Where does one even begin to unpack the new sustainable development goals (SDGs)? When in doubt of what to think I always refer to the great Edward De Bono, thinking philosopher extraordinaire. De Bono created the ‘Six thinking hats’ tool to aid people to think fully and clearly about anything
The Mini-NGOs in schools initiative is part of the Global Citizens Network Project in 2013-14. Less Charity – more Justice!We wanted to move beyond ‘charitable’ actions (such as fundraising and one-way notions of “us helping them”) and instead focus on social justice with proper reflection and engagement involving exchanges with
The Famine Walk project is an annual walk commemorating those who died in the Irish Famine and about linking the famine experience in Ireland with contemporary issues of famine and food insecurity in the world. It aims to raise awareness about current injustices by reflecting on our own historical experience.
This blog was written to stimulate discussion at an Irish Development Education Association seminar in Dublin on 4th May 2016. It is based upon my own thinking about what has been achieved over the past three decades, some trends and patterns I see dominating at the moment (not all positive)
‘Sensationalised poverty media’ has usually been referenced as ‘poverty porn’ in discussions on development issues, but I have purposefully decided to not use this term as I find it a sensationalised term which distracts from the debate. Furthermore, it may be unsuitable for some readers of this blog. When I
‘By directly empowering poor people, particularly women, Microcredit has become one of the key driving mechanisms towards meeting the Millennium Development Goals’ The focus of this resource is on the role of microcredit and Credit Unions in supporting the poor to break out of the cycle of poverty. The resource
This short whiteboard resource explores issues relating to drought, famine, food and the geography of the crisis in East Africa. Designed as a teacher resource for primary schools, it uses Trócaire’s responses to the crisis in order to illustrate actions as stories for pupils to explore and engage with. Through
Part 1: Trade and the Right to Food (4:40mins) Part 2: Rural Livelihoods and Global Markets (7:27mins) Part 3: Families, Agriculture and Food (5:10mins) The resource has been written to compliment Civic, Social and Political Education curricula (CSPE). It contains: classroom and lesson plans; a DVD with video footage of
For more see poverty and hunger resources on the Trócaire website for educators. Other Trócaire resources in the ‘Focus on’ series: Focus on Climate Change: Senior Primary/Key Stage 2 Educator’s Resource Focus on Fair Trade: Senior Primary/Key Stage 2 Educator’s Resource
Food Sovereignty is the right of peoples, communities and countries to define their own agricultural, pastoral, labour, fishing and land policies which are ecologically, socially, economically and culturally appropriate to their unique circumstances. It includes the right to food and to produce food, where people have the right to safe,
Pamoja provides a model for teachers and students to promote human rights and development education within their school. The teachers and students taking part carry out awareness-raising activities based around Trócaire’s Lenten theme. Past themes have focused on Climate Change in Kenya, Gender Inequality in Malawi and Hunger in Rwanda.
Climate Change is divided into three manageable and informative sections. Using graphs, photographs, illustrations and facts, Climate Change aims to broaden secondary level student’s knowledge on the issue. Section one – Understanding Climate – explores the different terminologies and definitions under the term ‘climate’. It also focuses on what human
Child Labour is divided into seven comprehensive sections and designed in an attractive manner with pie charts, well laid out diagrams, maps and information boxes for use by teachers and students and general readers. The first section two sections focus on A History of Child Labour and Child Labour Today.
This resource aims to prepare and engage students to recognise the increasingly interconnected nature of their lives with the lives of those in developing countries. This resource will therefore enable students to reflect on their role as global citizens. The pack contains 10 classroom activities, photo resources, lesson plans and
The Irish Girl Guides has produced a badge and syllabus for Ladybirds, Brownies and Guides on development education (DE). The three resources cover a wide range of core human development and human rights issues in an accessible way for young people through a series of tried and tested DE activities,
The book opens with coverage of Afri’s 2013-2014 ‘Just A Second!’ project which focused on the theme of militarisation. The issues explored in this resource include poverty and hunger, food security and sovereignty, unfair trade practices, protection of seeds, gender equity, competition for resources, forced migration, war and conflict. This
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
Our World Irish Aid from DESIGN FOR LIFE on Vimeo. “Around the world, countries are working together to fight poverty through the 8 Millennium Development Goals. While progress has been made, significant work remains to be done. In our world of 7 billion people, 1.2 billion are still living
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,
Lesson plans: The WLL includes 25 lesson plans covering the various topics included in the goals. Each lesson has a target age range. The lesson include a comprehensive overview of the topic addressed, including learning outcomes, and prep materials needed. The lesson plans include activity ideas, resources for activities and
This video is part of John Oliver’s wider TV programme which satirises current affairs. The setup of this video is John Oliver presenting as if part of a news station, but the news content is John’s comedic take on America’s food wastage. Facts are brought to light throughout this video
Catriona O’Connor’s blog is a runner up in the 2017 Trinity College Dublin and developmenteducation.ie Development Issues blog series The topic of development is one of constant discussion between academics, socialites and bar-stool politicians in modern society. We analyse the concept from an economic perspective, detaching ourselves from the lives
Considering the motion of the finals, that The Trump Presidency will be a blessing in disguise for Africa, the stage was well set for an evening of explosive energy, heated exchanges, facts (yes facts STILL matter)
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
A group of students debated a feature in the Times of Malta on a Maltese missionary priest in Ethiopia and decided to contact the newspaper on its coverage, Colm Regan reports.
Resource Description This booklet has been produced to stimulate discussion and debate on the challenge of being active for economic, social and political change. It does not claim to have all the answers to the questions raised and certainly doesn’t have a set of simplistic answers to the challenges we
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 is climate change? The term ‘climate change’ has been with us since the early part of the 19th century when scientists sought to define natural changes in the earth’s atmosphere and the discovery of the greenhouse effect. In the later part of the century the link between human actions
Photo credit © XXXXXXX Continuing debates on global inequality have developed a new edge and immediacy as a result of the current financial and economic crises affecting the West and, in particular the Eurozone with the accompanying ‘austerity’ measures they have generated. The rise of the ‘Occupy’ movements in 2011 challenged
Colm Regan presents 10 resources to explore International Women’s Day, celebrated globally every year on March 8th. IWD was created in 1910 but only recognised by the UN in 1975. There are the very obvious reasons why we continue to mark International Women’s Day. The core reality being that gender