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…
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…
We are delighted to welcome a new member to our team. Dee Abbott has just taken up the role as Public Engagement Officer. Dee tells us a few things about herself in this blog. Tell us a bit about yourself. My name is Dee, I’m 23 years old and I’m the Public Engagement Programme Worker…
Donna Mc Feely from the Children in Crossfire Development Education had the pleasure of meeting Maurice Hurley during his cycle around Ireland to promote awareness of the Global Goals and their importance they hold in our present and future way of life. Here’s what she had to say about the meeting; “Yesterday I had the…
Children in Crossfire are proud to deliver Connecting Classrooms programme by the British Council for schools in Northern Ireland. The Connecting Classrooms programme is a CPD training package for schools to help teachers build the skills that students need to participate in our ever-changing and more globalised world. British Council has worked alongside education experts…
The Fairtrade Experience of Bennett Kushnick, Children In Crossfire Intern In Our Development Education Department. “On Thursday, March 9, 2017, I attended the Fairtrade fortnight event at Ulster University’s Magee campus library. There were a range of Fairtrade treats or treats made using Fairtrade ingredients. The treats included Fairtrade chocolate, Fairtrade brownies, Fairtrade bananas and…
Throughout 2016, Children in Crossfire’s Development Education team worked hard to tackle the injustices of poverty through promoting active global citizenship to schools and colleges. During this period, we have strengthened the delivery and impact of our overall Development Education programme, ensuring high-quality global learning. 2016 Key Highlights 1. We have developed a new Educating…