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Delivering emergency relief to communities impacted by Sierra Leone mudslide

Last Monday, 14 August, a mudslide swept through hillside communities in Freetown, Sierra Leone.  The slopes of Mou...

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This World Humanitarian Day we stand with those affected by conflict and violence

My innocence is not your weapon, my city is not a battlefield In war zones, children must hide from bombing beneath thei...

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Representative of Trócaire partner Gisha visits Ireland to highlight plight of Gazans

Following a year of dramatic political shifts around the globe, Palestinians and Israelis are marking 50 years of occupa...

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Senseless killing of 26 year old humanitarian worker in Syria

Trócaire condemns the killing of a young humanitarian worker, Malak Khoubia (26), in Damascus, Syria, as fears grow of ...

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Ethiopia

Communities in Ethiopia face total loss of livelihoods

Samson Haileyesus from CST Together (joint office of Catholic agencies CAFOD, SCIAF and Trócaire) reports from Borana i...

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South Sudan still dreaming of being truly free

This Sunday, South Sudan will mark six years since it became an independent country. Instead of marking Independence Day...

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Eyewitness account of under-reported hunger crisis in northern Kenya

Drought is devastating northern Kenya and parts of neighbouring East African countries. And yet this situation isn’t m...

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Kenya: Report on food crisis in Turkana

With severe drought gripping many parts of East Africa, millions of people are facing possible starvation in the coming ...

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Humanitarian

Nepal: Rebuilding livelihoods two years after earthquake

Two years ago, on 25 April 2015, a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit the area to the north of Kathmandu in Nepal....

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Ethiopia

East Africa hunger crisis in 5 stark numbers

​Prolonged drought is causing a widespread hunger crisis across East African countries. Somalia, South Sudan and parts...

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Humanitarian

Cholera and hunger threaten Somalia

“I was on my knees fixing IV drips to people’s arms as they lay on the ground,” said Abdi Tari Ali, who works for ...

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Climate change

Trócaire launches 44th annual Lent fundraising campaign

Scale of humanitarian need ‘unprecedented’  as Trócaire launches Ireland’s largest annual fundraising campai...

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Humanitarian

Aid agencies in South Sudan warn that funds are urgently needed to stop the spread of famine

27 humanitarian agencies working in South Sudan, including Trócaire, have warned that unless substantial funds are imme...

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Climate change

70 million hit by extreme food shortages

Extreme food shortages are occurring across a number of African countries, with large areas of East Africa worst affecte...

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Humanitarian

Hungry months come early in South Sudan

Trócaire’s Sean Farrell presents a portrait of daily life in Adior County, South Sudan, where he finds extraordinary ...

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Access to Justice

How Donald Trump’s Executive Order counters international law

By Julian Waagensen, Trócaire Policy & Advocacy Adviser President Trump’s Executive Order on refugees and immigra...

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Climate change

How €31 can change a life in Malawi

A field of corn isn’t that exciting. Even to Irish eyes unused to the tall, long stalks and yellow cobs it really does...

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Humanitarian

How you can help people in Syria

The slaughter in Aleppo has highlighted the appalling suffering endured by the Syrian people over the last five years. V...

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Climate change

Ceann Comhairle launches the ‘Project for Africa’ with Trócaire

Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD, Lela-alem Gebreyohannes, Ethiopian Ambassador to Ireland, and RTÉ broadcaster ...

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Trócaire nominated for world’s biggest humanitarian award

Trócaire has been nominated for the 2017 Conrad N Hilton Humanitarian Prize in recognition of its humanitaria...

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Burundi: an unreported refugee crisis

Over the last year and a half, an estimated 300,000 Burundians have fled their homeland to seek refuge in neighbouring c...

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Access to Justice

‘A serene madness’: Daily life in Gaza

Trócaire’s Eoghan Rice writes about his visit to Gaza with John McColgan earlier this year. John’s new exhi...

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