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IVCO 2024 Background Paper Released: ‘Building and Sustaining Connections for Change: Volunteering for Solidarity’
Today, together with colleagues from Forum and Northumbria University, we are proud to launch the IVCO 2024 Background Paper, Building and Sustaining Connections for Change: Volunteering for Solidarity. Co-authored by our Comhlámh colleagues, Dervla King and Fiachra...
Join us at Comhlámh AGM & Annual Forum 2023- 19 June 2024
COMHLÁMH AGM 2024 (Members only) 6-7PM, Members only, HYBRID EVENT (in person at Comhlámh offices, 12 Parliament St, D2, or via Zoom from 5:55PM) We invite Comhlámh members to the AGM 2024, where our CEO, the Chair and the Treasurer will report on the organisation’s...
Comhlámh Statement on Rafah
The staff of Comhlámh is horrified at the brutal assault on Rafah last night, where displaced people were burned alive in their tents by Israeli airstrikes. UNRWA said the images from Rafah are yet another testament that Gaza is ‘hell on earth’. The targeting of...
Global Care Reform – Exploring Links Between Orphanages, Volunteering, and Child Trafficking
Join us for a lunchtime webinar to explore the links between orphanages, volunteering, and trafficking. What connects orphanages, international volunteering, and child trafficking? Join this webinar to find out. Hosted by the Comhlámh End Orphanage Volunteering...
Join Comhlámh & Artists Against Genocide for Palestine 101 Webinar
Join us for the first episode of our new free webinar series Palestine 101 where you will hear directly from Palestinian artists, activists, and educators about their lived experiences and learn about Palestine's rich culture. Together we will explore solidarity...
Registrations Now Open for IVCO 2024 in Newcastle
Delegates can now register for the prestigious annual International Volunteer Cooperation Organisations (IVCO) conference, which is being hosted for the first time in Newcastle upon Tyne by Northumbria University and Comhlámh, the Irish Association of Development...
Public Statement by Comhlámh
In response to the recent shocking events around the reception of people seeking asylum in Ireland, Comhlámh is deeply concerned about the failure of government and state departments and bodies to ensure the equal entitlement of everyone within our society to secure,...
A Win for the ‘End Orphanage Care and Volunteering’ Campaign
Since 2016, Comhlámh's End Orphanage Volunteering working group has been dedicated to shedding light on the harmful impacts of orphanage care and volunteering as well as advocating for global care reform. Today, we are thrilled to announce a significant milestone in...
MEDIA RELEASE: Over 200 European Organisations Urge Immediate Suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement Amidst Gaza Crisis
Dublin, 14/03/2024: Today, a coalition of 206 European civil society groups, 20 of which were based in Ireland, submitted a letter to the EU Commission, the EU Council, and the European Parliament, calling for the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in...
Suspend the EU Israel Association Agreement – Letter and Signatories
Ms Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European CommissionMr Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission, Mr Charles Michel, President of the European CouncilMs Roberta Metsola, President of the European ParliamentMr Alexander De Croo,...
The War on Gaza: How Should We Respond as Development Educators?
The Centre for Global Education and Comhlámh invite participation in an online meeting to discuss how development educators can respond to the war on Gaza, which will pick-up on the themes raised at an online discussion attended by 50 development educators held on 31...
2024 Development Education Series for Code VSAs Spotlighting ‘Helping, Change and Privilege’
Building on previous Development Education Series for the Code network, this year’s 3-part Dev Ed Series spotlights ‘helping, change and privilege’. In this online sessions, we will interact with thought-provoking images, texts and questions and, as with previous...
#FirstWeds Autumn Series 2023: Ecological Sustainability and Finding Ways In
Join us for Comhlámh’s First Wednesdays Autumn Series 2023 on ecological sustainability in partnership with the Maynooth University Department of International Development. The series will offer some ‘ways in’ to think about this theme through the lens of...
Joint Letter to Taoiseach on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Taoiseach, We recognise the diplomatic and economic contributions the Irish government have made so far to address the crisis in Gaza. This devastating conflict reached its 100th day on the 14th of January, 2024. We, the undersigned healthcare organisations and...
Comhlamh’s Call for Accountability: Supporting South Africa’s Genocide Case Against the Israeli Government
As an organisation focused on solidarity and rights-based engagement, Comhlamh's Staff and Board support South Africa's genocide case against the Israeli Government at the International Court of Justice. We call on the Irish Government and the EU to uphold their...
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