“The reality is, there IS good news. And it happens every day, around the globe”.
The World’s Best News, was the brainchild of Seán O’Connell – a returned volunteer with University College Dublin Volunteers Overseas (UCDVO). Seán had taken part in a Comhlámh ‘What Next?’ course, encouraging returned volunteers to continue their work for global justice on return to Ireland and take on an action project. His action project was to bring the Danish concept of the World’s Best News to Ireland.
The initiative found a home within Dóchas, collating stories of ‘positive change’ from across the globe of people who are making a difference and empowering others to do the same. The newspaper, launched in 2013, highlighted achievements made in tackling global issues, for example, halving extreme poverty, increasing access to education for girls, conflict resolution among local communities, communicating action to combat climate change, etc.
Dóchas means ‘hope’ and that’s just what this is about. Hope.
Check out WBN issues from 2014 and 2015, or read up more about the initiative as summarised by Dóchas in 2015.
Source: Dóchas
Year: 2013-2015
Courtesy of Dóchas and Comhlámh. Text by Mark Cumming
Irish Global Solidarity in 100 Objects is organised by developmenteducation.ie, an online hub focused on learning about the unequal and unjust shape of the world today, and is coordinated by Aidlink, Concern Worldwide, the Irish Development Education Association, the National Youth Council of Ireland, Self Help Africa, Trócaire and 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World.
DevelopmentEducation.ie is part funded by Irish Aid.
