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Six Months After Typhoon Haiyan
Six months after the devastion of Typhoon Haiyan, we look at the emergency and reconstruction work that has been u...
Read ArticleNelson Mandela’s passing reminds us that we must recommit ourselves to his values
By Éamonn Meehan, Trócaire Executive Director I met Nelson Mandela at an event in Dublin in the late 1990s. Dur...
Read ArticleTrócaire campaign highlights how women are disproportionately affected by HIV and calls on the Irish government to addr...
Read ArticleDriving through the city, I saw approximately 100 dead bodies
The damage begins100 kilometres from Tacloban, rising in intensity with each passing kilometre until the true horro...
Read ArticleEyewitness account from Tacloban
The destroyed pier area of Tacloban, Leyte island. This region was the worst affected by the typhoon, causing widespread...
Read ArticleUpdate: Trócaire aid efforts in Philippines
Latest report from Trócaire’s Humanitarian Communications Officer Eoghan Rice in the Philippines Aid is ru...
Read ArticleUpdate: Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines
Eoghan Rice of Trócaire, who is part of an international humanitarian response team currently in the Philippines, speak...
Read ArticleViva Timor: reflecting on 36 years in Timor-Leste
By Kathryn Robertson, Country Representative As we get ready to close the office in Timor-Leste, we have been hav...
Read ArticleHappy International Women’s Day
We are marking International Women's Day 2013 by celebrating all of the amazing women we work with around the world...
Read ArticleAs we launch our 40th anniversary Lenten campaign today, we thank the people of Ireland for four decades of life-changin...
Read ArticleWould you like to change the world? Do you think the world will be different in forty years time? Do you enjoy poetry? Y...
Read ArticleLorraine Keane launches Gifts of Change
Lorraine Keane displayed some of Trócaire’s ethical Christmas gifts last week as she launched our festive ‘Gi...
Read ArticleFleeing conflict in northern Mali
Many people will know Mali as an exotic tourist destination, with the annual ‘Festival in the Desert’ attracting mus...
Read ArticleReducing the risks of disaster
Humanitarian agencies are always amongst the first on the scene when disaster strikes, but what can they do to stop disa...
Read ArticleFree media key to progress in Angola
By Simão Chatepa and Chigwe Phiri, Trócaire Governance & Human Rights Programme Officers in Angola, 18 September 2...
Read ArticleThis Sunday marks World Humanitarian Day, a global day to celebrate humanity and the spirit of people helping people. Di...
Read ArticleFinding your own solutions to your own problems
I’ve been a Girl Guide most of my life. Being a Guide wasn’t always cool, but it was always busy, fun and fascinatin...
Read ArticleGuest post by Shane O’Connor. Last Monday was the proudest day of Shafik’s life. Watching on a small television ...
Read ArticleAchieving an AIDS-free generation
By Finola Finnan, Programme Leader, 1 August 2012 Can we eliminate HIV within a generation? After 30 years and over 30 m...
Read ArticleComing face-to-face with Haiti’s Duvalier past
Last Sunday, in an effort to escape the intense summer heat of Port-au-Prince, I called into a restaurant on the out-ski...
Read ArticleStrengthening Humanitarian Principles
By Naomi Baird, Humanitaran Response Officer, 16 July 2012 Humanitarian principles of humanity, impartiality, ...
Read ArticleSupport calls for peace in South Sudan.
Last month I travelled to the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan. Until recently, Yida was a small rural community. Today,...
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