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Lesson plan: exploring the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean through images and words
The refugee crisis in the Mediterranean presents inescapable issues and contradictions for exploration with children and young people in Ireland
Naming the Unnameable: Poetry and the Refugee Crisis
The experiences of people seeking refuge are near impossible to understand for those of us whose lives have never been
Notes from Kampala: Reflections of a gendered walk
I was out walking the dog this morning. It was a particularly hot morning as the rains haven’t quite taken
An SDG Guide – for starters!
The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) Summit is upon us and all eyes will be on the Paris meeting and its
Infographic: which kind of activist are you?
Links mentioned in the infographic Read up on global issues, visit: World’s Best News www.dochas.ie/WBN The Guardian theguardian.com/global-development Inside Out:
A reflection on my privilege
I decided to go in to the ‘refugees welcome’ protest last Saturday in Dublin, partly because I really care about
The refugee crisis in the Mediterranean: 5 things you can do right now.
‘In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.’ – Martin

Connect for change – NYCI and UNICEF event for young people and the 2030 development agenda
Grace McManus reports from an event for Ireland’s post-millennials on preparing for the era of the sustainable development goals, organised
Earth Overshoot Day 2015 – it takes 1.6 planets to support humanity’s demand on nature…but we only have one.
Six days from now we will have used up our ecological budget for 2015. Our ecological footprint is how much
Peace and Peace Matters – the Global Peace Index Report 2015
For the past 8 years, the Global Peace Index (GPI) has been prepared by ‘think tank’ the Institute for Economics