice Africa Uganda. We struck up an immediate friendship, and she has been unable to get rid of me ever since. Ita in turn introduced me to the remarkable Dr. Anne Merriman, who was [...]
Spring has Sprung
Posted by admin | Filed under 'one wild life', Photography
Spring has sprung. I saw the first daffodils peeping up their regal yellow crowns the other day, and the days are feeling lighter and brighter.
It was a long winter, and for those of you who follow my blog you may have thought I had gone into hibernation. To an extent I had, with duvet nights [...]
Africa Day- Save the Date(s)!
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Limerick: 17th May.
Dublin: 24th May. (Iveagh Gardens).
A wonderful line up of events has been whipped into shape for this year’s Africa Day celebrations.
As the site elaborates
‘Africa Day @ Iveagh Gardens, Dublin’ is one of two flagship Africa Day celebrations being organised by Irish Aid in 2009. This event takes place on Sunday, 24th May, from [...]
Free African Storytelling and Craft Workshops!
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To mark Africa Day, Irish Aid is hosting African storytelling and crafts workshops in May for children.
(I will be helping out on Saturday mornings, be sure to say hello!)
Where: Irish Aid Volunteering and Information Centre, 27-31 Upper O’Connell St, Dublin 1.
When: 10.30 and 12.00 on Saturday mornings in May (2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 of [...]
Reaffirm our commitment to Overseas Aid.
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Reaffirm
In the last year, the Irish Aid budget has been cut by 240 million Euro.
Pledge your support to reaffirm our commitment to reach 0.7% of GNP by 2012.
http://07by12.blogspot.com/
From the 0.7% by 2012 campaign:
1970 - Governments of the World commit to providing a minimum of 0.7% of their GNP to address the needs of [...]
Irish Overseas Aid Budget Cut- Reaction.
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The Government’s announcement this afternoon that overseas aid is to be cut by a further €100 greatly appals me. The additional cut means that in the first four month of 2009 aid sending has been chopped by a staggering €195 million or 21.8% of the projected total of the year.
The cuts will have a significant impact [...]
Keep our Promise to the World’s poorest.
Posted by admin | Filed under Human Rights, development
Add your signature to the Dochas letter to the Taoiseach to protect the overseas development budget from further cuts.
Here is the text to the letter:
Dear Taoiseach,
In the coming days, you and your colleagues will be making some very difficult decisions. If they are to be acceptable to the Irish public, those decisions must be guided [...]
Going Bananas.
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Fairtrade fortnight starts this week, and Fairtrade Ireland are hosting and promoting a number of events around the country to mark the week, including a massive banana eating marathon starting March 6th. Check out this link for all the slippery details…
International Volunteering Day, Today.
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Today, 5th December marks International Volunteering Day, dedicated to promoting volunteering and service in communities around the globe. Lots of resources are available online for anyone interested who may have a few hours, days, weeks or months to offer.
Irish based voluteering:
The following are great gateways to opportunities across the country, and provide a ‘matching service’ to [...]