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...
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Author: Joe Munnelly
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Lebanon: Refuge in St Joseph’s Church
In Beirut, the doors of the Jesuit church of St. Joseph are open to host migrant workers who cannot find safety in official shelters. Michael Petro SJ, Emergency Shelter...
World Water Day: Empowering Girls Through Dignity
In the places where we work, water is a precious thing, never taken for granted and for the communities we work with long distances for clean and safe water...
Martha’s Road: Smashing Stereotypes
When Martha Kockedhia Dut speaks, she does so with a calm strength that hides the storms she has survived. At just 25, she has lived through more upheaval than...
Middle East Emergency
A series of intense military operations, including joint strikes by the United States and Israel against Iran’s strategic targets and leadership, has triggered widespread violence across the region. Iranian...
Inner Strength: Ukraine 4 years on
Today marks four years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, leading to the most devastating conventional conflict in Europe since World War II. In the headlines you...