Author: Joe Munnelly

Malindi school opening. community pose for photo outside the school building

05 October 2026

A New Dawn for Education in Malindi
A new chapter in Jesuit education began in Kajajini, Malindi, at the end of August with the official opening of Aquiline Tarimo Jesuit School—a landmark institution established to expand...
Monica, teacher at St Justina primary in South Sudan poses outside. she is smiling toward the camera and wears a blue dress.

05 October 2026

World Teacher Day 2026
Meet Monica, a teacher from St Justina Primary school in Cueibet, South Sudan, who is encouraging young learners and inspiring girls to dream for more than just marriage. Monica...
a group of students in uniform smile at the camera. they are holding their solar lamps

08 September 2026

Lights for Literacy Day!
The simple flick of a switch is not as simple as it seems. When options are limited to dangerous kerosene lamps or seeking public lighting in the evening time...
Evelyn poses outside the classroom block with her mother and baby sibling. they smile toward the camera.

12 August 2026

Youth Day 2026: Evelyn’s Story – Still Standing, Still Dreaming
For World Youth Day, we return to Sangere-Bode, a region in North-East Nigeria, where the scars of terrorism and violent insurgency is still felt today. When we first met...

15 July 2026

Youth Skills Day: Skills, Empowerment & Social Change.
In South Sudan, harmful cultural norms and traditions still view girls primarily as a source of wealth for their families through marriage. The promise of bride price—often measured in...

20 June 2026

World Refugee Day 2026
It saddens me to type these words as I reflect on the state of humanity today, today of all days. Displacement across the globe is at record high with...

03 June 2026

World Bicycle Day 2026: The humble bike
Thanks to your support we can continue to change the lives of remarkable people overcoming challenges that on this side of the globe are often unimaginable. There is more...
Mary smiles to camera showing her bottle of harvested honey.

20 May 2026

World Bee Day 2026: Honey to make the world sweeter
In a remote village about 12km from Rumbek town in South Sudan lives Mary Awal Deng, a widow in her late thirties and mother of five children — four girls and one...
Zahraa is sat on a chair with her children. her daughter sits on her lap.

11 May 2026

Middle East Crisis: A Mother’s Turmoil
Today, families are stuck in a limbo. They are scared and anxious and many of them are tired having escaped during the early morning hours to seek shelter as...
a boy sits under makeshift tent in Gaza. he looks toward the camera pensively.

24 April 2026

Day of Diplomacy & Peace: Europe at a crossroads
As an international community, we are at a crossroads where our commitment to peace and democracy is only as strong as our integrity. History will not be kind to...
Timmayo is posing with a cultural troupe in a large grass hut. They all smile at the camera.

22 April 2026

Walking the Walk in Malawi
Midweek in a café in Drumcondra, I met with Timmayo Thumra, a PhD student at the School of Law and Government, Dublin City University (DCU).  It is crunch-time and a...
Photo shows destruction and village in aftermath of flooding.

07 April 2026

World Health Day: Aid for Flash Flooding Victims
Like the hardship felt by those impacted by Storm Chandra and others over winter, climate change sees no borders and its pain and destruction affects us all, especially those...