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Dying Mangroves and Fading Livelihoods in El Salvador
by James Hendicott, Trócaire Supporter Located on the Pacific Coast of El Salvador, La Tirana is heavily isolated; an h...
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 ArticleSecuring the right to education in Pakistan
Malala Yousufzai, the 14-year-old activist recently shot in Pakistan, is recovering from her injuries and reportedly mak...
Read ArticleMary Thole (28) from Malawi has a shrewd eye for buying clothes. When she displays her second-hand clothes on a mat outs...
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 ArticleWhy Ireland must ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements
By Justin Kilcullen, Executive Director of Trócaire.This article was first published in The Irish Times on 4 Octo...
Read Article‘There is no justice here’ – Waleed’s story
Waleed Abohanya was farming his land when the soldiers came. There were dozens of them, supported by dozens more policem...
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 ArticleBilly’s Big Cycle raises funds for Central America
Trócaire supporter Billy Lavelle is pedalling against poverty by cycling an incredible journey from Alaska to Argentina...
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 ArticleA year after the drought: building a better future for east Africa
I will never forget the shocking scenes I witnessed in east Africa last summer. Mothers, fathers and children left facin...
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,...
Read ArticleThe gradual and devastating impact of climate change
It seems fitting that world leaders gather in Rio de Janeiro this week to discuss the future of our planet, including th...
Read ArticleLet’s get real about climate change.
The equivalent of the combined populations of Cork, Limerick and Galway cities die every year as a result of factors rel...
Read ArticleTaking inspiration from our supporters
Days not quite as sunny as this one here at the Trócaire office in Maynooth are regularly brightened by the kind words ...
Read ArticleTrócaire supporters and campaigners raised the roof on Saturday at the annual ‘TrócaireLive’ gig at Dublinâ€...
Read ArticleWalking the streets of Bhubaneswar in north-east India, I often find myself struck by the same question: where are all t...
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