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Volunteering and the Sustainable Development Goals
Comhlámh is delighted to host the United Nations Volunteer programme in Dublin for a dialogue on on Volunteering and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on Volunteering for the 2030...
Ruth Powell reviews “Learning Service: The Essential Guide to Volunteering Abroad”
The first thing you notice about “Learning Service: The Essential Guide to Volunteering Abroad” is that it comes highly recommended by Noam Chomsky who states that it is “an extraordinary contribution” and “a manifesto for doing good well”. The second...
More than 1,600 people died in the attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in the months up to September 2018.
Image from SeaWatch.org Sir, – Ireland is failing in its responsibility to migrants seeking asylum in European countries. More than 1,600 people died in the attempt to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in the months up to September 2018. There is little evidence that...
Conversations With Volunteers. Ewnetu Ermias
Conversations with volunteers. Over the next few months, Comhlámh’s information and support officer Ruth Powell will have a number of conversations with volunteers about their unique experiences of international volunteering. First up, a conversation with Ewnetu...
E-tick: A new project on ethical communications for young volunteers
Envato Images Communicating Volunteering Comhlámh is happy to announce the start of a new Erasmus+ funded project that will focus on the complex and frequently contentious topic of how volunteers communicate about their international placements and experiences in the...
Irish Primary School Children Strike For Climate Action
School children mobilised across several schools on Dublin for a demonstration outside the Dail. It was part of the first primary school strikes highlighting the lack of government action on Climate Change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61RztvEbagQ The call for a...
Testimonies from Asylum Seekers and others about the Direct Provision System in Ireland.
https://www.facebook.com/398853504187963/videos/242749023331248 Video posted by the Say No to Direct Provision in Ireland Facebook page
UK Government releases studies on siting GDF nuclear waste dumps in Northern Ireland
Screen grabs from video outlining so called Sub-region 2 cutting across several counties in Northern Ireland The UK government has published recently details on its ongoing investigations into siting nuclear waste dumps in Northern Ireland. In it's examination,...
Video: “Stop talking about philanthropy and start talking about tax” – Billionaires Called Out for Tax Evasion Davos Economic Forum
"It feels like I'm at a firefighters conference and no one is allowed to speak about water" Rutger Bregman speaks about the elephant at the Davos Economic Forum, the role of tax avoidance that keeps wealth stockpiled for the richest as inequality increases. "Stop...
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
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