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Access to Justice

Support ‘invisible children’ this Human Rights Day

Today, 49% of children in the world’s poorest countries are denied formal birth registration.    Caption...

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Access to Justice

The changing shape of human rights in Myanmar

By Catriona Knapman, Governance and Human Rights Officer, Myanmar   Myanmar was once world renowned as a country wi...

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Myanmar

Speaking out about violence against women in Myanmar

By Sarah McCan, Trócaire Programme Manager in Myanmar In Myanmar, a country where a gathering of five or more people wa...

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Syria & Lebanon

Spartan but safe refuge for those who flee Syria

By Liam Toland Amman, the capital of Jordan, is a city of about 2½ million people, a human labyrinth of religions and n...

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Somalia

Khalid’s Story: Helping Somali children chart a new future through the classroom

by Faith Kasina, Communications Officer, Somalia   In a striped red and black jersey and oversized blue jeans, Khal...

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Ethiopia

From Cork to Bullee Dheela: How your donations make a difference

  by Tamiru Legesse, Communications Officer, Ethiopia    Tamiru Legesse from our Ethiopia office vis...

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Climate change

Climate change hitting Zimbabwe’s farmers hard

By Nelly Maonde, Zimbabwe Livelihoods & Humanitarian Programme Officer.   Every year, life gets more difficult ...

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Climate change

Food Not Fuel – make your voice heard ahead of critical MEP vote

People are going hungry because crops are being used to fill our petrol tanks instead of feeding families.  Biofuel...

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Access to Justice

Syria: a war that has lost any sense of humanity

By Maurice McQuillan, Trócaire’s Head of Humanitarian The images emerging from Syria this week have shocked the world...

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Access to Justice

The Israeli Rabbi who pricks Israel’s conscience

Described as “the Rabbi who pricks Israel’s conscience”, Rabbi Arik Ascherman has made a name for himself as a man...

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Syria & Lebanon

Refugees add to tensions in troubled land

By Najela Chahda director of the Caritas Lebanon Migrants Centre   I know what it’s like to lose everything....

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Uganda

‘Now there is love and unity in our home’ – tackling domestic violence in Uganda

By Tine Frank Trócaire is supporting programmes aimed at tackling domestic violence issues in Uganda, where 50% of wome...

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Syria & Lebanon

An uncertain world for Syrian babies born into war

As the world focuses on the birth of the royal baby in England, expectant mothers living through war wonder what type of...

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Guatemala

Photo Exhibition – ‘The long struggle for justice in Guatemala’

‘The long struggle for justice in Guatemala’ is a photo exhibition highlighting Trócaire’s work on hu...

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Kenya

An oasis of hope for people affected by HIV in Mukuru

By Catherine Khamali, Kenya HIV Officer Trócaire is supporting a health clinic assisting the HIV positive community in ...

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Syria & Lebanon

Seeking shelter in a cowshed: the life of a Syrian refugee

Eoghan Rice reports from Lebanon, as it struggles to cope with the scale of the Syrian crisis. Life in the Lebanese capi...

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Syria & Lebanon

Almost 6 million Syrian’s have been forced to flee their homes – hear Hoda’s story.

20 kilometres from the Syrian border, Eoghan Rice meets Hoda, a mother of three young children who has been forced to fl...

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Ireland

Volunteering for a just world

By John Monaghan   Long-time supporter John Monaghan from Belfast shares his experiences of volunteering with Tróc...

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Guatemala

The long fight for justice in Guatemala

By Sally O’Neill, Head of Region, Latin America   Sally O’Neill reflects on Trócaire’s groundbreakin...

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Access to Justice

Justice 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...

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Climate change

How 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...

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Malawi

Malawians Raising Malawi

By Emmet Bergin, Regional Liaison Officer for Southern Africa Madonna and Malawi were in the news recently when the Mala...

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