Pandemic Reflections
16th Mar 2021
John Dornan ponders all things pandemic, as he gets his first COVID-19 vaccination
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John Dornan ponders all things pandemic, as he gets his first COVID-19 vaccination
We’re off to Maynooth this morning to take part in Development Education Week – an annual week of activities, seminars and training sessions packaged together for student teachers completing the professional diploma in education (PDip or PDE) for teaching at post primary level in Ireland. Many people typically view DE
Well hats of Pirelli for taking a lead! (although Playboy did stop nudity in its mag last year). In a daring move from its traditional nude…
Announcing the official launch of the 2019 Our World Irish Aid Awards for primary schools across the island of Ireland. “There are 7.6 billion people in the world; 617 million young people who do not have basic mathematical, reading and writing skills; 57 million primary school aged children are not
Never again – this is what the world said after the Holocaust of the Second World War. Then there was Bosnia and, in between, Rwanda. The genocide in Rwanda in 1994 resulted in the merciless slaughter of more than 800,000
It was an amazing opening ceremony. Danny Boyle and his team had the opportunity at the outset, to challenge some of the more dominant, ugly trends that have taken over the Olympics. Acknowledgement of the injustice of colonisation would have gone a long way to set the right tone for
Two of my major passions in life right now are mental health and development issues. The two often live independently of one another in my head, switched on and off as work requires (this is in fact what I suppose I should want; in reality both occupy my mind a
One of the most influential writers of the last century, Doris Lessing has won almost every literary prize going. Born in Persia (now Iran) in 1919 to British parents, she moved with her family when she was five to a farm in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). She left school at
Catholic Social Teaching is often referred to by its proponents as ‘our best kept secret’. Many of the central tenants of CST remain hidden from public gaze and there is an immediate need to bring them into the forum of public debate. This unique poster pack, accompanied by activities, facts
“When the White Paper on Irish Aid was published in 2006, it brought Ireland’s contribution to the fight against global poverty and hunger to the centre of our foreign policy – where it rightly belongs. The White Paper enabled us to consolidate our work, and today we have an aid
The “Girl Effect” and women’s rights Whether you agree with it or not the “girl effect” has become something of a phenomenon and popular catchphrase among international economic development projects since the Nike Foundation launched the initiative in 2008. ‘You start the girl effect’, the website proclaims, with the girl
Those familiar with this website will not be surprised by the topic of our new animation – on consumption. It accompanies the ethical consumption and hunger modules for teachers and educators, as well as general readers, plus previous blog posts, new resource annotations and the ecological footprinting project work. Let
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
Recent months have seen a storm of criticism and comment of Trócaire’s campaign to boycott goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories. This piece responds to one such commentator, Ruth Dudley Edwards, who accused Trócaire of disseminating ‘hatred’
As you log out of ‘Hotmail’ you are redirected to MSN news homepage. I don’t often take much notice of the contents of the page, however, on this occasion the new Forbes listing of the richest people on the planet caught my eye. Turns out, it was very interesting!
This book is about the need to realise nobody is perfect, everything is going to change eventually, and until you accept there are no certainties in life then you will be on the run from reality. The tale takes place in 2001 during the few days he is back on
Robyn Scott was six, and the eldest of three, when her parents moved from New Zealand to live in the former mining town of Selebi, into the converted cowshed opposite the home of their Grandpa Ivor, who had served as a pilot to Botswana’s first president Seretse Khama. Scott’s family
“Storytelling is a distinctive and universal human activity, one of the means by which we make sense of our world and communicate our understanding to others: both orally, and in written forms; through character, narrative, setting and symbol; within and between communities and generations. It is therefore integral to our
The major themes covered in this resource are: Development Education in Third Level Education Global Citizenship Education in post-2015 Poverty: Who, Where and Why? Global Inequality: Drivers and Challenges Local and Global Governance: Role and Impact in Development Migration and Development Sustainable Development v. Economic Growth Climate Change: Threats and
Public education ‘Cultures Colliding’ mural construction coordinated by 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World as part of the Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Culture (2008). Photo: Dylan Creane In recent years there have been many attempts to agree ‘the definition’ of development education; an often counter-productive exercise as
Given the nature and scale of the issues central to development education, it is inevitable and desirable that attention is paid to how we approach issues and debates about human development, human rights, inequality and injustice etc. So much research and practice on the topic of how, where and when
In the wake of events such as those in Christchurch last week, there often is a deluge of information from various sources – what happened, how it happened, why it happened – all of which reaches young people in the same (potentially unfiltered) way as adults. At times like this,
“The truth about AIDS is of course a general truth about what the world is like today. In other words: what we allow the world to look like.” Henning Mankell, 2004 https://www.youtube.com/embed/9N3ePMe9XOU It has been almost 30 years since HIV and AIDS was first recognised and diagnosed. HIV and AIDS
Town of Runners is a feature documentary about young runners from Bekoji – an Ethiopian Highland town which has produced some of the world’s greatest distance athletes, including Tirunesh Dibaba, Kenensia Bekele and Derartu Tulu. The film tells the story of two young girls, living in a rural town as
One World Week is a week of youth-led awareness raising, education and action that takes place throughout Ireland during the third week in November every year. During March/April, youth groups around Ireland vote on the theme that they would like to explore for One World Week 2012. This year’s theme
Following on from the Monty Python guide to the politics of development, it’s time to take to a look at economics. Enjoy. Robin Hood redistribution is trickier than we thought! “He steals from the poor and gives to the rich.” Banks and corporate social responsibility “Ah, a gift! Its a
Ireland is the first country in the world to put the question of same sex marriage to a public vote. Taking place tomorrow, the referendum presents voters with a choice whether the Constitution should be changed so as to extend civil marriage rights to same-sex couples. The proposed bill would
An interesting study has just been published into tweeting in Africa by Portland – an international private communications and public affairs consultancy with offices in Doha, London, Nairobi, New York, Nairobi and Washington. It offers some interesting insights into social media trends in Africa The study analysed the top 5,000
Born in 1959 in Minna, central Nigeria, Ben Okri’s style of writing is often compared to the magic realism of Latin American novelists. Okri is a member of an innovative group of young Nigerian writers, who have learned from older authors such as Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and Flora Nwapa
https://vimeo.com/79117001These resources will inform, inspire and enable young people to participate in discussions about the world they want to see. UNICEF Ireland wants your class to join today with students from around the country in creating their vision for the future. As the Millennium Development Goals move into their final
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