Third-level students interested in reporting on development issues for a national media outlet are invited to attend an information session for prospective applicants to the 2019 Simon Cumbers Media Fund Student Scheme at 1pm on Wednesday, 6th March in room AM127 of the Arts Millennium Building, NUI Galway, Lower Newcastle Road, Galway. The information session […]
Prospective applicants to Student Scheme invited to Dublin information session
Are you thinking of applying to our 2019 Student Scheme? You’re invited to attend an information session at 6pm on Wednesday, 20th February at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Iveagh House, 80 St Stephen’s Green. The information session will be attended by former Student Scheme recipient, Charlotte Ryan, who will share her experience […]
A very Malawian Sunday
I hadn’t brought a dress to Malawi, but that was okay, Josephine said. “They’ll know you’re visiting and didn’t know”, she told me. My practical shirt and trousers hardly matched her elegant dress, and she was wearing lipstick, for another thing, but at least it was clean. We set off for Mass at Maula Parish […]
Student Scheme now open for applications
The Simon Cumbers Media Fund is now seeking applications from third level students interested in travelling to a developing country to report for a national media outlet. The Fund is once again teaming up with Newstalk and TheJournal.ie to offer two students the opportunity to work with experienced journalists to develop their story proposals. Supported […]
14 projects funded under winter 2018 round
Innovative recycling projects in India, the effects of rapid urbanisation in Sierra Leone and South Africa, and maternal mortality rates in Guatemala are just a handful of topics that will be explored by the successful applicants to the winter 2018 round of the Simon Cumbers Media Fund. Fourteen media professionals, working for a range of […]
More than €743m in overseas development assistance provided by Ireland in 2017
Irish Aid’s Annual Report 2017 gives an overview of the work the Irish government is supporting in over 130 countries around the world. The report, which was recently launched by the Tánaiste, highlights Irish Aid’s support for the international response to the Syrian refugee crisis, assistance to those affected by the ongoing conflict in Yemen […]
