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 […]
