Trócaire Blogs

Following its great success last year, a 2010 book sale will be held on Saturday 5th June at Cooke Centenary Church, Ormeau Road, Belfast from 10.00am-4.00pm. 

A wide selection of quality second-hand books will be available for purchase; fiction, non-fiction, children’s literature, first editions, special interest books.  There will also be CDs and DVDs for sale and tea and coffee on hand when you fancy a break from browsing!  

If you are participating in a marathon, duathlon or triathlon this year then why not make a difference with every footstep you run and choose Trócaire as your charity of choice.

Trócaire Fundraisers are invaluable to our organisation. Each year their goodwill and determination helps to transform the lives of some of the poorest families and communities in the world. Become a member of this special group in 2010 and Play Your Part as a Trócaire Fundraiser.

As Eduardo talked on, though we were on the 15th floor, I could hear still hear from outside the slogans   and shouts of the protesters. Bus drivers had launched a strike in the city that day,   to protest against new regulations being brought in by the Government, and were now demonstrating in the city center. Listening to Eduardo, I wondered vaguely why people were not protesting in the same way every day at the hundreds murders and endless human rights abuses that were carried out by guerilla, paramilitary, and military forces each year in Colombia.

Mrs. Ana Sanchez, a campesino woman from the community Tutimayu, is a married mother of five children.  Since 2006 Ana is one of the leaders of an Organisation in Bolivia called Campesino Women Bartolina Sisa Umachay (Tutimayu). In 2007 she was elected as Secretary of Finance, Central Board of the Provincial Campesino Womens.