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This week’s UN Summit must lead to greater political engagement on the refugee crisis
By nightfall this evening 34,000 people will have fled their homes because of violence and persecution. That is the numb...
Read ArticleGaza: Reconstruction slow in highly pressurised environment
A Trócaire programme officer reports on a recent trip to Gaza where she met with partner organisations and pr...
Read ArticleOnly 311 Syrian refugees have been taken in by Ireland, despite Government promise last year to welcome 4000. #4000promi...
Read ArticleWorld Humanitarian Day 2016 #sharehumanity
Today, 19 August, is World Humanitarian Day, a global event to recognise humanitarian workers and those who have lost th...
Read ArticleMary Robinson visits families hit by El Nino drought in Honduras
Mary Robinson arrives in Honduras today, where she will visit Trócaire projects that are helping families overcome the ...
Read ArticleDamascus report: “I’ve no choice but to stay”
Trócaire’s Niall O’Keeffe, Head of Region – Asia and Middle East, writes about a recent visit to Damascus in...
Read ArticleSouth Sudan Update: Trócaire supports emergency aid for people forced from home
As a ceasefire holds in South Sudan, Trócaire is supporting emergency aid for people forced from their homes. As a frag...
Read ArticleSouth Sudan: Five years after the birth of a nation
Volunteer health promoters;who work with communities to improve health and hygiene in Yirol, South Sudan with support fr...
Read ArticleHumanitarian aid: Five years of conflict in Kachin, Myanmar
June marks five years of conflict in Kachin state, northern Myanmar, where Trócaire supports humanitarian aid. Da Shi H...
Read ArticleEvery day 42,000 must flee their homes
Approximately 42,000 people will mark World Refugee Day today by closing the door to their home and making a treacherous...
Read ArticleAward recognises Trócaire’s healthcare work in Somalia
Trócaire Somalia has received an award acknowledging its health care delivery in Gedo Region for the last two deca...
Read ArticleNepal: A year after the earth shook
It is almost one year since Nepal found itself picking-up the pieces following the most devastating earthquake it had se...
Read ArticleMyanmar: An attack on two fronts
Text transcript of this video For the past five years, the people of Kachin – a large state in northern Myanmar, home ...
Read ArticleWhen can we go home? – meeting the displaced in northern Myanmar
Trócaire’s John Smith shares his recent experiences visiting camps for people displaced by conflict in Kachin Sta...
Read ArticleFive years of war: end the suffering in Syria
On March 15 2011, pro-democracy protests took place in the southern city of Deraa in Syria. The protests were in respons...
Read ArticleResponding to need and campaigning for change – how you made a difference in 2015
2015 will be remembered by many as a year bookended by terror in Paris, but the appalling violence inflicted on the Fren...
Read ArticleInternational Migrants Day: Stories from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan
Refugees crossing into Europe by land and sea are set to hit the one million mark over the coming days. As temperatures ...
Read ArticleFinding hope amidst the chaos and devastation in South Sudan
Report from Trócaire’s Head of Humanitarian, Noreen Gumbo, South Sudan On Wednesday 25th November, I set out from Jub...
Read ArticleTrócaire commits initial €400k to Pakistan earthquake relief
Homes, roads and water systems have been badly damaged by deadly earthquake which struck northern Pakistan yesterday. Al...
Read ArticleTrócaire ‘ready to respond’ to earthquake in Pakistan
Updated 12.30pm. Trócaire staff in Pakistan are assessing the impact of this morning’s powerful earthquake which stru...
Read ArticleFadi’s story: A Syrian refugee living in Lebanon
By Noelle Fitzpatrick, Trócaire’s Syria Humanitarian Officer Fadi is a Syrian refugee living in Lebanon, be...
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