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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...
Read ArticleThis 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...
Read ArticleRepresentative 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...
Read ArticleSenseless 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 ...
Read ArticleCommunities 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...
Read ArticleSouth 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...
Read ArticleEyewitness 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...
Read ArticleKenya: 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 ...
Read ArticleNepal: 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....
Read ArticleEast Africa hunger crisis in 5 stark numbers
Prolonged drought is causing a widespread hunger crisis across East African countries. Somalia, South Sudan and parts...
Read ArticleCholera 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 ...
Read ArticleTrócaire launches 44th annual Lent fundraising campaign
Scale of humanitarian need ‘unprecedented’ as Trócaire launches Ireland’s largest annual fundraising campai...
Read ArticleAid 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...
Read Article70 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...
Read ArticleHungry 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 ...
Read ArticleHow Donald Trump’s Executive Order counters international law
By Julian Waagensen, Trócaire Policy & Advocacy Adviser President Trump’s Executive Order on refugees and immigra...
Read ArticleHow €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...
Read ArticleHow 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...
Read ArticleCeann Comhairle launches the ‘Project for Africa’ with Trócaire
Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD, Lela-alem Gebreyohannes, Ethiopian Ambassador to Ireland, and RTÉ broadcaster ...
Read ArticleTrócaire nominated for world’s biggest humanitarian award
Trócaire has been nominated for the 2017 Conrad N Hilton Humanitarian Prize in recognition of its humanitaria...
Read ArticleBurundi: 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...
Read Article‘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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