Showing posts with label Development. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Development. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Development Education

developmenteducation.ie









This website is a development and human rights education resource maintained by a consortium of organisations based in Ireland, including: 80:20 Educating & Acting for a Better World, Aidlink, Concern Worldwide, Irish Aid, National Youth Council of Ireland, Self-Help Africa.

The site contains a broad range of materials exploring a variety of development issues and topics such as genocide or fair trade that are discussed and debated, materials and ideas for teachers and educators, using cartoons and photographs in education, campaign actions such as on the Millennium Development Goals or Child Labour, plus a range of other materials including photo stories, Top 10s, annotated links and much, much more.

Monday, November 03, 2008

DRC...inside a refugee camp


The UN says it has credible reports that some camps sheltering
50,000 displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have
been destroyed.

Aid groups say they are struggling to reach an estimated
250,000 people in the region fleeing fierce fighting between government
and rebel forces.

These images show displaced people in a camp in Kibati, in the east of the country.


BBC NEWS | Africa | Inside a DR Congo refugee camp

Saturday, November 01, 2008

One of the many Impacts of the crisis in the DRC



We have been closely watching the situation in Eastern Congo deteriorate rapidly over the last few weeks and then see

things have become even worse over the last week.

In the middle of this fighting are the rangers of Virunga National Park who are fighting to stay alive.

Please find out more by visiting the official website of Virunga National Park.

From the...Mara Triangle - Blog - All Eyes on Congo.

Miliband flies to Goma as rebels advance | World news | The Guardian

Fred Robarts: Four ways to alleviate the Congo crisis | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Irish Aid Centre




Following my visit to the newly opened Irish Aid Centre in Dublin here are a few links for you to have a look at. In particular there is a link looking at the work Irish Aid for World Aids Day and a link to there MDG page.

Irish Aid - Our Work - Overview

Irish Aid / Irish Aid Map

Irish Aid Information Centre

Irish Aid - World Aids Day



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Sunday, April 13, 2008

"New Deal for global food policy"

Rocketing global food prices are causing acute problems of hunger and malnutrition in poor countries and have put back the fight against poverty by seven years, the World Bank said yesterday...click here to read.