It’s hard to escape the ‘devastation’ that the ‘adverse weather conditions’ have ‘ravaged’ across the UK and Ireland, to limit it closer to home. Writing from Dublin, we have ‘escaped’ the ‘worst’ of the storms, but the reality of the huge impact of the damage across the country is readily
*This blog is crossposted from the Half The Sky Movement website. Nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were abducted in April. Malala Yousafzai was shot for speaking up about her right to an education. Every day around the world, girls are in danger simply because of their desire to get an education.
Bob is back. Sir Bob I mean. And so is Christmas! And so is Band Aid. Is it really 3 decades since celebrities across the globe revealed to an unsuspecting world that “there won’t be snow in Africa” and “do they know it’s Christmas” anyway (my emphasis)? What’s ironic to
A year’s worth of web analytics, research, discussion and collaboration offer some interesting insights which may be of use to DE colleagues. Here, we share 8 of those lessons. 1. There are still many gaps in DE resource provision and therefore many opportunities (and needs) to fill them Despite the
Photo: World Fairtrade Day by John Sargent. Flickr/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Anyone who buys, sells or stocks goods that have achieved Fairtrade certification are not engaging in a ‘simple’ or ‘neutral’ act. Quite to the contrary, it is ENTIRELY political. Fairtrade Ireland, founded as the Irish Fair Trade Network (IFTN), in
A primer on doing development education.
Websites such are this one are only as strong as the feedback, ideas and contributions we get from our readers – so here’s our annual survey. Have your say and tell us what you’d like on the site in 2016 and be in with the chance of winning a hamper
This photostory was produced by Tendayi and Cynthia Kureya; PANOS; SAFAIDS Zimbabwe and photography by Tendayi Kureya My name is Hegger Ndagurwa. I am a care facilitator with Holy-Ghost Home Based Care (HBC) programme. The programme is based in Nyachityu village in Mutare South District in Zimbabwe. This is a
With the harsh conditions that many people in Zambia face such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, cholera, etc., death is a daily reality.
Meet Steven Mwanza. Steven is 39 years old. He is a grave digger and has been for the last 7 years.
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?
Faith in Action Series This educational resource has been designed for use on interactive whiteboards. Each unit contains supplementary notes for teachers, packed full of background information and group activity ideas. The ‘Faith in Action’ resource contains four weeks of engaging lesson material for the Pope John Paul II Award. Students are
Faith in Action Series This educational resource has been designed for use on interactive whiteboards. Each unit contains supplementary notes for teachers, packed full of background information and group activity ideas. The ‘Faith in Action’ resource contains four weeks of engaging lesson material for the Pope John Paul II Award. Students are
Faith in Action Series This educational resource has been designed for use on interactive whiteboards. Each unit contains supplementary notes for teachers, packed full of background information and group activity ideas. The ‘Faith in Action’ resource contains four weeks of engaging lesson material for the Pope John Paul II Award. Students are
The Bookbird journal has been produced on a quarterly basis since 1963. It has transformed since its first edition. The journal looks at a variety of issues as they relate to children’s literature on the international stage. Issues have included topics like: climate change, justice, human rights, inter and multi-
Trócaire’s focus country for Lent 2013 is India. The resources have been developed for use in Ireland and Northern Ireland for: Junior Primary, Senior Primary, Religious Education, CSPE/Citizenship Education and Foclóir. The resource materials contain: Content, methodologies and activities to support educators in exploring and critically examining global justice and
Resource Description The JustWorld.ie website covers nine topics including human rights, health and taking action. It contains a detailed guide as to how to use the site to its full potential and a number of activities also. The website uses audio clips, image and short film material as well as
The website AfricaBookClub.com is as the name suggests – a book club for African literature. The USA-based website introduces, reviews and sells books by authors from Africa and/or those writing about the continent of Africa. The site lists authors by each country on the continent and by those that have
As well as links to primary sources in South Africa (news articles, videos etc.) this resource includes strong evaluation components for peer-learning and ongoing assessment. Learning Objectives: Students will distinguish between primary and secondary sources; Students will acquire and use skills to locate primary sources using the internet; Students will
Our Approach For nearly two decades developmenteducation.ie has emerged as a key online reference point for information, activities, learning and resource support for educators (across a variety of user groups in formal and non-formal educational sectors) concerned with issues of human development, human rights, development co-operation and development education (DE). Throughout this time the
Already, there are hundreds of videos available on the Sustainable Development Goals. Here, Colm Regan presents his top 5. 1. Leave No One Behind https://youtu.be/pBqe8JD62QE For us, the best place to begin. A powerful introduction outlining the issues at stake with striking images and quotes (‘because on earth, everyone has
A quick guide to the Sustainable Development Goals…in 5 minutes
1. Positive Buying Favouring particular ethical products, such as energy saving lightbulbs 2. Negative Purchasing Avoiding products that you disapprove of, such as battery eggs or gas-guzzling cars 3. Company-Based Purchasing Targeting a business as a whole and avoiding all the products made by one company. For example, the Nestle
Maternal mortality rates per 100,000 births are one of the most sensitive indicators of the ‘human rights’ balance sheet for women. The average maternal mortality rate for 2008 for those 5 countries with the highest rates (Afghanistan, Chad, Somalia, Guinea Bissau and Liberia was 1158 per 100,000 births. The equivalent
‘The average rates at which people consume resources like oil and metals, and produce wastes like plastics and greenhouse gases, are about 32 times higher in North America, Western Europe, Japan and Australia than they are in the developing world. That factor of 32 has big consequences.’ What’s Your Consumption
MDG Goal 7 (Ensure Environmental Sustainability) as it relates to water and sanitation aims by 2015 to halve the proportion of the population without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation. The target, it seems was met in 2010, according to the UN. Yet also in 2010, some
A simple but very useful ‘3-step approach’ to doing development education and global citizenship education. “At best, a lecturer (teacher) speaks with and for her audience, not to or at it. She takes leads, images and stirrings from her audience, and reflects back to them tentative accounts and explanations for
True sustainable development embodies a balance between using the Earth for the benefit of the human race and respecting the environment. Sustainable solutions set out to achieve this balance through the following goals: To continue to meet the fundamental needs of human life, society and communities – food, water, housing,
“The Ottoman Empire should be cleaned up of the Armenians…” Young Turk leader Enver Pasha in 1916 From 1915 to 1917 the Muslim Young Turk regime of the Ottoman Empire carried out a systematic, premeditated, centrally planned genocide against the Christian Armenian minority. The genocide began with the mass slaughter
We’re big fans of the excellent website Our World in Data
Maynooth Green Campus (MGC) is a strategic coalition between Maynooth University (MU), St Patrick’s College Maynooth (SPCM) and Trócaire that seeks to promote environmental sustainability and climate justice.