Rainy Season in Niger
This year has brought rains to Niger that the country has never experienced before. Anne Marie McCarthy, Plan International Ireland’s Emergencies’ Programme Manager reports live from Diffa, Niger. Yesterday evening there was torrential rain in Diffa, hard rain that Diffa residents say they have never seen before. Diffa is a town in the south-east of Niger, which was […]
Perspective
My work gives me perspective. I meet a lot of people on my travels and together we share stories and opinions and laugh often. Anne Marie McCarthy, Plan International Ireland’s Emergencies’ Programme Manager reports live from Cameroon, Central Africa. Today I visited Minawao refugee camp in Cameroon, Central Africa. The camp is currently home to over 60,000 […]
Amazing Acts of Courage and Determination
Emilia Sorrentino an Education in Emergencies Specialist with Plan International, has been a humanitarian for more than ten years. She spent four years in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (Gaza and West Bank) where she worked as Programme Manager and later as Country Director for an Italian NGO. During her career she has responded to crisis […]
Safety and Feeling Secure
Anne Marie McCarthy, Plan International Ireland’s Emergencies’ Programme Manager reports live from Central African Republic (CAR). However, in the week before I travelled to Central African Republic (CAR,) I went past two areas, once on foot and once on my bike, in Dublin, where within an hour or two people were shot. This is a really unnerving reality […]
4 Reasons Why Education Matters in an Emergency
… and Why the Irish Government Needs to Prioritise it Emilia Sorrentino an Education in Emergencies Specialist with Plan International, has been a humanitarian for more than ten years and has responded to crisis such as the conflicts in Mali and in Central African Republic, Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, the Earthquake in Nepal, lately […]
Parenting Isn’t Easy
Anne Marie McCarthy, Plan International Ireland’s Emergencies’ Coordinator reports live from Egypt. Parenting isn’t easy at the best of times. We all gave our parents a hard time (except me of course), even if we didn’t mean to or realise it. But trying to parent kids in a conflict situation or where you have fled your country […]
Be Bold for Change: International Women’s Day 2017
Anne Marie McCarthy, Plan International Ireland’s Emergencies’ Coordinator comments on this year’s International Women’s Day. The first time that I celebrated International Women’s Day was when I was working with a national Senegalese Women’s NGO in the 90’s. It wasn’t a day that was really celebrated in Ireland and I didn’t know what to expect. In Senegal […]
Numbers Can Only Tell Us So Much
Anne Marie McCarthy, Plan International Ireland’s Emergencies’ Coordinator reports live from Dakar. ‘Nit nitay garabam’, a Wolof proverb that says that people are the medicine of people. For Senegalese people, this highlights the importance of community and relationships, and the need to have empathy for others. For Plan International, as we move towards our goal of improving […]
Working Together is Better than in Isolation
Stella Cotorcea, Plan International Ireland’s Programme Support Officer reports live from Cameroon. Nicknamed “Africa in miniature”, Cameroon represents the entire continent through its diverse geography and co-existing cultures. This harmony has been compromised by the increasing influx of refugees and internal displacement as a result of violent conflict in the neighboring Central African Republic and Nigeria. […]
Central African Republic – Bringing Children Back to School
Stella Cotorcea, Plan International Ireland’s Programme Support Officer reports live from Central African Republic (CAR). In a country marred by conflict and poverty, children are missing their chance to go to school. Plan International is working hard with local communities, government and schools to build safe environments for children of all ages so that they can […]
