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World must act after horrific Yemen school bus attack
Horrific attacks amid ongoing conflict Dozens of civilians, including at least 29 children, were killed yesterday in Yem...
Read ArticleSeven years ago this month, the decades-old Kachin conflict in Northern Myanmar violently escalated. The escalation in f...
Read ArticleBringing hope to drought survivors in Kenya
Kenyans have survived through two years of failed rains. It is the worst crisis the country has faced since 2011. Thankf...
Read ArticleCalling for Peace in Northern Myanmar
We are calling for an end to violence against civilians in Kachin and northern Shan State in Myanmar, and safe passage f...
Read ArticleTrócaire responding to floods in Kenya and Somalia
Trócaire is responding and will be providing food, water and other aid to 12,000 people over the coming weeks. Th...
Read ArticleA Push for Peace in Syria at international conference
The Future of Syria conference, which takes place in Brussels, is an opportunity to address the funding gap for urg...
Read ArticleStill no shelter for Syrian refugees
Over 6 million are displaced in Syria, with a further 5.5 million having fled the country. Most of the refugees are livi...
Read ArticleCivilians will continue to pay the price for political failure in Syria
End the failure in Syria Trócaire Executive Director Éamonn Meehan said: “The use of chemical gases and nerve agents...
Read Article‘Despite the conflict, Trócaire continues to improve lives in DRC’
By mid-March, more than 180 people had been killed and over 100 villages burned to the ground. Over 40,000 people have c...
Read ArticleVoices from Damascus: ‘we are trying to stay alive’
Lubna Alkanawati, who runs Women Now, a centre to support women affected by the conflict, wrote: ‘Our colleagues...
Read ArticlePartners in Syria suspend programmes after airstrikes
On February 6, a centre run by Women Now, a partner organisation of Trócaire who provide support and training to women ...
Read ArticleTerrified and hungry, Rohingya seek shelter in Bangladesh
Military check points prevent the Rohingya people from dispersing further across the country. Despite the efforts ...
Read ArticleFailed rains leave Somalis fearful
A camp for displaced people in Dollow, Somalia, where Trócaire is providing emergency aid. (Photo: Amunga Eshuchi)...
Read Article2017: A year of great upheaval and uncertainty, but also hope for the future
In future history books, this year will largely be remembered as the first of Donald Trump’s US presidency. The ...
Read ArticleEast Africa drought crisis continues out of the media spotlight
Earlier this year, we launched a humanitarian appeal to support people affected by the ongoing drought crisis in East Af...
Read ArticleIrish Aid ships 75 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Somalia
Somalia is the world’s most fragile state. Decades of conflict and recurrent drought have forced millions from their h...
Read ArticleDelivering aid to South Sudan’s refugees in DRC
While travelling to Biringi refugee camp in Aru, Ituri province, I passed through an extremely challenging environment. ...
Read ArticleSupport for the long-term displaced in Myanmar
Lahpai Hkawn Nan is a 32-year-old mother from Nam Sam Yang village in Kachin State, Myanmar. She lived there with her th...
Read ArticleStruggling to cope one month on from devastating Sierra Leone landslide
I wake up on my first morning in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, to the sound of torrential rain outside. I...
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