Blog.
Update: The Irish development education resources audit and IDEA’s new campaign
Happy New Year to our readers (teachers, students, newbies and veterans)! For those out there who have been wondering why we’ve been laying low these past few months you will be interested to know that we’ve been hard at work on a research project seeking to audit development education resources produced in Ireland from 2000-2012.
The possibilities for teaching global development are endless: a primary school teacher’s reflection
Francesca Hunt reports on using virtual technologies as a teaching tool for exploring world development issues with her primary school class. It is not unusual to observe a 5 year old using their parent’s smart phone to play games, take photos and videos. Neither is it unusual to find a
“Bah!” said Scrooge. “Humbug!”
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt With Christmas only just days behind us, we are in what is called the ‘Season
AIDS in Zambia and Precious Kawinga’s story
Meet Precious Kawinga from Lusaka, Zambia. She is a mother of 2 young boys and a reformed sex worker who is HIV positive. She now works with women in Zambia educating them on HIV and AIDS issues and entrepreneurial skills to help people work themselves out of poverty. She also
Tackling HIV and AIDS through taxation in Uganda
A new tax on goods and services is being proposed in Uganda to fund HIV and AIDS prevention and protection programmes. Jamie Hitchen reports on the debate from Kampala as part of our series on life and politics in Uganda.
‘It’s just as bad as poverty’ – Africa for Norway spreads the warmth
“People don’t ignore starving people so why should we ignore cold people? Frostbite kills too.” Excerpt from the official campaign Christmas video Imagine if every person in Africa saw the “Africa for Norway” video and this was the only information they ever got about Norway. What would they think about
Look at the MGDs from an Irish perspective: A One World Week report
Workshop experiences at the Kerry One World Centre draw the attention of participants to look at the MDGs from an local Irish perspective before taking during One World Week 2012. One World Week is a week of youth-led awareness raising, education and action that takes place throughout Ireland during the
Human Rights Defenders and land ownership: Challenges and Successes in Lira District, Uganda
As part of our series on life and politics in Uganda, Jamie Hitchen documents the stories and struggles of human rights defenders in a recent visit to the politically remote Lira District in northern Uganda.
Films for Action
There is no denying it now, movie weather is upon us! Although it is quite enjoyable and desirable to sit down – especially after a long, busy week – in front of a movie that needs little or no brain power to follow it (please see Eddie Izzard on this),
Cutting out the middle-man: development education at the coal face in Tanzania
Young Scientists exhibitions could be Ireland’s greatest export yet, reports Michael Doorly from the finals of the Young Scientists Tanzania exhibition. “Have you ever heard of development education?” I ask Agnes the 15 year old team leader from Pemba Secondary School in Mwanza, Tanzania. “No” she says bluntly, “what is