By Denise Calnan, in Mombasa At the time of my travelling to Kenya, it was just a few weeks after the brutal terror attack on Garissa University on April 2 of this year. Despite assuring friends and family that this attack took place 400km ‘as the crow flies’ north of where I would be staying in Mombasa, […]
Touchscreen to the Future: How Kenya is using technology in education
By Denise Calnan, in Mombasa Driving through the busy streets of Mombasa in the intense humidity, it’s a world away from the village of Chapelizod, Dublin, but these two places have a similar mission at hand. The mission, to improve education in disadvantaged communities around the world, is now ten years in the running and has […]
Seeds of hope: farm schools and care groups tackle chronic malnutrition in Mozambique
by Mary Boland Watching a blur of vibrant green vegetation whizz past the car window while driving through Manica province in central Mozambique, it’s hard to imagine that malnutrition is a major problem in this fertile part of the world. There seems to be an ample supply of food: cornfields are plentiful; boys stand under […]
Rats to riches? How giant rodents are paving the way for community development across post-war Mozambique.
by Mary Boland Driving through Mozambique’s beautiful and mountainous western province of Manica, it’s easy to imagine the setting as an ideal base for rebel fighters: its lush forests offer many hiding places, its mountain roads, difficult to negotiate, are potentially wide open to ambush attacks. Little wonder, then, that many of the crucial battles […]
Summer 2015 workshop – 16th April 2015
If you are interested in applying for the summer 2015 round but would like to find out a little more, a workshop for prospective applicants will take place on Thursday, 16th April 2015 at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Iveagh House, 79 St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2 from 11am-1pm. Places at the workshop […]
Summer 2015 round now open for applications
Media professionals with an interest in the developing world are invited to apply to the summer 2015 round of the Simon Cumbers Media Fund which is designed to facilitate more and better quality media coverage of development issues in the Irish media. The Fund is open to all media disciplines and particularly welcomes proposals from […]
