Entries by Serve

From Street Trader to School

In 2015 Maria Victorino Zondane studied Special Agriculture at Young Africa Agri-Tech, Dondo, Mozambique. When she was studying this course she had the opportunity to work with Young Africa’s partner ‘Land O’Lakes’ who specialise in dairy farming. Maria believes that the course and this opportunity helped her greatly. Before enrolling at Young Africa she sold […]

From Dondo to John Deere

Lúcio Lourenco Francisco Ngoca studied Agricultural Mechanics at Young Africa Agri-Tech Dondo, Mozambique. He believes that the best thing about studying at Young Africa is Life Skills Education. Lúcio says that this course taught him the importance of respecting people and because of this he is now able to work as part of a team. […]

International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

By Daniel Twomey As part of my experience in Mozambique last summer I had the pleasure of organising a sports day on the “Young Africa” Dondo Campus. This was an event for over 200 primary school aged pupils. It was a great day. Richly rewarding and hugely satisfying. It is a memory of the summer […]

Fairtrade Fortnight

Today marks the beginning of Fair Trade Fortnight, an important annual event to highlight the issues of inequality facing communities across the globe. The SERVE office is located near Blackrock Castle by the entrance to the Port of Cork. Every day we see cargo ships bringing in goods from all over the world. Each week container ships bring […]

World Day of Social Justice

Today is World Day of Social Justice, and now more than ever, the global community needs to work together towards a world free from conflict and oppression. We actively encourage our volunteers, supporters and friends to express and exhibit their global citizenship every day. This could be as simple as being aware.  Being aware of your […]

International Day for Women and Girls in Science

This International Day for Women and Girls in Science, is an opportunity for us all to stand in solidarity for girls and women in science. As girls continue to face stereotypes and cultural restrictions, their access to education and research is limited which prevents them from scientific careers. This also limits girls from reaching their […]

The road less travelled

As a  former Short-Term Overseas Volunteer, Communications intern, Full-time staff member, and then Long-term overseas volunteer with SERVE (placed with Young Africa in Mozambique), Lindsay Cleary now writes as the coordinator of her own ‘Young Africa’ project in Zambia, along with her partner Mark (also a former SERVE volunteer).  Lindsay writes about how her overseas […]