June 2009 posts from all blogs

Temporary tattoos, kites and banners

Posted by Lizzy Noone in Get Active! | 8 June 2009 | 2 comments
Kite Parade at the Spire World Day Against Child Labour 2008

By now I’d say that anyone reading my blog posts thinks I have an unhealthy obsession with large props and tattoos (despite not having any real ones myself!). If I do a bit of soul searching I might have to admit that you are right.

Protesting against child labour: photos

Posted by Alan O Reilly in Get Active! | 12 June 2009 | 6 comments

As I type, there’s a group of kite-flying, tattoo-bearing, banner-wavers marching down O’Connell Street. It’s World Day Against Child Labour today and the protesters are making their voices heard.

Returning home after years of conflict

Posted by Fergus Thomas in Concern Blog | 12 June 2009 | 0 comments
Karambi farmers, returning to rebuild their homes after 14 years.

I’m standing on a rocky outcrop on the edge of a dust road in Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. I’m talking to a group of Congolese farmers who are returning to rebuild their homes after fleeing the ethnic violence of the early 1990s.

The kite march

Posted by Lizzy Noone in Concern Blog | 12 June 2009 | 0 comments
Griffeen Valley pupils take part in the Stop Child Labour day.Photo: Steve Ryan

I’m just back from the World Day Against Child Labour march on O’Connell Street.

Food for thought

Posted by Tom Arnold in Tom Arnold’s Blog | 15 June 2009 | 0 comments

I spoke to the Irish Times recently about the aid budget, food prices and Concern’s CTC programme.

“The story is there is no story”

Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 24 June 2009 | 1 comment
10 year old Abas suffering from typhoid in spontaneous camp, Pakistan

“The crisis in Pakistan is an unprecedented human drama, yet few in the wider world are paying attention.”

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