World Fair Trade Day is an inclusive, worldwide celebration of fair trade as a tool for change, held every year on the second Saturday in May. It is endorsed by the World Fair Trade Association, a global network of organisations representing the Fair Trade supply chain which has over 450 members from 75 countries. On…
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…
As Children in Crossfire’s Head of International Programmes, sometimes I can get distracted by the day to day work in the office. Therefore it’s nice to reconnect and not lose sight of the lives that will ultimately be impacted by all our effort! One way to remain connected is to relate to what our beneficiaries…
Beshala was only 18 months when her concerned father, Jemal, made the long journey to St Luke’s Hospital, Wolisso, Ethiopia to seek treatment for his daughter who was suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM). In his owns words Jemal tells us how the combination of the Therapeutic Feeding Unit and the training provided for parents…
Derry at 04:00 on a Friday morning is, predictably, deserted. Yet outside Saint Columb’s College stood a group of weary-eyed individuals, weighed down with luggage and yawning into the cold night air: the only (half-awake) vestiges of life to be found in the city. We were all excited, of course, but little did we know…
Educating the Heart: 5 Good Reasons and a Few Words of Wisdom Recently, Children in Crossfire has been working on evolving its Development Education practice to nurture the emotional well-being of young people alongside building their capacity for critical thinking and active citizenship. We believe that for long term engagement in issues of global injustice,…
As a lifelong teacher and advocate for young children and families, Mary Kabati embodies the Children in Crossfire values. Mary is the program coordinator for Tanzania Home Economics Association, a Children in Crossfire –funded organization that empowers individuals, families and communities in Tanzania through education and training. Through her work, advocating for young children and their families…
As a lifelong teacher and advocate for young children and families, Mary Kabati embodies the Children in Crossfire values. Mary is the program coordinator for Tanzania Home Economics Association, a Children in Crossfire –funded organization that empowers individuals, families and communities in Tanzania through education and training. Through her work, advocating for young children and their families…
Meet Alyssa who has interned with our Development Education team for these past 8 weeks. Alyssa shares her journey with us, and how working here has helped challenge her “extremely critical assumptions about charities” and “develop so much respect for Development Education and the power it has to connect our work in Africa to the…
SARAH KILLEN As part of our Interactive Media Arts Degree we each had to take part in a client brief for a charity organisation. The ‘Children in Crossfire’ brief immediately appealed to me as it is involved many of my key interests such as developmental learning, character design and interactive storytelling, it turned out to…