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Online, virtual and remote debriefing.
Online, virtual and remote debriefing. Comhlámh’s information and support officer, Ruth Powell, reflects on delivering online, virtual and remote debriefings during a pandemic. I didn’t want to do online debriefings...
Project Officer, Capacity Building & Volunteering Quality (Career Break cover – 13 months)
Project Officer, Capacity Building & Volunteering Quality (Career Break cover – 13 months) Job Title: Capacity Building & Volunteering Quality Project OfficerReports to: Programme...
Comhlámh joins the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign against Facebook.
Comhlámh joins the “Stop Hate for Profit” campaign against Facebook. Comhlámh also calls for other organisations to suspend paying advertising revenue until tech giant takes substantive action. Image: Mozilla While Facebook likes to promote itself as bringing...
'Stop Filming Us' screening and discussion – July #FirstWeds
'Stop Filming Us' screening and discussion - July #FirstWeds Wednesday 1st July from 7pm Watch 'Stop Filming Us' Here at 7pm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmUNcIyfPaY&feature=youtu.be Join the live post screening panel here at 8pm https://youtu.be/OTD9xIoD21Y...
Virtual, online and remote volunteering for international development
Virtual, online and remote volunteering for international development On 20 May Comhlámh attended a webinar on remote volunteering, hosted by FORUM which is the global network of organisations involved in international volunteering for development. There were a...
#FirstWeds Migrant Voices Across Europe
#FirstWeds Migrant Voices Across Europe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NOR-pFTuQ0 Make sure and subscribe to Comhlámh's YouTube channel by clicking here to ensure you dont get notified about our live feed videos Streaming from 7pm Wed 3rd June, we will be in...
Children in orphanages at specific risk of Covid-19
Children in orphanages at specific risk of Covid-19 Comhlámh and the Orphanage Working Group: Supporting the Global Movement to Keep Children Safe Children in orphanages at specific risk of Covid-19 An estimated 8 million children currently live in orphanages...
Conversations with Volunteers and Development Workers
Conversations with Volunteers and Development Workers Áine Lynch left Comhlámh in mid 2019 to take up a role as project coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières. This is her second deployment with MSF and we caught up with her over email, to ask her a few questions...
Social Justice and Radical Hope in a Global Pandemic
Social Justice and Radical Hope in a Global Pandemic On the 8th April three Comhlámh staff members, Sive Bresnihan, Caoimhe Butterly and Mark Malone asked if it were possible to have radical hope and show solidarity with social justice issues during a global pandemic,...
E-TICK – our new online course on Ethical Communication has landed!
E-TICK – our new online course on Ethical Communication has landed! Did you know, by the time you read this page, 500 hours of video will have been uploaded to YouTube? Did you know that in the second it takes you to read this word, 9,000 tweets will have been tweeted...
Green New Deal, Just Transition and COVID-19
#FirstWeds Green New Deal, Just Transition and COVID-19 Watch below with Dr Lorna Gold, Dr Conor Mc Cabe & Sean Mc Cabe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrepqINfCMU Wednesday 6th May, 7pm. Can be played above. Press play now to set a reminder7pm Live streaming from...
The Art of Listening
The Art of Listening In the first of two pieces reflecting on her time working with Comhlámh Hannah R a student from Maynooth University's Youth and Community Work Programme, writes about the art of listening. Since the beginning of your time, you were listening,...
Development Organisations Applaud Government’s Strategic Alliance with World Health Organization
In times where we see a rise of nationalism and isolationism in many places, it is important to redouble our commitment and efforts around principles of international solidarity and cooperation. The idea and practices of the WHO are an integral part of those principles and play an invaluable role in helping peoples of the world face the shared multiple challenges ahead of us.”
My human library book experience with Comhlámh
My human library book experience with Comhlámh I had never heard of a ‘human library’ book and when the opportunity came to speak about my recent volunteering experience in this experimental event, I jumped at the chance! I volunteered as a human library book at...
Virtual #VolOps
Virtual #Volops At the launch of VolOps at the Irish Aid Volunteering Fair with staff from Comhlámh, Irish Aid and then Minister Seán Sherlock. Since the launch of VolOps at the Irish Aid Volunteering Fair in 2014, we have used the social media platforms of Facebook,...
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