Primary Education

Curated content for: Primary Education Jump to: Resources Features Blog Posts Infographics Resources More ‘Primary Education‘ Resources Features Blog Posts May25 All In: Spirit, Truth and the Journey Towards Reconciliation Reconciliation Action Plan Facilitator and artist, Cassandra Gibbs responds to Reconciliation Week in Australia, happening from 27th May – 3rd

Adult & Community Education

Curated content for: Adult & Community Education Jump to: Resources Features Blog Posts Infographics Videos Resources More ‘Adult and Community Settings‘ Resources Features Blog Posts May25 All In: Spirit, Truth and the Journey Towards Reconciliation Reconciliation Action Plan Facilitator and artist, Cassandra Gibbs responds to Reconciliation Week in Australia, happening

Why the world is getting hotter – and how you can help.

Source: The Guardian UK 29 Oct 2021 5:17 How to save the world, by counting to zero: the Guardian’s Phoebe Weston breaks down all the climate jargon we have been hearing in the run-up to Cop26, the make-or-break climate summit starting on Sunday, and explains what we – and most

10 best female pioneers?

image: We Can Do It poster by Howard J. Miller (1943) Yesterday UK newspaper The Observer updated its The 10 Best… series by launching the 10 best female pioneers of all time. In their opinion the top 10 female pioneers of trailblazing women, from suffragettes to style icons are:

Arms, ‘consensus’ and human development

Source: IMG_5419 by controlarms, Flickr I don’t know about yours but my dictionary suggests that the word consensus means ‘general agreement’ or ‘majority opinion’.  The reason I raise the issue is that over the past month, negotiators from some 170 countries have been discussing a UN arms treaty, which needed

10 ongoing bad news stories from 2013

Earlier this month, you may have seen our top 10 good news stories from 2013 we published.  What follows covers some aspects of the other side of the coin. In order to understand the context of ‘good news’, we need to situate it alongside its opposite. Here are 10 bad

Peadar Cremin – a development education pioneer

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

Key Human Rights documents

Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1975) Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. (1984) Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975) Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and

The homeless aren’t just for Christmas

It’s that time of the year again when news bulletins start carrying pieces on homelessness, or elderly people living alone, and weather forecasters start early predictions of whether or not it will snow on Christmas Day.

Event: What You Need To Know About The Food Systems Summit 2021

Join us on Thurs 11th February for an open discussion with Olive Towey and Sophie Healy-Thow to find out what’s happening at the summit and how you can play a role in transforming how we produce and consume food, and meeting the challenges of climate change.

International Women’s Day 2012

Today is the 101st International Women’s Day! First emerging as a day of celebration from the activities of labour movements at the turn of the twentieth century in North America and across Europe, socialist movements in various countries sought to champion women’s rights at the turn of the 20th century

28,000 rubber ducks continue to tell a tale of plastic

20 years later, yellow plastic rubber ducks are still appearing on our beaches having been part of a consignment of 28,000 of them lost at sea from a ship on its way from Hong Kong to the US.  Since 1992 these yellow ducks have bobbed their way halfway around the

My ‘walking the talk’ moment on our environment

Having lived for years in African countries and loving the wonderful sunny climates there, I became very negative towards Ireland’s natural environment and was very cynical and irritated when people would constantly comment about how ‘green’ Ireland is. Of course it is – it’s always raining. The opportunities for glimpsing

Development Education: Responding to the Global Crisis?

The DEEEP Seminar “Development Education: Responding to the Crisis?” took place in Dublin last month, bringing together over 100 development education practitioners and policy makers from across Europe to consider the role and response of development education in this time of global financial crisis. Co-hosted by Dóchas and IDEA, the

The Rohingya refugee making factory

If the production of refugees was an industry, Myanmar would be among the world’s market leaders. In the creation of the product, the Burmese regime has pulled out all the stops and ended up with something unique. For the Rohingya are more than refugees. They are also stateless, they are

Radio documentary: The Girls of Kajiado

“The Girls of Kajiado’ tells the story of the young Maasai girls of Southern Kenya and their struggle to remain in education. Their fight represents both a desire to break the bonds of poverty and also a challenge to the traditional role of girls and women in Maasai culture.” ‘The

Boats at sea in Dublin’s Youth Summit on the Sustainable Development Goals

There have been problems in Syria for years that featured in news but it was news that rarely reached young people. Over the summer, this situation became more pronounced to us when news of the Irish government agreed to accept 4,000 Syrian refugees hit headlines, following the first announcement of

Consuming Christmas

With just 1 more sleep and more importantly only 1 shopping day (!!!) left (keep track of your sleeps and shopping days), “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Toys in every store…” And indeed there are, even here in Kampala, although not remotely comparable to the entire aisles

Mbuya’s Story

My name is Felistas Murwisi but everyone calls me mbuya (granny). I am 48 years old. in 2004, I suffered a stroke that affected my right side. I went for physiotherapy and on the 22nd of November, 2004 I went for an HIV test which showed that I was sero-positive.

Rudo’s Story: A widower living with HIV

My name is Rudo Kembo, I’m a 32-year old widow and currently look after 6 children aged between 2 and 15 years. I have been ‘living positively’ with HIV for the past 4 years.

Bus Empowerment: Justice for Widows and Orphans Project

In supporting the rights of widows and orphans in Zambia, JWOP have carried out a variety of projects, the most successful being the ‘Bus Campaign’ where information regarding widow and orphan rights is presented and disseminated amongst the general public travelling on buses/coaches throughout Zambia. The campaign has focused on popularising and promoting legislation called the Intestate Succession Act, which was developed to support families in the event of the death of a spouse; it encourages individuals to write a Will; and carries out community workshops with church leaders to encourage them to promote the rights of widows and orphans during their church services and outreach activities

The Grave Digger

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.