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Young People Developing Collective Actions

Young People Developing Collective Actions The project focuses in particular on young migrants and international volunteers, drawing on their experiences of living in other cultures. At the end of February, we had the privilege of heading to Palermo, Sicily, to...

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and International Volunteering

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and International Volunteering Preparing for the almost inevitable global spread of this virus, now dubbed COVID-19, is one of the most pro-social, altruistic things you can do in response to potential disruptions of this kind.We should prepare,...

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Reflections on volunteering in two worlds

Reflections on volunteering in two worlds Ewnetu spoke about his experiences of returning to Ethiopia as a volunteer at the Irish Aid Volunteering Fair in November 2019, as a part of the Human Library activity. Ewnetu Ermias compares his volunteering in Ethiopia with...

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Fifteen Children Killed in Haiti Orphanage Fire

Fifteen Children Killed in Haiti Orphanage Fire A staff worker at the orphanage stands amid the charred children’s home on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday. Photograph: Dieu Nalio Chery/AP Comhlamh and its Orphanage Working Group were shocked and...

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Comhlámh’s 2020 Outreach Programme

Comhlámh’s 2020 Outreach Programme Comhlámh’s 2020 Outreach Programme began on 16 January at the Volunteer Fair in NUI Galway.  Comhlámh was one of 30 organisations showcasing their work to students, staff and lecturers in the James Hardiman Library, in...

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Transforming care: Stopping the demand for orphanages

Transforming care: Stopping the demand for orphanages In this article written and published in Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) union magazine we outline the shift in policy and practice from supporting orphanages towards enabling family and...

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Christmas Party 2019

Christmas Party 2019 Friends Members and Comrades – come along to our Christmas party We hope you can join us at our annual Comhlámh, Kimmage Alumni / Department of International Development Studies Maynooth University and VSI Christmas drinks. Come and see who you...

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Fracking, Neocolonialism and International Resistance

Fracking, Neocolonialism and International Resistance Fracking gas has been banned in Ireland. So why is the government driving through plans to build a fracked gas refinery plant in Shannon?  What does this mean for communities still fighting to defeat fracking...

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