Opportunity for volunteering in Cambodia and Tanzania

The Volunteer Projects (TVP) is a registered Irish charity and international Development NGO that believes in ‘Development through Volunteerism’. They specialise in recruiting and training students from Ireland’s Third level community for short-term overseas work placements in Tanzania and Cambodia. They also fund, manage and implement Development and Human Rights initiatives within their own partner projects.

TVP’s Teach the Teachers and Social Care Project Placements in Tanzania and Cambodia may be of interest to students or graduates of the Education Department.

Global Issues Course for NUIM students and graduates

Each year the Suas Educational Development run a Global Issues Course for NUIM students and graduates in both the Spring and Autumn terms. The Spring course is starting on 21 February and runs over 6 weeks: one evening per week for two hours. It is subsidized by Irish Aid so only costs the participant €20.

The Global Issues Course provides an Introduction to Development, broadly based on the Millennium Development Goals, and is intended to complement students’ studies at NUIM. It is an interactive programme delivered by a variety of experienced facilitators, designed to give participants an opportunity to engage with a range of global development issues. Students of all faculties and disciplines are welcome including student teachers and qualified teachers alike.

In our increasingly interconnected world, Suas makes the point that it is important that students of all disciplines have an opportunity to learn about global development issues and bring this learning to their chosen profession. They also highlight the fact that a major strength of the course is the diversity of knowledge, perspectives and experiences which comes with having students of different disciplines.

This current course does not suit your timetable, bookmark the Suas site for future reference!

Presenting the Suas Global Issues Course 21 Feb – 03 Apr, 6.30-8.30pm
The Suas Global Issues Course is a series of 6 workshops each based around a particular issue in global development. Starting with an Introduction to Development session and covering other topics such as trade, climate, HIV/AIDS and gender. The course is designed to provide a broad introduction to development. Sessions are delivered by experienced facilitators and development practitioners and are highly participatory and interactive.

The introductory course is designed for students of all faculties and backgrounds and provides an opportunity to:

• Learn about issues that are relevant to everyone
• Meet like minded students
• Complement your academic background and bring your perspective to the discussion
• Enhance your CV with our Certificate of completion

A Future of Hope

Each year Trócaire and St. Patrick’s College host a lecture which delves in to the complex causes of poverty and injustice.

This year this prestigious lecture will be given by the chairman of the Uganda Episcopal Conference, His Grace John Baptist Odama, Archbishop of Gulu.

Archbishop Odama is a renowned peace advocate having worked tirelessly to end the infamous 20 year war in northern Uganda, waged by the Lord’s Resistance Army on the government of Uganda and its people. His mediation between both sides of the conflict was instrumental in bringing about a peace process to end the war. To this day the Archbishop has remained steadfast in his commitment to the people of northern Uganda despite numerous threats to his own life. Archbishop Odama is in Ireland as a guest of Trócaire to share the story of the Ugandan people as they rebuild their lives.

The lecture will take place on February 13th at 7 pm in Renehan Hall, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth and followed by a cheese and wine reception. See details below: