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The aftermath of an earthquake: An educator’s guide

Teaching young people about natural disasters like earthquakes can be challenging, but it is important that they understand why they happen, and the progress humanity has made in limiting their damaging effects.

Decolonise engineering

How do we remove the legacies of colonialism from engineering? Engineer Adedotun Adekeye explores this question in a new two-part series.

Empathy – Who Cares Anyway?

Brighid Golden explores the concepts of sympathy, empathy and selective empathy and how to explore these in your teaching spaces.

3-point guide to Palestine and Israel for educators

In the shadow of the most traumatic attack on Jewish people since the Holocaust and what Palestinian people are referring to as a ‘second Nakba’, Ciara Regan shares a three-point guide for educators and teachers looking to make sense of the latest and most extreme clash of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Urgently needed and timely new resource from Afri

Ciara Regan reviews Afri's latest resource, Sowing Seeds of Peace, for post primary teachers which is adaptable and immediately useful across a range of school ...

It’s international women’s day. Don’t forget to tag us now that you feel #prettypowerful

From getting out to vote and entertaining two children off school due to it being a make-shift polling station, Ciara Regan reflects on international women's ...

Punching above its weight

Juan Acevedo-Ossa explores South Africa’s case against Israel as the latest example of its ability to act as a normative superpower, exceeding the great powers ...

Empathy in a Divided World – workshop

Join us for this online session Empathy in a Divided World led by Brighid Golden to discuss how educators can respond to the challenges of ...

What does Palestine have to do with Africa?

How does Israel's current aggression on Gaza relate to Africa's own history of political violence in Uganda and Africa?

Infographics

Videos

The Port

Living in tents and over-crowded ferry terminals in the port of Athens, refugees wait for the right to continue their journeys and to seek hoped-for ...

The Camp

Reflections of some of the refugee women, men and children waiting in Eko camp in Polykastro, Greece. A short film by Caoimhe Butterly

The Border

Short documentary by Caoimhe Butterly about the quietly devastating impacts of border closures, and reflections of some of the women and men stranded in Idomeni, ...

Refuge

Short film by Caoimhe Butterly with testimonies from people stuck in indefinite limbo in Vasilika refugee camp in Northern Greece. Raneem and Leila, Ella, Mohammed ...

A Fair World for Children

Children and adults from Fairtrade Certified coffee producing organization in Uganda explore what child labour from their perspectives

Women at Work

They are farmers. They were raised by farmers. That’s all they have known because that’s all they have done, generation after generation - an animation ...

How to talk about Africa

Africa No Filter has developed a handbook for journalists and storytellers to equip them with the tools to write about Africa beyond stereotypical narratives

The Autocomplete Truth

The 21st century has been hailed as the century of women. Yet a recent Google search shows just how much prejudice and discrimination towards women ...

Women in Somalia: Inspiring Change

For over two decades, Somalia has experienced some of the most difficult humanitarian crises in the world, including drought, famine and violent conflict - a ...