Given the uncertainty regarding international travel caused by the COVID-19 virus, the Simon Cumbers Media Fund is extending the completion date for projects awarded funding under this year’s Student Scheme to June 2021. This means that this year’s recipients will have an additional six months to travel to one of Irish Aid’s partner countries to […]
Guidance to Fund recipients in respect of travel and COVID-19
Due to uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 virus, the Simon Cumbers Media Fund is asking recipients of the Fund to consider all official health and travel advice before making any plans to travel. If you are making plans to travel, or adjusting your plans in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, please keep the Fund administrators […]
Africa’s Army of Trees
The government and aid agencies weren’t consulting the village chiefs. That’s what three of the Fulani tribal chiefs said, anyway, when I met them in a remote corner of the Senegalese Sahel to discuss the progress of the Great Green Wall tree-planting project by which a band of vegetation is meant to be spread across […]
Former recipient Shauna Bowers speaks about her experience of the Student Scheme.
Student Scheme recipient Shauna Bowers was funded to travel to Sierra Leone and report on the aftermath of a massive mudslide that hit the capital of the country in 2017. Here she talks about her project, and explains why third-level students should apply to the Student Scheme. For more information, and to start your […]
Simon Cumbers Media Fund Student Scheme opens for applications
The Simon Cumbers Media Fund Student Scheme is now accepting applications from third-level students of all disciplines interested in travelling to a developing country to report for a national media outlet. The Student Scheme is designed to give students a greater understanding of the developing world. The successful applicants will be funded to travel to […]
Life in the West Bank after American funding cuts: a blog
Niall Sargent travelled to the West Bank, and the refugee camp of Balata, where he examined the impact of drastic funding cuts by America to UNRWA, the UN-agency that works as a quasi-government in the camp, and provides vital social services for millions of Palestinian refugees. Here, he reflects on his trip. Any experience in […]
