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International Citizens for Local Perspectives: supporting young international volunteers and migrants as active citizens working for global justice.
Comhlámh is delighted to be part of a new Erasmus+ funded project that will link our work on international volunteering with the creation of a more inclusive and equitable society in Ireland. Entitled ‘International Citizens for Local Perspectives’ (IC4LOP), the...
Leyla and Niall chat about joining Comhlámh’s Global Trade Justice Course
Leyla and Niall attended Comhlámh’s Global Trade Justice Course last year, run by our Trade Justice member group. We had a brief chat about their experience Why did you take the course? Leyla: In early 2018, I was going through the Eventbrite...
We welcome ASTI – the newest member of our Supporter Network – 24 January 2019
In April 2017, Comhlámh officially launched the Supporter Network with a reception at Wood Quay and a speech from the then Minister of State for Development, Joe McHugh. We welcomed 13 associations and organisations into the Supporter Network and we celebrated the...
Doctors to attend Dail in call to halt profiteering in cancer medicines: Press Release
Comhlámh member group Access to Medicines (AMI) delivers the launch their Policy Document in Leinster House at the invitation of Dr Michael Harty, chair of the Oireachtas joint committee on Health. “Escalating prices for new medicines put an ever-greater strain...
Access to Medicines releases its Policy Brief.
Access to Medicines (AMI) delivers the launch their Policy Document in Leinster House at the invitation of Dr Michael Harty, chair of the Oireachtas joint committee on Health. You can read it or download it by clicking on the download button on the bottom of the...
Mick Wallace on fire in questions around Direct Provision
The 2018 Budget for Direct Provision was over €66 million, of which the vast majority is privately operated - Who is monitoring the units? Mick Wallace questioning Minister Charlie Flanagan on Direct Provision
Changing Volunteering in Orphanages.
https://youtu.be/wUUjPvnWFgM The untold stories of orphanages, a system that's harming the very children we believe it protects, and how you can choose to be part of the solution. Over the years many kind and well-intentioned people have volunteered in...
‘Volunteers’ Responses to the European Refugee Situation’
The paper was brought together by Trisanhi Gosine, NOHA MSc student on placement and explores volunteers responses to the refugee situation in Europe with particular focus on Greece. [pdf-embedder...
Celebrating Global Efforts to end Gender Based Violence
Dear Friends Please join us this International Human Rights Day to mark the contribution of southern based women working to eradicate gender based violence. Our celebration of this inspiring collaboration takes place on 10th December at 6:30 p.m. at the...
Dympna Meaney Fund Now Open for 2019 Applications
Dympna Meaney Women’s Leadership Development Fund Applications are now open. Please note these are to be be submitted by Friday 29th March 2019. Please do share this across you networks. Purpose of the Fund The Dympna Meaney Women’s Leadership Development Fund seeks...
Volunteering for the Future: Play your part in active hope!
Volunteering for the future ‘Volunteering for the Future’ is a project that was developed by Comhlámh and three of our partner organisations across Europe, Volunteering Matters in the UK, INEX in Czech Republic and finep in Germany. Collectively we believe in the...
The Destruction of the Community Development Sector in Ireland
An interesting paper was published this month by Patricia Kelleher and Cathleen O'Neill examines the social and political forces that have lead to the undermining of "a vibrant state-funded community development, anti-poverty and equality sector which built on...
New edition of #Volops Launched
At last weekends Irish Aid Volunteer Fair, we launched the latest edition of #Volops magazine. It promotes responsible and responsive volunteering practices from the point of view of returned volunteer development workers, volunteer sending agencies, and us,...
Living in the shadows of Irish society.
This is a typical day in the life of an asylum seeker in Knockalisheen Accommodation Centre (Direct Provision). The first thing is a trip to communal bathrooms to brush teeth and shower before breakfast which will be served in the canteen between 08h00-10h00. The...
Palestine’s Forgotten Refugees in Lebanon
This is a new report from the Centre for Global Education which assess the social and economic conditions in which Palestinian refugees are living in Lebanon. These conditions have worsened as newly arriving refugees from Syria have placed...
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