LEAF AN IMPRESSION As a celebration of World Environment Day next Tuesday, 5th June, we are hosting a seed-bomb making workshop in Holywell Trust, Bishop Street, Derry from 12:30pm-1:30pm, followed up by an optional walk around the city to launch the seeds and add to the beauty of our amazing city. Lunch will also be…
Development Education and Global Education Facilitators We are growing our team of educators to deliver our Teacher training programme, TIDAL: Educating the Heart. TIDAL: Educating the Heart is an accredited, capacity building training programme for all primary and post-primary teachers throughout Ireland, North and South. TIDAL (Teachers in Development and Learning) supports teachers with the…
A very special coffee morning celebrating Shipquay Hotel’s partnership with Children in Crossfire, which will be held in their restaurant on Friday 1 June between 10:30am and 12noon. Shipquay Hotel is Derry’s newest boutique hotel and is located at 15 – 17 Shipquay Street. We are delighted that they chose to support us as their…
The season of goodwill is well and truly upon us. It’s a great time to get together with friends and family in a bid to catch up before the madness of Christmas shopping takes over! If you’re planning on having a little get-together over the festive period, then why not make it count by making…
Christmas is coming and it’s time to get into the festive spirit! On November 23rd, Derry man Martin Gallagher launched his 11th annual Santa’s Big Fundraiser Appeal for Children in Crossfire. He does this every year in loving memory of his son, Christopher, who died tragically of malaria in 2006. Martin – AKA Santa –…
Several International Days have been marked recently: The International Literacy Day (September 8th), World Teacher’s Day (October 5th), Day of the Girl (October 11th) and International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (October 17th). All of them quite significant to Children in Crossfire Tanzania’s Early Childhood Development (ECD) initiatives aiming to give every child a…
Over the last few days, Children in Crossfire delivered its TIDAL: Educating the Heart training to a group of energetic and enthusiastic teachers. Our intern, Barbara, was there to take part. Here are her top 5 takeaways from the event: Teachers think about students holistically I am a student and I have never spent much…
Children in Crossfire was delighted to host a working conference to help shape our exciting Development Education: Educating the Heart initiative. Our Think Tank took place on Thursday 22nd and Friday 23rd June 2017. We have been evolving our Development Education model with the aim of merging emotional and critical literacy through an innovative Educating the Heart pedagogy. Educating…
5 Daily Activities You Can Do to Get Involved With the SDGs The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a series of 17 goals set up by the 193 members of the United Nations, laid out to act as a framework which all members would use to shape their development agendas over the next 15 years.…
Children in Crossfire staff were recently invited to attend a Well-being session hosted by Brendan Ozawa-De Silva, associate professor of psychology at Life University, and a good friend and supporter of Children in Crossfire. The session was based on the teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama on Self-Compassion. Self-compassion is a powerful tool we…