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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...
Learning As We Walk
Lessons from Ireland’s abortion referendum in the current global context. by Comhlámh member Janet Horner. On May 25th 66.4% of the Irish people voted to repeal a 35 year long constitutional ban on abortion. In doing so, they sent a powerful signal to the world...
3rd Anniversary of the Sustainable Development Goals marked
Ambassadors, civil society organisations, citizens, and government representatives gathered in Dublin today to mark the third anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the promise to Leave No One Behind. Coalition 2030,...
The Irish Aid Volunteering Fair
The Irish Aid Volunteering Fair will be held in the Hibernia Conference Centre, Dublin Castle on Saturday 29 September from 11.00am – 5.00pm. If you are thinking about volunteering abroad, or just curious about the different ways you can get involved in...
Comhlámh Statement on Trump’s Visit
“Comhlámh are delighted to host the Trump Baby blimp with Afri, Friends of the Earth, and the Latin American Solidarity Center. It affords an opportunity for collective expressions of discontent about how our societies are organized at local and...
Press Release from Afri, Comhlámh, Friends of the Earth and LASC on Trumps visit.
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