Horn of Africa Irish Emergency Alliance Appeal
Drought is ravaging Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. We need your help.
Ukraine Response
In War, Children Pay the Highest Price The ongoing war in Ukraine is forcing families to flee from cities under fire with, children have to witness the horrors of war. Their childhood is under attack. Millions of Ukrainians have been driven from their homes, hundreds of thousands have already arrived in neighbouring countries. Plan International […]
The 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
Impressions from the UN’s largest gathering on women’s rights issues. Anne Marie McCarthy, Plan International Ireland’s Emergencies’ Programme Manager reports live from New York, USA. As I sit in New York, watching the sun go down on my last evening of the 63rd Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, […]
Recovering From Typhoon Haiyan 1 Year On
We met Jednel and his family for the first time just 3 weeks after Typhoon Haiyan. He was with his friends, looking for scrap metal that they could sell to make a small income. Soon after our introductions, Jednel began to tell us about the day Typhoon Haiyan hit his community: “When we heard the […]
