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Notes from Burkina Faso: the lesson of true joy
By Patrick O’Grady Burkina Faso in West Africa was the destination for students and teachers who travelled on Self Help Africa’s annual schools’ study visit
Notes from Kampala: a thought for your Apples
I can’t find my iPod. I can’t find it anywhere. Did I put it somewhere safe and now can’t remember? Perhaps someone has ‘taken’ it?!
Resource training: ‘Palestine and Israel – How will there be a Just Peace?’
Training programme announcement for teachers interested in the recent publication Palestine and Israel – How will there be a Just Peace? launched in late 2013.
Patrick Dodson: ‘We’ve been here for over 60,000 years and are not recognised in our own lands’ – interview
In a developmenteducation.ie and 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World exclusive, Colm Regan caught up with Aboriginal leader and campaigner Patrick Dodson during
Doing political education in realtime… well, maybe not!
The Scottish Referendum debate (on September 18th) is hotting up in more ways than one as both sides in the campaign (https://yesscotland.net and https://bettertogether.net) head
5:50:500…Africa-style!
Towards the end of July each year, The UN Secretary General submits an important report to the General Assembly on the international financial system and
Cartoon of the month: at the tills
Cartoon of the month for August 2014. Visit the cartoons library or visit our sections on consumption and ethical consumption.
DE resources audit in the news
The audit of development education resources produced in Ireland from 2000-2012 was included in the recent annual progress report from Irish Aid which reviewed Ireland’s

“I am constantly amazed by man’s inhumanity to man”
Children play atop a bullet-riddled building in Gaza. 05/10/2011. Photo by UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan via Flickr CC-BY-NC-ND “I am constantly amazed by man’s inhumanity to
Palestinians are not statistics (nor are Israelis!)
‘First, never will even the most impressive television footage properly capture the depth of fear and despair felt in the homes and hearts of Gazans