International Literacy Day 2023
UNESCO celebrates International Literacy Day (ILD) on the 8th September each year and marks the importance of education, especially literacy and numeracy skills. This year’s theme is focused on...
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Category: Education
International Day of the African Child 2023
June 16th is an international day dedicated to the children of Africa and commemorates those killed during the Soweto Uprising in South Africa. On June 16, 1976, thousands of...
Water Appeal
As World Water Month approaches – we launch our Lenten Water appeal which is focused on providing life saving water resources fundraising for water tanks for schools and education...
International Day of Education 2023
South Sudan is the youngest country in the world and its short history is rife with conflict as civil wars have left a nation destablised and its people vulnerable...
School Food Appeal: LSS Wau
When I think back on our trip to South Sudan in November last year, although touched by so many project visits, talking to students from Loyola Secondary School (LSS)...
Up the Jes! MAGIS Student Council Leadership Conference
On the 26th of October, Student Council representatives took part in the first ever Jesuit Schools Leadership Conference in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The aim of the day was to...
World Gratitude Day 2022
On World Gratitude Day we take a moment to thank all our supporters. In 1977, World Gratitude Day was born and supported by Sri Chinmoy and the Peace Meditations...
International Literacy Day 2022
Since 1967, #ILD celebrations have taken place annually around the world to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance...
International Youth Day 2022
The theme of #IYD2022 is intergenerational solidarity and the recognition that both older and younger generations have more in common then one would think. To achieve the Sustainable Development...
Supporting Girl’s Education in Nigeria
Tim Flynn, our monitoring and evaluation advisor, writes about his recent visit to Nigeria highlighting our work on children’s education, especially focused on girls. This Thursday, 16th June 2022,...
International Women’s Day 2022
Today is International Women’s Day, a day where we reflect on the actions and roles of the various women in our lives. On this day we stand in solidarity...
COP26 – Girls’ Education & Climate Action
It’s Day 4 of the COP26 conference, and my second day in Glasgow at the event. In the Blue Zone – the main arena – today, the topic for...