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Resource Type: Lenten resource

This resource provides Early Years educators with activities to introduce young children to the concepts of hunger and poverty.

These notes have been specifically designed to accompany the PowerPoint presentation entitled ‘Face up to Hunger: Lent 2010’. The notes will provide additional background information on the case studies used in the presentation.

A resource on poverty and hunger for CSPE and Citizenship students.

Trócaire’s Lenten resource is suitable for use with all religion classes. It provides a concrete example of faith and justice in action through the work of Trócaire and its partners.

A learning resource on poverty and hunger for post primary.

Photos and case studies from Rwanda.

Photo pack with case studies from Rwanda.

This resource provides teachers of Junior Infants to 2nd Class / Key Stage1 with ideas, activities and background information to introduce children to the concept of hunger.

These Trócaire Lenten materials for Primary schools focus on Rwanda and the theme of hunger
and poverty.


This photopack provides a selection of images relating to people who have been forced from their homes due to war. It also includes an activity sheet to stimulate ideas and discussion in class.


This resource provides Early Years educators with activities and information on displaced people.


For teachers of Junior Infants to 2nd Class/Key Stage 1 includes activities and background information for exploring the theme of Displaced People.


The photopack provides images relating to people who have been forced from their homes due to war. It also includes an activity sheet to stimulate ideas in the class.


For Primary School teachers of 3rd Class to 6th Class/Key Stage 2 with curriculum linked activities and background information for exploring the theme of Displaced People.


This photopack provides a selection of images relating to people who have been forced from their homes due to war. It also includes an activity sheet to stimulate ideas and discussion in class.


This classroom poster outlines what is required from a school who wishes to enter the Better World Award.


This classroom poster outlines what is required from a school who wishes to enter the Better World Award.


The Citizenship/CSPE resource is focused on action and skills.


The focus of this year’s Lenten theme is conflict induced displacement.


Download a map for use in the classroom that illustrates populations displaced due to war and conflict zones around the world.

Designed for Junior Infants to Second Class / Primary 1 to Primary 4, this resource focuses on the theme of Water and Climate Change in Kenya. It is intended as a supplement for the Maji Pack (see above).

Designed for Third to Sixth Class / Primary 4 to Primary 7 this booklet focuses on the 2008 Lenten theme of Water and Climate Change and the country profiled is Kenya.


Entitled Creating a Climate for Change,this booklet focuses on the theme of climate change and environmental justice in the developing world.


Entitled Stewards of the Earth, this resource for Lent 2008 focuses on climate change and water in Kenya.

Designed for Transition Year and Junior Certificate this new geography resource was written for Trócaire by Charles Hayes, author of New Complete Geography and focuses on the topic of climate change and water in Kenya.


Chinya is designed to assist you and your students explore development from a global perspective. It is also relevant to the study of CSPE. There are two subjects of focus: the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the country of Malawi.


An educational resource on war & Afghanistan for post primary teachers. Produced after the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington, this resource offers educational activities for the classroom as well as suggestions for CSPE action projects.


Designed especially for LCA, this resource explores the issues of hunger and famine and is also suitable for CSPE and RE. The resource outlines and examines seven major reasons why famine and hunger continue to haunt the developing world.

Trócaire's first all-Ireland educational resource for Religious Education explores the main aspects of Trócaire's work and is explicitly linked to both RE syllabi and subject guidelines.


This resource explores social and economic injustices and is suitable for CSPE, Religion and Geography.


This booklet has been produced for Junior Infants to Second Class/Primary 1 to Primary 4 educators who wish to incorporate a global perspective to their education programmes with young children.

This booklet focuses on the 2007 Lenten theme of Equal Rights for All and the country profiled is Malawi.

This booklet has been produced for Third to Sixth Class / Primary 4 to Primary 7 and focuses on the 2007 Lenten theme of Equal Rights for All and the country profiled is Malawi.


Entitled URARI - Equality, this booklet focuses on the theme of gender equality.


The post primary religious education resource for Lent 2007 focuses on Malawi.

The theme that runs through this resource is that of Children's rights. The material examines Children’s rights using the case study of Nicaragua.

In this booklet for Junior Infants to Second Class / Primary 1 to 3 we profile children who work from an early age and contribute to the family income.

This booklet has been produced for Pre-school educators who wish to incorporate a global perspective to their teaching. In it, we tell the stories of children from Nicaragua, what their daily lives are like and how they work to support their families.

In this resource for Third to Sixth class / P4 to P7, issues around children’s rights are explored with special emphasis on education and child labour. The materials contain background information for the teacher on Nicaragua and on Trócaire’s work.

Trócaire's 2005 post primary Lenten resource focuses on the country of Ethiopia and comes complete with activities, stories and images. Ideal for exploring global issues from a personal perspective.


Trócaire's 2005 Junior Primary Lenten Resource. This booklet foucses on the country of Ethiopia and comes complete with activities, stories and images. Ideal for exploring global issues from a personal perspective.


Trócaire's 2005 Post Primary Lenten Resource booklet focuses on Ethiopia and comes complete with activities, stories and images. Ideal for exploring global issues from a personal perspective.


The pre-school booklet tells the story of Dansa from Ethiopia. Through activities, young children explore different aspects of life in Ethiopia and are encouraged to explore similarities and differences between the children’s own life and Dansa’s.

Entitled 'Rwanda-The Generation after Genocide', this resource focuses on engaging students with the impact of conflict, through the lens of Rwanda. It particularly focuses on the aftermath of the genocide of 1994.

Designed for Junior Infants to Second Class / Primary 1 to Primary 4, this resource explores different aspects of life in Rwanda through a range of activities linked to the Primary Curriculum.

Designed for Third to Sixth class,this resource explores different aspects of life in Rwanda through a range of activities linked to the Primary Curriculum. There is a particular emphasis on the issue of conflict and conflict resolution.


Designed for fifth and sixth class, this workbook aims to introduce children to development issues. It focuses on the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These are a set of eight goals agreed by world leaders in 2000.


Ideal for early years educators, this pack contains 12 colour photos with stories, a booklet and a poster. Ideal for 3-6 year olds.

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