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Week One: Coláiste Feirste School Immersion in Zambia
By Coláiste Feirste students in Zambia Week 1: On Saturday we were greeted by three SERVE volunteers at Lusaka airport. We then took a three hour bus journey through the city of Lusaka to the town of Mazabuka, all whilst observing the natural beauty of Zambia. Immediately, we could identify the contrast between the Irish […]
Coláiste Cois Life School Immersion Programme 2016
In March 2016, Coláiste Cois Life participated in a SERVE School Immersion Programme. The group of 16 students travelled to South Africa with Chris O’Donoghue to work alongside our partner Tsholofelo in Rustenburg. Adhering to Comhlamh’s Code of Good Practice, SERVE met with the students 4 times over the year prior to departure introducing the students to different global […]
Coláiste Cois Life, Sangoma’s and Inter-cultural Experiences
By students of Coláiste Cois Life 16 students are currently in Rustenburg, South Africa where they are taking part in a SERVE School Immersion Programme. These are their diary entries from Sunday 20th March until Tuesday 23rd March. Day 1, Sunday 20th March : After having breakfast at 7:30am we all got dressed for mass. […]
“A woman is the full circle, within her is the power to create, nurture and transform”
In Ireland, our children go to school every morning. They don’t have to worry about violence or civil war when they walk down the street. They can access health care, support and welfare should they need it. There is support for Mothers and Carers. In Mozambique, 1 in 17 children die before their 5th birthday from […]
“Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today”
By Megan Porter When I began my volunteer journey with SERVE last year, it was because a past volunteer was always hounding me with stories. Telling me about the amazing people she met in Freedom Park, how the work they were doing was changing people’s lives and how it tied into wider issues of development. […]
Year of Pulses
By Karina McGinley Karina is participating in the Gold Global Citizen Award. This is the sixth of her Global Blogs from South Africa ‘Beans, beans, a wonderful fruit, the more you eat the more you….’ Maybe it is just me, but the above statement was common during my childhood. I have vivid memories of singing along to this […]
‘New year, new me…but what about the others?’
By Karina McGinley Karina is participating in the Gold Global Citizen Award. This is the fifth of her Global Blogs from South Africa As the New Year dawns we are all inundated with Facebook statutes and Tweets proclaiming ‘New year, new me’, ‘Gym from now on’, ‘Only organic food’, you know yourself! Well as I was going […]
World Day of Social Justice
“With exclusion and inequality on the rise, we must step up efforts to ensure that all people, without discrimination, are able to access opportunities to improve their lives and those of others”.
– Secretary General Ban- Ki -Moon
What is Social Justice?
Social Justice is justice in the terms of distribution of wealth, opportunities and privileges in society.
What is Social Justice?
Social Justice is justice in the terms of distribution of wealth, opportunities and privileges in society.
Why are you talking about it today?
We always talk about it because it's at the core of what we do at SERVE. We want to highlight it today even more because it's World Social Justice Day!
How does SERVE contribute to the fight for Social Justice?
Social Justice is at the root of what we do. We work in solidarity with partners in different countries to initiate change in their communities.
What about SERVE volunteers? Are they involved in fighting for Social Justice?
Yes. From the very moment they sign up to a programme or to do an internship with us, they begin to fight for Social Justice with the skills they have.
How do SERVE volunteers help?
SERVE volunteers in the past have used their volunteering experience to advocate for the Global Goals in their communities. Last year, SERVE volunteers used the Think Global Act Local progamme to become proactive global citizens and fight social justice.
How can I help?
You can use your skills to advocate, to increase awareness of injustices and you can fundraise to support SERVE.
So, if I volunteer at home or overseas, I am fighting for social justice!
YES! Absolutely!
Do you have a programme that I can join to fight social justice?
YES! Absolutely!
TGAL Reflection from Constantin Becker
SERVE volunteer Constantin Becker reflecting on his time so far with SERVE’s Think Global Act Local programme.
Sinead’s Think Global Act Local Reflection
SERVE Programmes Intern Sinad Mulry reflecting on her time so far with SERVE’s Think Global Act Local programme.
“Alone we can do so little, Together we can do so much”
By Mary Mullarkey Mary is participating in the Bronze Global Citizen Award. This is the second of her global blogs. Poverty is a pandemic in the Philippines with over 60% of the Filipino population experiencing it. When I arrived in Cebu and travelling to the Holy Family Retreat House, I had never witnessed such poverty in […]
