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Israel, Caherciveen, the Telegraph and ‘anti-Semitism’
Recent months have seen a storm of criticism and comment of Trócaire’s campaign to boycott goods from Israeli settlements in
My ‘walking the talk’ moment on our environment
Having lived for years in African countries and loving the wonderful sunny climates there, I became very negative towards Ireland’s
Cartoon: on affluence and the environment
From the cartoon archives, Debt 04 by Bruce Petty. Thinking about using cartoons, photographs, statistics, maps or UN reports with
No shortage of future innovators in science for development at Young Scientist Exhibition
Future engineers, scientists and researchers are in no short supply of creative solutions to the challenges of global poverty, reports
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
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
“Bah!” said Scrooge. “Humbug!”
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it
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
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
‘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