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"Reconciliation is dead": Wet’suwet’en peoples respond to Canadian military backing of pipelines
"Reconciliation is dead": Wet’suwet’en peoples respond to Canadian military backing of pipelines Studying for Two Figures Restraining a Third by artist Kent Monkman As a wave of solidarity actions crossed Canada, James O Neill, has written this piece. James was a long...
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...
Dympna Meaney Women’s Leadership Development Fund: 2020 Bursaries
Each year the Dympna Meaney Women's Leadership Development Fund* awards skills building bursaries to human rights activists in the global south. We are passionate about supporting grass roots women working to combat gender based violence among migrant, displaced or...
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...
Beyond Borders Navigating The Journey.
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Focus Podcast Visiting Achill Island, global health and growing inequality
Focus Podcast: Visiting Achill Island, global health and growing inequality Focus headed to Achill island for the the second International Health and Development Training for Healthcare Workers. Organised for people interested in volunteering or working in healthcare...
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...
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...
Comhlámh Drivetime interview calls for an end to volunteering in orphanages
Comhlámh Drivetime interview calls for an end to volunteering in orphanages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq2P8i9bR6E&feature=youtu.be
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...
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