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 […]
Cameroon, Camp Minawo – Each of the 60,000 people in this camp left their homes behind.
Anne Marie McCarthy, Plan International Ireland’s Emergencies’ Coordinator reports live from Cameroon. The first thing that hits you when you get off the plane in the late afternoon sunshine is the heat, and along with it, the anticipation of that moment when the air turns cooler as the sun goes down, the heure bleu, or blue hour, […]
Lake Chad Crisis – Maiduguri
Anne Marie McCarthy, Plan International Ireland’s Emergencies’ Coordinator reports live from Nigeria. In the early 80’s a one hit wonder called Charlene sings about “seeing some things a woman isn’t supposed to see”. The burgeoning feminist in me pondered, more than was technically necessary, about a throw away lyric in a song, but for the life of […]
Refugee Education
Emilia Sorrentino, Plan International Ireland’s Education in Emergencies Specialist reports live from Niger. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, recently released a report titled “Missing out: Refugee Education in crisis” highlighting the scandal that is the 3.7 million children who have been forced to flee their homes are missing out on education. Education is a fundamental human right regardless of who you […]
Lake Chad – Boko Haram
Linda Furnham, Plan International Ireland’s Programme Support Officer (Emergencies) reports live from West Africa. Well, some of you may remember better than others, but when I was a girl, I worried about a handful of rather superficial things. Would I make new friends in secondary school? Would I make the football team at school like […]
