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…
For Children in Crossfire, long-term sustainable Change requires more than our direct work on key issues within our target countries. Rather, it requires us to promote a more active role for people across the island of Ireland so that they are fully engaged with international development, understand the causes of poverty, understand the context of…
#DevEdDay On the 21st December, the shortest day of the year, Irish Aid launched its Development Education strategy for 2017-2023. Firstly, it feels significant that the strategy is launched on this winter solstice day. Solstices have been used throughout history to mark many important events each year, such as the sowing of seeds for crops,…
The Dalai Lama offers a deep wisdom to help us better understand and address the urgent and interconnected range of economic, social, political and environmental problems facing us today. He is someone respected by people from all walks of life, someone who can help us realise the real possibilities for change that exist in amongst…