For the winter 2019 round, the Fund is particularly interested in proposals that relate to the topic of climate action. However, all development-focused proposals will be considered. Here, read more about the importance of climate action, a central pillar of A Better World, Ireland’s Policy for International Development. Our world is changing fast. In recent […]
Leticia Agudo in Mexico – blog two
Land of Amber blog (days 5-12) Day five: the trip to Simojovel The different cameras, mics, lights. laptops, hardrives… they all make it into the car and we head off in the late morning for the three-hour trip. Alicia tells us that she doesn’t plan anything else the days she travels to Simojovel. I think […]
Fifteen Journalists Receive Grant to Report on Development Issues
PRESS RELEASE Thursday, 20th December 2012 Fifteen journalists have been awarded funding under the Winter 2012 round of the Simon Cumbers Media Fund, run by Irish Aid, the Government’s programme of assistance to developing countries. A total of €42,141 was awarded under the most recent round, which will see recipients travel to 15 different countries […]
Simon Roughneen in Timor Leste
Journalist Simon Roughneen has travelled to Timor Leste to cover the elections being held there one decade after the country gained independence. Supported by the Simon Cumbers Media Fund, Simon’s article appears in today’s Irish Examiner. http://www.irishexaminer.com/analysis/voting-to-escape-the-past-199814.html
Fiona McGarry in Haiti – Report 3
Suspicion and stigma surround disability issue in Haiti. Daily life in Haiti is a struggle in a way that few westerners can imagine. Simple everyday tasks, like going to school or shopping for food, have become enormously challenges in a country where most basic infrastructure was wiped away and, more than two years after the […]
Jane Doran in Ethiopia – Post 1
Jane Doran is in Ethiopia to produce a news feature for the Irish Independent on the impact programmes to improve agricultural production, boost livelihoods and eliminate hunger have had on women living in remote areas in the country. 9th December 2010 Impressions of Addis Ababa After 24 hours of relatively painless travel, we (Laurens Meulman, […]
