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September 21, 2023
Culture Night 2023 at Comhlámh
September 20, 2023
#FirstWeds Autumn Series 2023: Ecological Sustainability and Finding Ways In
September 11, 2023
Depth Education For Youth (DEFY) Online Seminar & Journaling: For Those Working with Young People on Social and Ecological Justice
September 1, 2023
Comhlámh Social Circles – Join us to Reconnect
June 26, 2023
World Refugee Day 2023: Ireland Says Welcome Group Appeal Letters to Minister O’Gorman and Minister McEntee
June 6, 2023
#FirstWeds Summer Series 2023 (Part 2): Search and Rescue: From Celebration to Criminalisation
June 4, 2023
#FirstWeds Summer Series 2023: Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Shedding Light on the Reality of EU Pushbacks
May 30, 2023
Comhlámh’s Board of Directors 2023: Welcomes and Farewells
May 29, 2023
Comhlámh Annual Report 2022 Published
May 25, 2023
‘Global Solidarity in Action: Comhlámh Strategic Plan 2023-2028’ Published
May 18, 2023
JOB VACANCY: Solidarity and Capacity Development Coordinator
May 15, 2023
#FirstWeds Summer Series 2023: FROM LEGAL OBLIGATIONS TO ILLEGAL PRACTICES: Challenging Pushbacks & the Erosion of the Rule of Law on the European Borders
May 2, 2023
Comhlámh AGM & Annual Forum 2023- 25 May 2023
April 14, 2023
End Orphanage Care Info Session on Orphanage Visits & Volunteering for the Schools Sector
April 5, 2023
JOB VACANCY: Administrator, Information & Support
March 15, 2023
EVENT: Why Ireland needs to leave the climate wrecking Energy Charter Treaty (ECT)
March 6, 2023
Comhlámh new Development Education Series for Code Volunteer Sending Agencies
March 6, 2023
The Comhlamh Trade Justice Group urges the Taoiseach to support a withdrawal of Ireland from the Energy Charter Treaty
February 28, 2023
Comhlámh Safeguarding Conversations & New Safeguarding Principle
January 26, 2023
MEDIA RELEASE: Childcare Reformers Coalition Call on the Government to Help End International Orphanage Volunteering and Institutionalisation of Children Globally
January 23, 2023
Put Children First: End Orphanage Care Campaign AV Room Hearing this Wednesday – We Need Your Help
December 6, 2022
Applications opening soon for Skills in Development Education 2023 course
December 6, 2022
NEW REPORT: Emerging modalities of global solidarity and active global citizenship in Ireland
December 5, 2022
Thinking about international volunteering? Our ‘Where Do I Start?’ resource is here to help.
November 19, 2022
MEDIA RELEASE: Comhlámh and the End Orphanage Volunteering Working Group call on the government to help end the practice of orphanage volunteering to mark World Children’s Day
November 3, 2022
FirstWeds Autumn Series 2022 (Part 3): Unpacking Commonalities in Struggle
October 14, 2022
‘We Need to Talk – Hosting Conversations on Climate Change and Unsustainability’ – Comhlámh’s IVCO 2022 Think Piece
October 13, 2022
FirstWeds Autumn Series 2022 (Part 2): The Struggle for the Earth – The Global is Local
September 26, 2022
Explore Our New Courses Pages
September 15, 2022
FirstWeds Autumn Series 2022 (Part 1): Struggle as Acts of Citizenship
September 15, 2022
#FirstWeds Autumn Series 2022: The Struggle for Democracy – Exploring Commonalities in Global Citizenship and Activism
September 14, 2022
Culture Night 2022 at Comhlámh
July 11, 2022
Comhlámh’s Board of Directors: Welcomes and Farewells
We are delighted to announce that Comhlámh has three new Board Members, Morgane Clarke, Siobhán Reynolds and Mairéad Roche, who were appointed at Comhlámh’s Annual General Meeting on 23 June 2022. They all are bringing a vast array of crucial expertise and skills that will strongly contribute to the development of our organisation. Morgane Clarke […]
July 11, 2022
INVITATION TO TENDER: External audits of organisations involved in Comhlámh’s Code of Good Practice for Volunteer Sending Agencies
Comhlámh is seeking a suitably qualified consultant/s to undertake external audits of four organisations involved in our Code of Good Practice for Volunteer Sending Agencies (CoGP). The consultant will evaluate levels of compliance with the principles of the CoGP, identify priorities for improvement and co-create an action plan with the organisations. The successful applicant should […]
July 11, 2022
NEW PUBLICATION: Solidarity in Action. A Journey in Global Citizenship Education
Along with our partners, UCD Volunteers Overseas (UCDVO), Comhlámh is delighted to announce the launch of ‘Solidarity in Action 2021: A journey in Global Citizenship Education’. This digital publication captures some of the unique learning and impact for those involved in Solidarity in Action, a 3-month development education programme devised in partnership with UCDVO in […]
July 5, 2022
Research into emerging models of global solidarity and global citizens
A joint Comhlamh & Maynooth University project We often refer to the concept of global citizenship education in our work, but rarely have the time to reflect on what the concept means, and how it relates to democracy and the role of the state in an increasingly globalised world. In January, Comhlámh began a six-month […]
June 24, 2022
Comhlámh Annual Report 2021
Comhlámh Annual Report 2021: Report Introduction Dear Members and Supporters of Comhlámh, We are very grateful for your ongoing support, encouragement and community, which helped sustain Comhlámh during the difficult second year of the pandemic. The effects have had a deep impact across the international development and volunteering sectors, affecting all areas of our solidarity-based […]
June 20, 2022
Ireland Says Welcome: Appeal to Minister O’Gorman to address new and long-standing human rights concerns and disparities in the international protection system
Re: To: Roderic O’Gorman, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youthby email to: roderic.ogorman@oireachtas.ie20th June 2022 RE: Appeal to Minister O’Gorman to address new and long-standing human rights concerns and disparities in the international protection system and refocus on the objective of humanely addressing the accommodation needs of all who arrive in Ireland seeking […]
June 17, 2022
Access to Medicines Ireland: WTO Members fail to deliver a comprehensive TRIPS waiver for COVID-19 health technologies including vaccines
PRESS RELEASE Dublin, Friday, 17th June Following more than 2 years of a pandemic and the loss of an estimated over 15 million lives, on June 17th 2022 Members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) agreed a Ministerial decision on the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement. The agreement differs significantly from the […]
June 15, 2022
Comhlámh AGM 2022 & Annual Forum – 23 June 2022
Comhlámh’s AGM and Development Forum are taking place on June 23rd, from 18.00 – 20.00. Comhlámh AGM 2022 (6PM, Members only) We invite Comhlámh members to the online AGM 2022, at which the new CEO, Caroline Murphy, the Chair and the Treasurer will report on the organisation’s work and finances in 2021. This will also include […]
May 31, 2022
Comhlámh Welcomes New CEO and a Capacity Building & Volunteering Quality Project Officer
Comhlámh is delighted to announce the appointment of our new Chief Executive Officer, Dr Caroline Murphy. She brings considerable expertise to the organisation with over 14 years’ experience of working for organisations across the Irish International Development sector, with a most recent appointment as Acting Director for Financial Justice Ireland. Over the years, Caroline has […]
May 9, 2022
Comhlámh Says Goodbye to Caoimhe Butterly
As our Erasmus+ funded “Working for a Better World” project concludes, we are very sorry to be saying goodbye to our colleague, Caoimhe Butterly. Since November 2019, Caoimhe coordinated this project, which aimed to resource migrant solidarity responders within their increasingly difficult work. She worked tirelessly to support internal and collective psychological and emotional safety, […]
May 9, 2022
#FirstWeds Spring Series (PART 3): Criminalisation of Humanitarians on the European Borders
About the #FirstWeds ‘Conflict and Migration Through the Lens of Solidarity’ Spring Series Our #FirstWeds Spring Series holds in mind Ukrainians and people of other countries ridden by war and conflict, who have been forced to leave their homes and cross borders in search of safety. What are some practical ways to extend support and […]
May 3, 2022
W4BW Sustaining Civil Responses to Migration Project Comes to an End – Check Our Psychosocial Support Resources
Last week our Working for a Better World (W4BW) – Sustaining Civic Response (W4BW) Project came to an end. We are wrapping it up in a very uncertain time – a time of war, escalating conflicts, forced displacements, increasingly perilous refuge-seeking journeys and the deepening impacts of climate change. In response, both communities and solidarity […]
April 29, 2022
Access to Medicines Ireland Call on Pfizer to Share Knowledge and Address Inequitable Global Access to ts COVID-19 Vaccine and Treatments
PRESS RELEASE Dublin, Friday, 29th April 2022. Campaigners from Access to Medicines Ireland (AMI), a leading group of doctors, academics and patients, took part yesterday in a global day of action to coincide with Pfizer’s global Annual General Meetings, demanding that the company drops all monopoly protections on its COVID-19 vaccine technology and proactively […]
April 19, 2022
Decolonising Development Education Workshop
You are invited to Decolonising Development Education workshop. DATES: Tuesday, 31 May and Tuesday, 30 August LOCATION: Dublin (in-person) We hope to see you there! Comhlámh is delighted to be collaborating with IDEA and WorldWise Global Schools on a 2-part ‘Decolonising Development Education’ training this summer. The 2-part training workshop is an invitation to explore colonialism’s […]
April 11, 2022
#FirstWeds Spring Series (PART 2): Solidarity in Crisis
About the #FirstWeds Conflict and Migration Through the Lens of Solidarity Our #FirstWeds Spring Series holds in mind Ukrainians and people of other countries ridden by war and conflict, who have been forced to leave their homes and cross borders in search of safety. What are some practical ways to extend support and solidarity from […]
March 16, 2022
Access to Medicines Ireland Press Release: TRIPS WAIVER DEAL WELCOME BUT PHARMA MUST PLAY ITS PART
Tuesday, 15th March, 2022Campaigners from Access to Medicines Ireland, a leading group of doctors, academics and patients who advocate for greater access to essential medicines, have welcomed reports of a landmark deal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. The deal, reported to have been agreed by the EU, US, South Africa and […]
March 16, 2022
#FirstWeds Spring Series (PART 1): Solidarity with Ukraine
About the #FirstWeds Conflict & Migration Through the Lens of Solidarity Our #FirstWeds Spring Series holds in mind Ukrainians and people of other countries ridden by war and conflict, who have been forced to leave their homes and cross borders in search of safety. What are some practical ways to extend support and solidarity from […]
March 16, 2022
#FirstWeds Spring Series: Conflict and Migration through the lens of Solidarity
Our upcoming #FirstWeds Spring Series holds in mind Ukrainians and people of other countries ridden by war and conflict, who have been forced to leave their homes and cross borders in search of safety. What are some practical ways to extend support and solidarity from Ireland? And, as we extend this support and solidarity, how […]
March 3, 2022
Stephen Ucembe: Put Children First, End Orphanage Care
Written by Stephen Ucembe, Regional Advocacy Manager with Hope and Homes and founder of the Kenya Society of Careleavers, for the official launch of ‘Put Children First: End Orphanage Care’ EndorserCampaign on 3 February 2022. My name is Stephen, I grew up in care, spent almost 15 years of my childhood in a children’s home, […]
March 2, 2022
Applications are now open for the 2022 edition of the “Skills in Development Education” course
Applications for Solidarity in Action are open from 1 to 18th of March. This course (or learning journey) aims to cultivate sustainable activism in participants. It is open to those who have previously participated in one of our evening courses (Be the Change or Skills in Development Education), the UCDVO Volunteer Programme, or members of the UCD Community with relevant knowledge/experience. Find out more and apply here.
March 1, 2022
WEBINAR – Militarized Israel: How living in a highly militarized state affects children and young people in Palestine and Israel. A non violent response.
February 10, 2022
Saying Goodbye to Sandra Byrne, Comhlámh’s Volunteer Quality Project Officer
10 Feb 2022 Today marks the departure of our dear colleague Sandra Byrne. Sandra has been a member of the Comhlamh staff team since 2017, mainly in her capacity as Volunteer Quality Project Officer and more recently as Interim Programme Manager. With a background in community development, Sandra brought such care and depth to her […]
February 2, 2022
MEDIA RELEASE:
Comhlámh and the End Orphanage Volunteering Working Group launch their key policy recommendations to help end the practice of orphanage volunteering and the institutionalisation of children globally
MEDIA RELEASE Comhlámh and the End Orphanage Volunteering Working Group launch their key policy recommendations to help end the practice of orphanage volunteering and the institutionalisation of children globally Dublin, 3 February 2022 – Comhlámh and the End Orphanage Volunteering Working Group today launched their ‘Put Children First: End Orphanage Care’ campaign’s key recommendations to […]
January 18, 2022
Job Vacancy: Chief Executive Officer
Job Vacancy: Chief Executive Officer Job vacancy: Chief Executive Officer About Comhlámh: Comhlámh is the Irish Association of Development Workers and Volunteers. Our mission is to nurture, guide and mobilise development workers and volunteers to work for social justice locally and globally. We work to promote and support volunteers and development workers to critically engage […]
January 18, 2022
A note from the Comhlámh Board and staff team on the departure of Mark Cumming, C.E.O.
In February 2022, Mark Cumming will move on from his role as C.E.O of Comhlámh, a role that he has held since 2013. Mark is returning to his roots in training, programme development and accompaniment and while the impending loss weighs heavy on our hearts, we know that this new work is going to bring […]
January 18, 2022
Join ‘Put Children First: End Orphanage Care’ Endorsement Campaign Launch
You are invited to Put Children First: End Orphanage Care’ Endorsement Campaign Launch. Comhlámh and the End Orphanage Volunteering Working Group launch its endorsement campaign to secure support for key policy recommendations on global care reform. The event will take place on Thursday, 3 February, 10:00-11:30 AM. We hope to see you there! It is […]
January 11, 2022
Job Vacancy: Project Officer, Capacity Building & Volunteering Quality
Job Vacancy: Project Officer, Capacity Building & Volunteering Quality Job Vacancy: Project Officer, Capacity Building & Volunteering Quality Job Title: Capacity Building & Volunteering Quality Project OfficerReports to: Programme ManagerLocation: 12 Parliament Street, Dublin 2 Comhlámh is the Irish Association of Development Workers and Volunteers. Our mission is to nurture, guide and mobilise development workers and […]
December 7, 2021
Applications are now open for the 2022 edition of the “Skills in Development Education” course
Applications are now open for Skills in Development Education 2022, a course that Comhlamh runs in partnership with UCDVO each year. This 7-week participatory course (one session per week) comprises of seven evening modules and a one-day practical workshop and aims to equip participants with skills and methods to work effectively with groups on global development […]
November 24, 2021
Join Rooting Resilience: Panel Discussion and Launch of Psychosocial Support Resources for Migrant Solidarity Responders
You are invited to Rooting Resilience: Panel Discussion and Launch of Psychosocial Support Resources for Migrant Solidarity Responders. The event will take place on Wednesday, 15 December, 10:30 AM-12:30 NOON. We hope to see you there! As part of Comhlámh’s Erasmus+ funded “Working for a Better World – Sustaining Civic Responses” project, you are warmly invited […]
November 24, 2021
Join ‘Put Children First: End Orphanage Care’ Student Action Group Meeting
Join us for the meeting of our ‘Put Children First: End Orphanage Care’ pledge and Student Action Group to help us end orphanage volunteering. We are meeting on Thursday, 25 November, 7PM. We hope to see you there! Comhlámh and Tearfund Ireland invite all students to join us in our work to end orphanage volunteering […]
November 24, 2021
#FirstWeds Autumn Series (PART 3): Post-COP26: Community Activists on Where to Next
Join us for December #FirstWeds series where our panel of community-based activists discuss outcomes from COP26 and to explore how we can continue to work towards a social transformation that is grounded in justice and in responsibility for Earth and for each other.
November 9, 2021
MEDIA RELEASE: ‘Put Children First: End Orphanage Care’: Comhlámh Launches a New Campaign to End Orphanage Volunteering
MEDIA RELEASE: ‘Put Children First: End Orphanage Care’: Comhlámh Launches a New Campaign to End Orphanage Volunteering MEDIA RELEASE ‘Put Children First: End Orphanage Care’: Comhlámh Launches a New Campaign to End Orphanage Volunteering Comhlámh and the End Orphanage Volunteering Working Group today, 10th November, launched a public awareness campaign and a pledge to help change […]
November 3, 2021
Comhlámh solidarity statement with three humanitarian volunteers facing 25 years in prison in Greece.
Comhlámh, the Irish Association of Development Workers and Volunteers, expresses its solidarity with three humanitarian volunteers, one of them Irish, facing 25 years in prison for their work rescuing and supporting people seeking refuge in Greece. Seán Binder, Sarah Mardini, and Nassos Karakitsos were arrested in 2018 while working and volunteering with Emergency Response Centre […]
November 3, 2021
Join ‘Put Children First: End Orphanage Care’ Pledge Launch & Student Action Group
Join us for the launch of our ‘Put Children First: End Orphanage Care’ pledge and Student Action Group to help us end orphanage volunteering. The event will take place on Wednesday, 10 November, 7-8:30PM. We hope to see you there! Comhlamh and Tearfund Ireland invite you to join us in our work to end orphanage […]
October 21, 2021
Ending Orphanage Volunteering & the Institutionalisation of Children.
We would like to invite you to Ending Orphanage Volunteering & the Institutionalisation of Children. Transforming the Way We Care Event directed at Students. The event will take place on Wednesday, 27 October, 7-8:30PM. WHY ATTEND? Join Comhlamh and Tearfund Ireland in an online discussion around the growing global movement to end orphanage volunteering and […]
October 21, 2021
#FirstWeds Autumn Series (PART 2): Where Does the Wisdom Lie? Elders on the Climate Crisis
With COP26 as the backdrop, join us this autumn for our #FirstWeds series where we will be seeking wisdom and inspiration from youth, elders, and a wider cohort of community activists on the climate crisis, present and future.
October 21, 2021
A Development Education Programme for Code Volunteer Sending Agencies
A Development Education Programme for Code Volunteer Sending Agencies Development Education Programme for Code VSAs This is a programme for Comhlámh Code Volunteer Sending Agencies WHEN: Sessions will take place on the last Thursday of every month, beginning Thursday, 28 October, from 11.30am to 1pm. Register now On 28 October, Comhlámh is starting a new Development […]
October 14, 2021
What is Decolonisation Asking of Us? – Comhlámh Think Piece at IVCO 2021
This paper by Sive Bresnihan, Training & Education Officer with Comhlámh asks how the field of volunteering for development – which typically enjoys and asserts an aid of neutrality and benevolence – might meet growing calls for decolonisation. It calls on us, at IVCO and beyond, to break the cycle of conversations that ultimately lead […]
September 29, 2021
NUI Galway: Ending Orphanage Volunteering & the Institutionalisation of Children. An Event for Student Journalists
On behalf of NUI Galway we would like to invite you to Ending Orphanage Volunteering & the Institutionalisation of Children. Transforming the Way we Care Event for Student Journalists. The event will take place on Wednesday, 13 October, 7-8PM. Sign up now to attend now here. WHY ATTEND? Join Comhlamh and its Orphanage Working Group in an […]
September 29, 2021
#FirstWeds Autumn Series (PART1): The Future is Now: Global Youth Voices on the Climate Crisis
With COP26 as the backdrop, join us this autumn for our #FirstWeds series where we will be seeking wisdom and inspiration from youth, elders, and a wider cohort of community activists on the climate crisis, present and future.
September 16, 2021
Building a new look Volunteer Charter: Join the Working Group by 23 September
Building a new look Volunteer Charter: Join the Working Group by 23 September Join the Volunteer Charter Working Group JOIN now Are you a returned volunteer? Are you keen to support the re-imagining (and making) of a new look resource for Volunteers to take the place of Comhlámh’s 2012 Volunteer Charter? If yes and yes, you can […]
September 16, 2021
The Comhlámh Trade Justice Group’s new CETA resource page launched
The Comhlámh Trade Justice Group is launching its new resource page today to inform the Irish public on what is at stake with the ratification of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, CETA. Visit the page now.
September 16, 2021
#FirstWeds Autumn Series: Coping with COP – Reflections on the climate crisis, present and future
With COP26 as the backdrop, join us this autumn for our #FirstWeds series where we will be seeking wisdom and inspiration from youth, elders, and a wider cohort of community activists on the climate crisis, present and future.
September 1, 2021
Continuing the Journey: A Development Education Series for returned volunteers and development workers
Continuing the Journey: A Development Education Series for returned volunteers and development workers Continuing the Journey: register now ‘Continuing the journey’ is an introductory course to Development Education and an invitation to learn, share and reflect in order to make sense of our world. WHEN: Tuesday evenings over 4 weeks (5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th […]
August 26, 2021
MEDIA RELEASE: EU Leaders urged to immediately support the WTO TRIPS Waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments
MEDIA RELEASE: EU Leaders urged to immediately support the WTO TRIPS Waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments Coinciding with the arrival of President Macron, Access to Medicines Ireland (AMI) and its supporters are demonstrating outside Government Buildings at Merrion Street today. AMI calls on the EU leaders like Emmanuel Macron and Micheál Martin to immediately support the WTO TRIPS Waiver for COVID-19 vaccines and treatments and save lives. Founding […]
August 17, 2021
Join us at the World Café event for returned volunteers and development workers
Join us at the World Café event for returned volunteers and development workers The World Café is an event for returned volunteers and development workers interested in connecting with each other, sharing stories and continuing their global justice journey back home. Comhlámh is a place for people to come together, share stories and make […]
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