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StepUp to #EndPovertyThe International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is observed every year on October 17th and is aimed at promoting awareness of the need to eradicate poverty and destitution in all countries. This year is focused on the theme, “Leave no one behind: think, decide and act together against extreme poverty”, and recognises and underscores […]
October 17, 2014
Elizabeth Garland
Farmers Will Change the WorldThe annual celebration of World Food Day commemorates the founding of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1945, and was first held in 1981. This year’s theme, Family Farming: “Feeding the world, caring for the earth”, puts at its centre the important role that family farming and smallholder farmers play in “eradicating […]
October 16, 2014
Katie Kurilecz
Act together to end povertyThe importance of including the benefiting communities has been highlighted by organisations and academics alike. It is crucial to move away from the image of the “dirty and helpless poor” and see communities living in less privileged settings as what they are: able members that are very willing to participate and contribute to the eradication […]
October 15, 2014
Elizabeth Garland
UPDATE: Heavy rain affects building work in Wau South SudanIRT is supporting a project aimed at providing a half way house for disabled and severally needy internally displaced people in the town of Wau in South Sudan. A good number of people have TB and are currently being treated at the local mission hospital, when they are discharged it is hoped that they will […]
October 10, 2014
Adrian Hatch
Uganda celebrates Independence DayThe Republic of Uganda, marking its 52nd Independence Day on October 9th, is a landlocked country in East Africa with an estimated population of almost 36 million, and borders Kenya, South Sudan, DR Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania. Due to internal fighting and border conflicts in the past, Uganda is host to many refugees, internally displaced […]
October 8, 2014
Katie Kurilecz
Celebrating World Teachers’ DayOn today’s World Teachers’ Day it is worth noting that one of the areas which are still holding back South Sudan’s development is education. The adult literacy rate is as low as 27%, which will not increase but worsen with 70% of 6–17-year-olds never having set foot inside a classroom. Of those children attending school […]
October 5, 2014
Katie Kurilecz
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September 16, 2014
Adrian Hatch
Refugees continue to flee into JordanToday, the Middle East is one of the most troubled areas in the world. As you have surely seen in the news weeks, Israel and Palestine are at loggerheads again; conflict in the Syrian has been going on since March 2011, giving rise to one of the most worrying refugee crises in history (an estimated […]
September 1, 2014
Katie Kurilecz
South Sudan’s Amazing NunsThe Comboni Missionary Sisters are an order of nuns distinguished by their continuing dedication to helping the world’s most vulnerable. We are continually inspired by their determination and humility and we want to share their story with you. In 1872, Daniel Comboni (1831-1881) founded the order in Verona, Italy. His aim was to regenerate Africa, […]
July 29, 2014
Adrian Hatch
The Best Football Story You’ll read this World CupIn these last days of World Cup, we want to share with you a happy-ending story that involves both us and football. James is a refugee hosted in one of the homes we support in Uganda. He has recently been selected to play in U19 Uganda football team! James Oyet, 19 years old, is a […]
July 10, 2014
Katie Kurilecz