An educational resource and accompanying set of x2 posters developed in conjunction with a public wall mural exploring the topic of genocide in a number of contexts. Exploring Genocide: Educational Issues and Challenges highlights the educational dimension of genocide, marks its consequences for those who died and those who survived,
After Covid-19 related cancellations in 2020, the STAND Student Festival returned this year to 14 campuses across Ireland, putting stories of hope, determination and resilience centre-stage. Who We Are STAND Activities Coordinator Caitriona Rogerson, Marketing and Brand Awareness Coordinator Madeline Campbell, STAND Brand Ambassadors across multiple campuses What We Did
What can we expect our kids to learn if they’re hungry or eating diets full of sugar and empty of nutrients? Former White House Chef and food policymaker Sam Kass discusses the role schools can play in nourishing students’ bodies in addition to their minds.
Are you involved in development education / global citizenship education resource productions? Or would you like to be? Then this 1-hour online event is for you! *********POST UPDATE***** The deadline for written submissions to the consultation on Guidelines for Producing Development Education Resources has been extended to close of business
Ciara Regan looks at the uneven distribution of vaccinations worldwide in advance of receiving her first vaccine dose
A poem, written by Adam, age 9, as part of the Generation Lockdown series
A few weeks ago we were treated to a letter by the The Irish Times’ new editor, Kevin O’Sullivan, welcoming the soon-to-take place birth of the 7 billionth person into our ‘work in progress’ unequal world. Cross-posted below in full, we think it is well worth a read. If you
South Africa 2010 For the first time in history, the FIFA World Cup was hosted on the continent of Africa, in South Africa. There was much to celebrate about – or was there? The country embarked on the mammoth task of upgrading and developing its infrastructure in order to ensure
****Note: the consultation has been extended until Friday 17th January 2014. More information at the NCCA CSPE consultation online**** ___________________________________________________________________ The need for citizens to respond to the social, political and economic ills in Ireland has never been greater. Many years of rapid economic growth and political administration over the
The Wales Alliance for Global Education (WAGE) held its first seminar in Cardiff on 9th July 2015. Colm Regan of 80:20 and developmenteducation.ie was invited to make an input to start the day off. He, like others that day reflected on the recently published Donaldson report, Successful Futures. …………………………………………………………………………. Professor
Many have said that in the passing of Mandela, a shining light in the world, a beacon of hope, has gone. This, I feel, is not true. We are all familiar with the more famous quotes from Madiba, however, here are some we may not be so familiar with –
How much development is ‘enough’? A final-five finalist in the 2018 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie development issues series, Rosie Stack argues it’s time to re-evaluate the development project and interrogate the limits of rising ‘over-development’ in rich countries. In all aspects of life, there’s a point at which we
This three part blog series documents an 8 day excursion in Afghanistan during the creation of a ‘What in the World?’ documentary. Established in 1999, to date KMF Productions has produced twenty-seven documentaries in twenty-six countries in Africa, Asia, and The Americas. The 25 minute What in the World?
Vicky Donnelly reflects on working with third-level students on the issue of debt justice. Working with third-level students last year on the issue of debt justice, we considered Thomas Sankara’s powerful portrayal of the debt as a weapon, wielded by “technical assassins”, as part of a, “cleverly managed reconquest of
These briefing notes have been designed to remind us of the larger, more fundamental questions that underpin specific issue discussions. Do we have duties and responsibilities in the world
Charles Dickens was a masterful storyteller of social problems of his day who challenged Victorian aristocracy and elites to journey into workhouses and slums through his novels
When writing about Africa we are told: Among your characters you must always include The Starving African, who wanders the refugee camp nearly naked, and waits for the benevolence of the West. Her children have flies on their eyelids and pot bellies, and her breasts are flat and empty. She
The 19th International AIDS Conference (IAC) is being held this week in Washington, bringing together the world’s HIV and AIDS stakeholders in order to try to shape the global response to the epidemic. The world needs effective action and leadership to ‘Turn the Tide Together’ against HIV and AIDS, according
In one of his less well-known war poems Wilfred Owen looks forward to a future when men and women no longer do battle for flags but rather strive to improve the human condition. Writing about life in the trenches he provides this thought: We laughed, -knowing that better men would
Rising to speak at the Lincoln Washington Memorial on 28th August 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was standing at the summit of racial segregation in America. Despite the abolition of slavery after the civil war, ‘Jim Crow Laws’ in Southern states denied black people the right to vote, organise
The project began with a series of workshops on Poverty and the MDG agenda in 2009. TY students wanted an action that would reflect their frustration and disappointment with the progress in the United Nations MDG programme. Two schools came up with a book project and Self Help Africa facilitated
An advocacy capacity building exercise involving students in directly lobbying Brussels and New York on the MDG agenda in 2008. The project was conceived as an advocacy capacity building exercise involving students in directly lobbying Brussels and New York on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agenda in 2008. It involved
The human rights biographies project was designed to encourage participants to explore their own personal experiences of human rights issues in their own lives to date; the focus is directly on the participants and seeks to highlight human rights as personal ‘lived and experienced’ realities rather than as international instruments
Ten years after The Economist declared that Africa was ‘a basket case’ it was back with another headline: ‘Africa Rising…the hopeful continent’. If Africa is rising can it continue to do so, or will the many problems it still faces render its rising ‘a false dawn’?
I spotted Michael Edwards’ article on opendemocracy.net last week that’s well worth a read. It explores the role of religion in social change, titled Will the left ever get religion?. And to whet your interest, a few quotes: Why does religion drive so many people nuts? That’s the question that
‘Meanwhile in other parts of the world, events continue…’; cue solemn-faced rugby player reminding us that while the World Cup goes on millions remain hungry and requesting viewers to contribute £5.00 to tackle the issue.
The 2015 tallies are in and visitors voted with their clicks as the results from the most popular blogs from the year are in. As expected, the Sustainable Development Goals featured strongly which were agreed in September at the United Nations, as well as rising issues such as the biggest
‘Making a murderer’ is the new Netflix series that YOU HAVE TO WATCH. The documentary follows the story of Steven Avery who, after spending eighteen years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, is arrested for murder. I said no spoilers but I think it’s fairly obvious that presentation
Peadar Cremin – teacher, lecturer in education; professor, college president, curriculum developer, activist, colleague and close friend sadly died on November 30th last year. As a tribute to him and his work in development education and related areas, we are publishing four blogs – the initial one below by Colm
My name is Martha. My home is in Zimbabwe and I live in Harare our capital city. I am a mother of two daughters. I have been HIV positive for more than seven years.
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