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By John Monaghan Long-time supporter John Monaghan from Belfast shares his experiences of volunteering with Tróc...
Read ArticleThe long fight for justice in Guatemala
By Sally O’Neill, Head of Region, Latin America Sally O’Neill reflects on Trócaire’s groundbreakin...
Read ArticleJustice in Guatemala as Rios Montt found guilty of genocide
By Elena Hermosa, Human Rights and Governance A tense silence gripped the room as Judge Jazmin Barrios began to read the...
Read ArticleHow water wells defeat hunger in Ethiopia
Blue skies may be top of an Irish person’s wish list for the summer, but in Ethiopia months of dry heat make it diffic...
Read ArticleBy Emmet Bergin, Regional Liaison Officer for Southern Africa Madonna and Malawi were in the news recently when the Mala...
Read ArticleTackling violence against women in Uganda
By Sean Farrell, Trócaire Country Representative in Uganda For many women in Uganda, violence is not an is...
Read ArticleLast November, an earthquake struck the San Marcos region of north-western Guatemala, killing 41 people and leaving over...
Read ArticleTrócaire’s Power Up campaign protects human rights workers
By Trish Groves, Campaigns Officer “On 24 March 1980, Archbishop Oscar Romero was murdered while celebrating Mass in t...
Read ArticleProviding aid to Syrian refugees
Fleeing Syrians arrive in Turkey and Lebanon in urgent need of support. They arrive hungry, fearful and often traumatise...
Read ArticleTrócaire’s Eoghan Rice reflects on key issues raised at our hugely successful 40th Anniversary Conference ‘...
Read ArticleTrócaire at the UN Commission for the Status of Women
This week, representatives from Trócaire are at the fifty-seventh session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW...
Read ArticleBy Lawrence W. Mwagwabi, Kenya Governance and Human Rights Programme Officer, 28 February 2013 On March 4th, Kenyans wil...
Read ArticleTake action to empower isolated communities this Lent
This Lent we’re celebrating communities in India who have come together to demand their rights and create a better fut...
Read ArticleIf people don’t have a voice, then what is it all for?
By Tine Frank You can improve people’s farms, increase the number of children enrolled in schools, treat – and even ...
Read ArticleTragedy behind the headlines in Myanmar
Trócaire’s Emergency Manager, Maurice McQuillan, writes from northern Myanmar, where ethnic conflict has displaced 85...
Read ArticleWomen challenging oppression in Guatemala
by Lorraine Keane. My visit to Guatemala with Trócaire was a week of incredibly mixed emotions; delight at seeing how T...
Read ArticleEquality in the balance as Obama visits South East Asia
By Suzanne Keatinge, 15 November 2012 The streets of Yangon and Phnom Penh are being hastily cleaned up – and blocked ...
Read ArticleLife-changing gifts in action in Malawi
The gift of goats had a life-changing effect for the lives of the Thole family in Malawi. For years husband and wife, Ch...
Read ArticleParticipation and inclusion: celebrating Human Rights Day 2012
by Julian Waagensen This year’s Human Rights Day (10 December) highlights the importance of inclusion and the right to...
Read ArticleLasting solution needed to Congo conflict
Trócaire’s office is based in Kinshasa, the country’s capital city, but our programmes are implemented by local par...
Read ArticleA cycle to work scheme that can save lives
This is a cycle to work scheme with a difference. At the Chinyika Clinic in Zimbabwe’s Gutu District, Janet pedals unt...
Read ArticleMary Thole (28) from Malawi has a shrewd eye for buying clothes. When she displays her second-hand clothes on a mat outs...
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