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How Ireland can help to bring peace to the Israeli and Palestinian people
By Éamonn Meehan, Trócaire Executive Director It is not enough to express horror at so many innocent lives having been...
Read ArticleIsrael’s military operations in Gaza strike me as ultimately self-defeating for their own security
“Making meaningful efforts towards ending violence and building peace will do far more to ensure security and safe...
Read ArticleA testimony of survival and dignity in the face of genocide
A CIDSE delegation of European bishops and priests has travelled to Guatemala to show their solidarity with survivors of...
Read ArticleCarol Ballantine, Policy Officer, reports from a recent symposium on women’s participation in advocacy and political l...
Read ArticleAfter 28,000 kilometres, Billy’s Big Cycle reaches its destination
He has been held-up at gunpoint, trapped in the middle of riots and dodged bears, but Dubliner Billy Lavelle (37) has co...
Read ArticleThe shattered dreams of South Sudan
As South Sudan marks the third anniversary of its independence, Trócaire’s Faith Kasina meets people living ...
Read ArticleKachin to Belfast – peace activists share stories
By Suzanne Keatinge What does a priest from Myanmar, a former Republican combatant, and an ex-loyalist combatant have in...
Read ArticleSupporter Kieran Downey sees lifesaving work in Uganda
by Kieran Downey Teacher Kieran Downey shares his experiences about visiting some of our projects in Uganda which benefi...
Read Articleby Éamonn Meehan, Executive Director Europe has utterly failed to grasp the gravity of the Syrian exodus, and Lebanon i...
Read ArticleBreaking the silence about the occupation
Former Israeli soldiers will launch a striking photography exhibition in the Gallery of Photography, Dublin (June 1...
Read ArticleDialogue, development and HIV in Zimbabwe
By Michelle Moore, HIV and Gender Team To mark World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (21 ...
Read ArticleCelebrating life in Guatemala one year on from the historic genocide trial
By Sally O’Neill, Head of Region, Latin America “We truly believe that in order for peace to exist i...
Read ArticleWho could order attacks on sick patients?
Last week a Trócaire-supported hospital in the Nuba Mountains region of Sudan came under attack. The hospital, which pr...
Read ArticleSupporting South Sudanese in peace-building and reconciliation by Faith Kasina “My house is just behind this compound ...
Read ArticleRwanda genocide anniversary: are we ever going to make the words ‘never again’ mean something?
By Éamonn Meehan, Executive Director Twenty years ago I witnessed one of the fastest migrations in human history, as a ...
Read ArticleHave we learned any lessons from the Rwandan genocide?
By Eithne McNulty, Regional Manager, Trócaire Belfast Today (April 7th) marks the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genoc...
Read ArticleLent is not only a time to give something up. It is an opportunity to take up active citizenship, to kick start th...
Read ArticleVolunteer report: Trócaire’s vital water projects in Ethiopia
by Rebecca Smyth, Trócaire Volunteer In February 2014, Rebecca Smyth travelled to Ethiopia to visit Trócaire pr...
Read ArticleSuccess in the struggle for water in Zimbabwe: Thandiwe Ncube’s story
by Margaret Masanga and Nelly Maonde, Trócaire Zimbabwe Trócaire marks International Women’s Day (8 March) wi...
Read ArticleReclaiming historic memory and public space in Guatemala
by Aisling Walsh, Guatemala The 25th of February 2014 marked the 15th anniversary of the publication of ‘Memory...
Read ArticleFood Not Fuel: Evicted families in Guatemala still face an uncertain future
Manuel Laj Ical and his daughter Wilma at their house in 8 de agosto. Right: Juana Laj Ical finishing one of her handmad...
Read Article‘Up To Us’ Poetry Competition 2014
by Trish Groves, Campaigns Officer Trócaire and Poetry Ireland proudly launched our third joint poetry competition on M...
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