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Focus Podcast: The Cambodia-Ireland Changemaker Network
Focus Podcast: The Cambodia-Ireland Changemaker Network Focus dropped into Donabate-Portrane Educate Together National School (DPETNS) and PEPY Empowering Youth during an exchange visit to speak about the work of the Cambodia Ireland Changemaker Network....
Frontline Witness: Refugee Search & Rescue in the Mediterranean
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Umbrella Foundation Ball
Umbrella Foundation Ball Our collegues at The Umbrella Foundation are holding a fundraising ball to assist with their organisation transistion as it phases out its work in Nepal. Heres Umbrella in their own words: Umbrella will phase out its work in Nepal, having...
VIDEO: Heineken in Africa : #FirstWeds Conversation with Olivier van Beemen
VIDEO: Heineken in Africa : #FirstWeds Conversation with Olivier van Beemen https://www.facebook.com/Comhlamh/videos/422899711707360/ For our November #FirstWeds we were delighted to have Investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen to talked to Patrick Marren from the...
Search and Rescue activists drop into Comhlámh ahead of Frontline Witness event.
Search and Rescue activists drop into Comhlámh ahead of Frontline Witness event. [maxsocial id="1"] Comhlámh staff delighted to show solidarity with Ani Montes Comhlámh staff were only to pleased to take the opportunity to show solidarity with search and rescue...
Focus Podcast: Rethinking the divide between international and community development
Focus Podcast: Rethinking the divide between International and Community Development Focus has a chat with Dr Eilish Dillon, exploring some of the ideas, assumptions and practices underpinning much of the work of the international development sector in Ireland and...
Comhlámh shortlisted for a Good Governance Award
Comhlámh shortlisted for a Good Governance Award We are delighted to be nominated for a Good Governance Award connected for our 2019 Annual Report. Our strategic plan 2018-2021 laid out our values and one of these was Legitimacy: "At a time of great questioning of the...
Extinction Rebellion, Civil Disobedience & Social Change
Extinction Rebellion, Civil Disobedience & Social Change [maxsocial id="1"] Subscribe To Focus Podcast: Android | RSS ¦ Apple Podcast Show Info: “Civil Disobedience and Social Change” took place in the Teacher Club in Dublin a few weeks...
Focus Podcast: Ending Volunteering in Orphanages
Focus Podcast: Ending Volunteering in Orphanages It is estimated that around 80% of children and young people living in orphanages and other institutional settings, have at least one parent alive. It is known now that institutional living is really damaging for...
Blocking of Opposition Bills is troubling
Blocking of Opposition Bills is troubling Sir, – In recent months, the Government has faced growing criticism over its use of the “money message” device to veto Opposition legislation. Nearly all Opposition Bills with majority support in Dáil Éireann have been blocked...
Heineken in Africa: Nov #FirstWeds
Heineken in Africa: Our November First Weds We are delighted to have investigative journalist Olivier van Beemen to speak about his book “Heineken in Africa” for our November #FirstWeds Where: Teachers Club, 12 Parnell Square West When: 6th Nov. 7-8.30pm Facebook...
‘Where do I start?’ online course
Dates: Thursday 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th November 2019 ‘This course is well organised and presented. I loved the opportunity to contribute and to hear others' Are you thinking about volunteering internationally? Are you unsure about where to start? Are you wondering...
Our new online course on ethical communication is almost here!
Our new online course on ethical communication is almost here! Some of the faces behind the Platform, pictured in Maribor, Slovenia, September 2019 Thinking about or preparing to volunteer internationally? Interested in reading (and communicating) our increasingly...
Psychosocial resilience: sustainable activism and building resilience
Psychosocial resilience: sustainable activism and building resilience In May, I took part in a 10-day training up the Pyrenees Mountains in Catalonia. The training was called ‘Regenerative Activism.’ A new partner of Comhlámh called Ulex ran it. Ulex is the Latin for...
FirstWeds: Civil Disobedience and Social Change.
FirstWeds: Civil Disobedience and Social Change In a society and world of overlapping crisis, ecological and political, what role does civil disobedience have to play? With increasing numbers of people feeling that formal politics is exacerbating growing inequality...
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