Produced by a group of teachers from Ireland and England that visited Brazil in 1988, this photopack has become widely used in UK and Ireland since it was produced more than 20 years ago. The group of teachers decided to produce a photopack because it could more graphically and realistically
Published November 27, 2012 Many of us have heard of the Africa for Norway campaign by now, but have you heard about the Rusty Radiator Awards? Created in 2013 by the same folk who came up with the genius Radi-aid Campaign, these awards set out to ‘name and shame’ by
Global malaria rates have fallen by 45%…1200 girls stay in school in north west Kenya…The elderly activists of Tanzania…Major step forward for LGBT activists These are just some of the stories to be found in the 2014 issue World’s Best News (WBN). Packed full of success stories, statistics and recent
The 2014 report focuses on ‘human vulnerability’ and ‘human resilience’ as it relates to the erosion of individual choice and capabilities and ensuring that individual choice is ‘robust,’ highlighting the need to support coping mechanisms to adjust to adverse events in the lives of the most vulnerable. Packed with graphs,
“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
Contrary to popular belief, even in the midst of this global financial crisis, Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) levels now stand at an all-time high of $135 billion (2013). The key point of this report is that that the context of global poverty is changing dramatically, and a new and innovative
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
80-20 Development in an Unequal World 7th Edition ‘Where did the idea of measuring poverty based on US$1 a day come from? At US$1.25 a day, with the current model of capitalism, it would take 100 years to eradicate extreme poverty and at US$5.00 a day, it would take 207
“To create a more sustainable world and to engage with issues related to sustainability as described in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), individuals must become sustainability change-makers. They require the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that empower them to contribute to sustainable development. Education is thus crucial for the achievement
Drought and Migration in Ethiopia is an educational resource which uses the methodology of process drama to enable children to learn, through imagined experience, about life in Ethiopia. The resource includes a scheme of work which contains five lesson plans. These lessons are designed to last an hour each utilise a
According to the 2012 State of Food Insecurity in the World (published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation), 870 million people representing 12.5% of world population were ‘chronically undernourished’ in 2010 – 2012 (www.fao.org/publications/sofi/en/) This represents 1 in 8 people on our planet at a time when the world
Photo credit © XXXXXXX In 1900 the number of sovereign independent states amounted to 55; the number of states governed by colonial or imperial powers also numbered 55 and the percentage of the world population living in democracies was just 12.4%. By 2000 this picture had changed completely – the number
What do we mean by literacy? UNESCO defines literacy as “…the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his or her
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
There are quite literally hundreds of starter activities to introduce international development ideas, debates and realities. Here, we’ve chosen 30 starting points and grouped them by different types of learning formats: Using statistics Using a cartoon Using a photo Using a piece of text Using a poster or stimulus sheet
5 MDG Things To Do Organise an MDG-focused event in your school/youth club (an assembly, workshop (s), peer education) Participate in the MDG Youth Forum (tbc: Nov 2005) Organise/deliver an art-focused MDG project in your school/community, document the process and share it Lobbying on the follow-up to the 2005 UN
This section explores some of the main reasons why sustainable development is so important. It outlines the ways in which sustainable development relates to every individual’s life and the reasons why change is needed. The information is provided under these headings: Unsustainable actions will lead to ‘social and ecological crises’
The world will no longer be divided by the ideologies of ‘left’ and ‘right’ but by those who accept ecological limits and those who don’t. Wolfgang Sachs, Wuppertal Institute The concept of climate change was first raised in scientific circles in the late 1800s. In recent decades climate change has been the
Haiti, a tiny island positioned in the Caribbean Sea is one of the world’s poorest countries, ranking 149 out of 182 countries. The island known as Hispaniola when it was discovered in 1492 by Columbus, was originally inhabited by Taino Amerindians. Within 25 years, Spanish settlers effectively destroyed this indigenous
“In our multimedia world, news reports inundate us everywhere and at any time. For example, as of 2007, there were 2.5 billion mobile phones in use. The same year, iTunes music sales exceed 2.5 billion. For its Olympic effort, China planted 2.5 billion trees in 2008. Carbon dioxide emissions from
22:20 And that’s a wrap! Huge thanks to the civil society delegation who fed information, tweets, links and updates from New York (including Freyja Bourke, Deirdre Carolan, Anne Carthy, Paul Dockery, Valerie Duffy, Michael Ewing, Heydi Foster, Lauren Flanagan, Frank Geary, Suzanne Keatinge, Pierre Klein, Elaine Nevin, Patrick Paul Walsh
What’s the buying power of a dollar-a-day really worth? Overall winner of the 2018 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues series, Michael Morigi, explores the question of a dollar’s worth through Kendrick Lamar’s music, overseas aid statistics and from his life in the US. Track eleven on American rapper
In the lead up to World Food Day on October 16, Tony Daly presents 14 videos related to food, covering food waste, food production, energy and solution-based ideas that go against the grain. This blog forms part of the #ZeroHunger series, brought to you by the Professional Development Support Service
Chiku Zulu Nurse, mother, community support worker, volunteer Chiku is a nurse working with HIV programmes in Chikankata. She is fifty years old and separated from her husband. She has four children – two girls and two boys. Her eldest is twenty and works in the laboratory in the local
Good Health and Well-being – Educational resource for teachers and facilitators contains activities, statistics and information to explore health and well-being issues, the impact of conflict on mental and physical health as well as how working towards Sustainable Development Goal 3 will impact on all the global goals. The booklet
Although we may be from different countries, speak different languages and have different cultures, the planet does not recognise the differences we see in each other. Something that happens in one part of the world can have a very real every real and profound effect on another part of the
Climate Change – Educational resource for teachers and facilitators contains activities, statistics and information to explore climate change – it’s causes and consequences. The resource activities give an opportunity to consider our own impact on the world around us, and the real-life impact on those living in poverty. The booklet
Gender Equality is an issue that affects us all, from Ireland to Malawi. Gender Equality – Education resource for teachers and facilitators contains activities, statistics and information to explore issues around gender equality– causes and consequences of gender inequality and how it is a driver in global poverty levels. The
‘It feels like I’m at a firefighters conference and no one’s allowed to speak about water’
New and completely revised edition of the popular development education resource – now widely used at introductory university level, among teachers and students at senior post-primary level, by NGO personnel in education and training as well as in adult and youth education contexts. The 7th edition of 80-20 Development in