October 2009 posts from all blogs
Why do we care?
Posted by Tom Arnold in Tom Arnold’s Blog | 1 October 2009 |
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The Irish Government made a commitment to spend 0.7% of its national income on overseas aid by 2012. That amounts to just 70 cent in every €100 by 2012.
Disaster looms in east Africa
Daniel Howden from the Independent recently visited Marsabit in northern Kenya with Concern.
Father Aengus Finucane
On behalf of everyone in Concern, I would like to express my profound sympathy on the death of Father Aengus Finucane. Aengus died at 8.30 this morning.
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Remembering Aengus Finucane: photos and video
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 6 October 2009 |
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Father Aengus Finucane, the former CEO of Concern, died today.
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A biography of Aengus Finucane
Posted by Niall O Murchu in Concern Blog | 6 October 2009 |
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Father Aengus Finucane died today. Here, we remember his life and work.
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Coming to a school near you
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Get Active! | 8 October 2009 |
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Over on the Fast site, Fionnagh Nally has been blogging about her trip to Kenya.
Anyone want to buy a goat?
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Get Active! | 13 October 2009 |
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The new Concern Gifts website is online now.
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Climate change and hunger
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 14 October 2009 |
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Today, as part of Blog Action Day, thousands of people are blogging about climate change. For Concern Worldwide’s entry, I’ve decided to write about how climate change is affecting world hunger.
Women of Concern launched in Cork
Posted by Gail Williams in Get Active! | 15 October 2009 |
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First Dublin, and now Cork! We recently launched our Women of Concern group in Cork City in the hospitality suite of the Heineken Brewery.
Aid workers released
Posted by Naoise Kavanagh in Concern Blog | 19 October 2009 |
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Yesterday, GOAL aid workers Sharon Commins and Hilda Kawuki were released, having been kidnapped and held captive for 107 days. Sharon Commins is to return home to Ireland today.
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Changing attitudes in rural Tanzania
I meet a woman in one of the poorest villages in Tanzania. Her name is Fatuma Ismail. She is the same age as me, 30, and has five children. She is a widow with nobody to turn to for support.
