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SUBMISSION TO OIREACHTAS JOINT COMMITTEE ON JUSTICE & EQUALITY DIRECT PROVISION & THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION PROCESS
The purpose of this submission is to express our conviction that DP is not an adequate system and should be ended - and to make recommendations for improvements which would be led by the rights of the asylum-seeker rather than the economics of the state.Ireland Says...
Comhlámh’s 2018 Annual Report
Previous Annual Reports can be found in our About Us section here
An evening with Séan Ó Tuathaigh
On the 27 June, author Séan Ó Tuathaigh will be here in the Comhlámh offices for an evening of questions and answers about his new book “Outlanders: Stories of the displaced”. Beforehand we caught up with him to ask him a few questions about his book. Can you tell us...
Julius Arega: Volunteering in Orphanages in Kenya.
Julius Arega is chair of a community based organisation in Ngong, Kenya called Rays of Hope. Rays of Hope works to support proper family and community based care for children. He speaks about the situation in Kenya, and his input was part of the launch of 'Children...
Focus: Action for Global Justice, Issue 104
Climate campaigners hold a banner at Carrigafoyle Castle on the Shannon Estuary in Co Kerry. | Photo Credits: William Hederman Climate justice, Independent Living Movement Ireland, volunteering and orphanages, Direct Provision, the housing crisis and much more You can...
Children First : A Global Perspective on Volunteering In Orphanages and Transforming Care.
Children First : A Global Perspective on Volunteering In Orphanages and Transforming Care. This report was produced by Comhlámh and the Volunteering and Orphanages Working Group (OWG ) The OWG was set up in 2016 by Comhlámh and a number of Volunteer Sending Agencies...
Cracking Video from Access to Medicines on Price Transparency.
Stand up for making medicines accessible & affordable! @AccessToMedsIRL & @MSF_Ireland are calling on @LeoVaradkar to support the #TransparencyResolution at #WHA72 which will help countries get a fairer deal for patients & health systems RT & help put...
Comhlámh AGM Thursday, 23rd May 2019
Comhlámh AGM Thursday 23rd May 2019 Carmelite Community Centre, Whitefriar Street, Dublin 6pm – registration and refreshments (sandwiches and tea/coffee) 6.30pm-8.30pm - Meeting Are you a returned development worker or volunteer who has spent time in the Global...
Community Sponsorship Ireland programme: A callout from Cork
The Department of Justice announced the launch of the community sponsorship initiative in March this year Last week Comhlámh had a great meeting with the Red Cross about the new Community Based Refugee Sponsorship Programmes and Comhlámh's new European project...
‘Meet – Play – Move: One woman’s take on the UCDVO/Comhlamh Skills in Development Education course’
Credit :Zoe Liston, UCDVO/Comhlamh courses 2019 Finding just and compassionate solutions: Comhlámh’s Skills in Development Education course 2019 As a lifelong local community volunteer who, on a regular basis, facilitates groups as part of the ‘day’ job, I was...
Ask The Candidates! #EUelections2019
The upcoming European and Local elections on Friday, May 24th are an important one. People will be canvassing for your votes, and so we have pulled together some key questions around particular themes that our members have been working on. These cover areas of...
Trade Unionism & Working for Development #FirstWeds
To mark Mayday 2019, this month #FirstWeds will explore some of the themes and issues of trade unionism and working in the local and global community and development sectors. From a global perspective, we can clearly see those trade unionists, and others involved in...
The Comhlámh Coming Home Weekend – ‘Sustaining Our Work’
'Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.' Audre Lorde Comhlámh is delighted to announce that our next Coming Home Weekend will take place in Django Hostel in Cloughjordan eco-village on Saturday 22...
Cultivate’s new Elements of Change Festival
Unveiling Cultivate's new Elements of Change Festival, June 29th: "Celebrating what a 'sustainable community' is and exploring what actually sustains community. Many movements are calling for change - let's come together to rethink what these diverse elements of...
Dr Ciara Conlon: Access to Medicines Podcast
Last weekend, Ciara Conlon from Access to Medicines appeared on The Echo Chamber Podcast ahead of the Access to Medicines conference this month. You can listen in full below. Irish patients have access to fewer new medicines than those in other EU countries and have...
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