July 2009 posts from all blogs

Kenyan slum crisis: video

Posted by Niall O Murchu in Concern Blog | 6 July 2009 | 0 comments

Rural Kenyan is suffering from drought, climate change and approaching famine. Click here for a full report.

Hunger and food back on agenda

Posted by Tom Arnold in Tom Arnold’s Blog | 8 July 2009 | 0 comments

One billion people are now hungry in the world.

Summer events

Posted by Naoise Kavanagh in Get Active! | 20 July 2009 | 0 comments

We’re hoping you’re having a great summer. We’ve got loads of ways you can help support Concern’s work and have a great time, in Ireland.

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Hideous choices

Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 21 July 2009 | 0 comments
Pupils at Korogocho Glory primary school, Nairobi. Tony Karumba/AFP

“It’s easy enough to sit at a desk and take a red pen to a budget, chop a few million here, a couple of thousand there, until the desired bottom line emerges. But what does this mean for real people in the real world? As I sit here in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, I am faced with a dilemma.”

Thoughts before Kenya trip

Posted by Naoise Kavanagh in Get Active! | 22 July 2009 | 0 comments
Myles McCormick opens the debate for Sandford Park

This blog post was written by Myles McCormick, debates winner 2009.

Preparing for Kenya

Posted by Naoise Kavanagh in Get Active! | 22 July 2009 | 0 comments
Ennistymon Christian Brothers School - children learning

Update: you can follow the students’ trip to Kenya on Twitter. Click here.

Searching for water

Posted by Louise Finan in Concern Blog | 23 July 2009 | 0 comments

I had always assumed that traveling through a desert would be hot, dusty and disorientating. Last week I found out that yes, all of the above is true.

The boys are back in town!

Posted by Tom Arnold in Tom Arnold’s Blog | 28 July 2009 | 1 comment
U2

U2 returned to their native Dublin last weekend. Their gigs were held in Croke Park, Ireland’s main sporting stadium, which holds over 80,000 people.

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