These resources introduce two young children, Nomatter and Forward who live in a small village in Zimbabwe. It explores their daily lives, as well as the challenges they and their family face against a backdrop of food insecurity, climate change and Covid-19. The Helping Hands resources are linked to the
This resource has been designed for children who are attending primary school. It can be used in the classroom by primary school teachers, as part of a children’s liturgy group or family mass group. This resource includes: 4 lesson plans links to the Catholic Pre-school and Primary Religious Education Curriculum
Aim of the game: You are a small farmer in rural Africa. You must purchase, plant, grow, harvest and sell your crops at the market before the time runs out and the season is over. This game includes playable cards, action squares and game components and instructions. The game will
Aim of the game: You are a small farmer in rural Africa. You must purchase, plant, grow, harvest and sell your crops at the market before the time runs out and the season is over. You need: Game board 3–6 players Crop Cards Deck of 36 Chance Cards (four sets)
Aim of the game: You are a small farmer in rural Africa. You must purchase, plant, grow, harvest and sell your crops at the market before the time runs out and the season is over. You need: Game board 3–6 players Crop Cards Deck of 36 Chance Cards (four sets)
Brighter Futures Ahead explores food security, gender equality and climate justice which are some of the key challenges facing young people globally today. This resource: Links issues in Zimbabwe to Ireland as part of a ‘what’s the stich?’ approach, including justice-centred and human rights approaches. Supports youth workers, youth group
This short agriculture and sustainability resource includes: Introductions to food security, causes of the global food security crisis, links to the Irish famine and famine today, the importance of agriculture and women in agriculture Case studies based on the ‘Two Villages’ project Links to videos, online links and 5 activities
This activity pack is divided into two sections: five activities for 5-7 year olds and five for 7-11 year olds. Most of the activities only require printing out some resource sheets, while some others require a sports hall, oranges or some paper plates for example. The activities are as follows:
The third audit of Development Education resources in Ireland draws on resources identified during the four-year period 2017 – 2020. A number of key events, updates and contexts in development and education have impacted on the style, content and focus areas of resource developments. Taken together, these events paint a
Following an extensive consultation process with educators in formal, non-formal education, including with youth groups, community organisations and stakeholder bodies and organisations, this strategy document builds on the learning and progress achieved from previous strategies. The strategy’s role is outlined by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney T.D in his
Las acciones diarias que se recomiendan son útiles para que la gente cree hábitos sostenibles, sea un agente de cambio y empiece a pensar en cuestiones de desarrollo. Cada ODS tiene un título de una palabra, que en última instancia deletrea la siguiente frase: “Si te importa el futuro, protagoniza
The resource supports teachers to teach through a justice lens, a lens with great educational benefits, which meets the requirements as laid out in a range of junior cycle specifications, and in the Framework for Junior Cycle (2015). The spread of COVID-19 around our world has led many people to
A guidebook to support teachers and students in learning about greenwashing as a barrier to sustainable development.
What do fashion companies and EU lobbying have to do with greenwashing, but don’t know where to begin your learning journey? Part three in the series by Rachel Elizabeth Kendrick
Concerns about the ways in which issues, peoples and places have been represented in global development (GD) communications have been raised since the 1980s. Criticisms have been levelled at media and non-governmental development organisations (NGDOs), including for their portrayal of colonial stereotypes, ‘us’ and ‘them’ binary relationships and identities, and
“Dear Teacher….I have been dreaming about this book for more than a decade. I am, and always have been, passionate about Global Citizenship Education (GCE) and visualised this book because I wanted to provide students and teachers with an accessible starting point for learning about this important field. …. I
A series of suggested teaching and learning activities are presented, for Junior Infants to Second Class, and for Third to Sixth Class, using the animation as a springboard for exploring what it means to be an active global citizen. The relevant curriculum strands, strand units and objectives are also provided.
As well as the game itself, and full instructions, there are also three activities which can be used as a tool to debrief and explore the issues further.
This pack includes five different activities, which can be used in English or Spanish. Curriculum links for all activities are also included for both the Irish junior and senior cycles. The five activities are: Introductory activity: What did you eat yesterday? Activity 1: Spot the Difference Activity 2: Food Sovereignty
The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) Summit is upon us and all eyes will be on the Paris meeting and its potential wrangles, challenges and outcomes. Given the debates that characterised the previous Millennium Development Goals agenda, the temperature is likely to hot up with national governments now discussing the SDGs
At 4 pages in length this is a brief resource with original activity-driven illustrations, and step-by-step instructions on the topics of poverty and hunger and children’s needs. For more see the poverty and hunger resources on Trócaire website for educators Other Trócaire resources in the ‘Focus on’ series: Focus on
A quick guide to the Sustainable Development Goals…in 5 minutes
‘Overpopulation’ advocates claim that unsustainable increases in global population are the root of almost all of the major problems facing us today. Are they right? What the Fact? investigates.
An interactive map exploring the relationship between fossil fuel use by country & countries that are vulnerable to the impacts of climate change
Who benefits from our food system, and who loses out? How can this possibly change? Introducing 5 cartoons from around the world on World Food Day.
Aids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, figures from UNAIDS suggest. The data also show that while the number of new infections has hovered around 2.7 million people globally every year since 2007, it is falling in 33 countries — 22 of them in
There is much debate about the image of the continent of Africa and how is portrayed, particularly in the media.One recent article by Femi Adewunmi in the business publication ‘How we made it in Africa’ reports on a BBC Africa Debate held in Kampala, Uganda debating the theme: Africa‘s international
This week marks the 100th post since we launched the developmenteducation.ie blog just over a year ago. Thanks to all our readers and contributors for the lively discussions and debates. Sparks did fly. Disagreement was had. Long may it continue! To mark the occasion we have launched an exciting quarterly
Across 29 countries within Africa, and more than 125 million women and girls cut, Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) continues to be practiced from the Atlantic Coast to the Horn of Africa and beyond with wide variations in the percentage of girls and women cut within and across each country. More
As you log out of ‘Hotmail’ you are redirected to MSN news homepage. I don’t often take much notice of the contents of the page, however, on this occasion the new Forbes listing of the richest people on the planet caught my eye. Turns out, it was very interesting!