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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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