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February 25, 2022 in Fundraising /by Serve

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Organise your own SERVE Fundraiser

February 25, 2022 in Fundraising /by Serve

Organise your own fundraiser

Join SERVE’s community of fundraisers today to show your solidarity in action. All donations go directly into SERVE’s work with our partners across the globe.

Let your creativity guide you and put the fun into fundraiser. Get your family, friends, organisation and even customers involved. Your donations will go a long way in improving people’s lives.

You can host a fundraiser online, a meet up in person – you choose what works best for you and your community. We’re always available to help you along the way with a fundraiser toolkit and anything else that you need to host a successful fundrasier.

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Personal

Share your personalised story of solidarity to advocate for the people SERVE works with.

Facts

Stick to facts. We're always available to share details of our programmes with you to support your fundraising efforts.

Share off and online

Make posters and put them up on community noticeboards in your area and also share it online to promote your fundraiser. Make an online donation page (we can help you with this).

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Pub Quiz

Get cozy in your local pub. Draw up trivia questions. Charge a ticket. Organise a raffle. You're ready to go.

Challenge: Walk/Run/Hike/Skydive

A good challenge amplifies the challenges of the people our partners work with. Pick your challenge, get a team together and fundraise together.

Coffee-morning

Organise warm cups of coffee and tea with home-made scones and cakes in your office, community centre or even your home. Share stories with facts of the people our partners work with to host a successful coffee-morning.

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Thoughts from the 1st SERVE Soccer Tournament

Thoughts from SERVE Soccer Tournament SERVE volunteer Antonio di Mare describes our 1st 5-a-side Soccer Tournament fundraiser Most of the players along with Team SERVE

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Rebecca sky dives for SERVE

Rebecca skydives for SERVE In the summer of 2022 past SERVE volunteer Rebecca Atkinson jumped off a plane safely to fulfill a life-long goal and

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Flip Flop Appeal 2022

February 24, 2022 in Fundraising /by Serve

SERVE Flip Flop Appeal 2022

During the month of May, join in to help empower women and young people gain the skills and training to live a dignified life.

About Flip Flop Appeal 2022

SERVE’s commitment to fundraise in person for our partners who work closely with women and young people was impacted by COVID-19 public health restrictions.

Our partners in Africa and Asia have kept working throughout the pandemic, and we have supported them with emergency grants and development project grants over the last two years, with funds raised by supporters and from institutional donors.

We invite you to join the Flip Flop Appeal 2022 with your friends, colleagues and customers to spread the story of the flip-flop pin, now that most restrictions have been lifted.

Impact of Flip Flop Appeal 2022

This year’s Flip Flop Appeal will support SERVE’s work with it’s partners to overcome the huge gap of employment opportunities for women and young people in Asia and Africa.

SERVE is involved with partners who develop programmes that offer skills training, income generating opportunities, entrepreneurship training, employment opportunities, training on rights and responsibilities and child care facilities for parents who are attending training programmes.

These initiatives ensure that women and young people are

empowered,
have financial independence,
have a safe and decent work life,
equipped with other life skills to support personal development,
contribute to gender equality,
smashing stereotypes and
contribute towards equity,

When you join the Flip Flop Appeal you instantly become a Global Citizen who is fundraising to support SERVE and its partners deliver expert and sustainable solutions for local problems.

Few Photos from Flip Flop Appeal 2022 Fundraisers

Paula Quigley @ Coal Quay Farmers Market, Cork

Azul Martinez Fundraising at the Coal Quay Farmers Market, Cork

Niall Cleary of Graffiti Theatre, Cork supports Flip Flop Appeal 2022

Cork Salsa Cubana support Flop Flop Appeal 2022

Samantha Fiorelli founder of Cork Salsa Cubana supports Flop Flop Appeal 2022

Many students at Cork Salsa Cubana support Flip flop Appeal

Suadela Bellydance Cork support Flip Flop Appeal 2022

Students of Suadela Bellydance Cork support Flip Flop Appeal 2022

Robin Damaschke @ Mahon Pint Shopping Centre, Cork

Robin at Esker, Galway - churchgate collection

Sinead Mulry & Dan Lynch at Blackrock Village Farmers Market, Cork

Flip Flop Appeal 2022 Fundraisers

All of May, Natural Foods Bakery, Blackrock, Cork

All of May, Café Temple, Galway

All of May, The Urban Co-op, Limerick

May 3rd & 9th, Salsa Cubana Cork

May 7th, Coal Quay Farmer's Market, Cork

May 12th, Suadela Bellydance, Cork

May 14th, Mahon Shopping Centre, Cork

May 15th & 22nd, Blackrock Village Farmer's Market, Cork

May 15th, Esker Monastery, Galway

May 19th, Clonard Monastery, Belfast

May 25th, Wild Ones Salon, Cork

May 28th, Yoga Collective, Cork

History of Flip Flop Appeal

Flip-flops are the footwear of the poorest people of the world, so this is why it is featured on our logo and its significance is at the heart of our appeal.

The Flip Flop Appeal, is our flagship fundraising campaign that began in 2005. SERVE has been able to advocate for vulnerable communities with the Irish people because of this appeal.

It allows SERVE to share the inspiring story of the Thai women who create our Fair-trade Flip Flop pins at income generating projects ran by the Good Shepard Sisters in Nong Khai, Thailand.

The project’s goal is to empower women to become self sufficient and live a dignified life.

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Irish charity SERVE works in India with people living with disabilities

SERVE and Association of People with Disability

February 15, 2022

SERVE and Young Africa Mozambique

February 2, 2022

“We’re a global community!”

February 17, 2022 in Development News, Mozambique, Zimbabwe /by Serve

World Day of Social Justice '22

"We're a global community!" - John McGeady, SERVE alumni

20^th February is World Day of Social Justice. The theme for World Day of Social Justice 2022 is Achieving Social Justice through Formal Employment.

We did a poll last year to find out how people define social justice and how we can support the rights of people around us. Today is a good day to revisit few of the remarkable responses.

Social justice is about equity.

Social justice is about combatting discrimination and inequalities in the world.

I can support the rights of the people around me by educating myself on citizenship and contribute to others positively.

Contribute to Equity

The UN explains, “More than 60 per cent of the world’s employed population, that is 2 billion women, men and youth, earn their livelihoods in the informal economy. The COVID-19 pandemic has put a spotlight on the vulnerability of workers in the informal economy. Informal workers, as they often lack any form of social protection or employment related benefits, are twice as likely to be poor compared to formal workers. Most people enter the informal economy not by choice, but due to lack of opportunities in the formal economy.”

SERVE works closely with Young Africa in Zimbabwe and Mozambique to help their students transition to the formal economy. The ongoing Skills for Youth Resilience Programme (SYRP) helps young people gain access to training programmes that include formal job placements.

We are also assisting Young Africa Zimbabwe in the establishment of Entrepreneurship Hubs to improve outcomes for those interested in self-employment and to push as much as possible for the formalisation of businesses.

Students learn about their rights and responsibilities in the workplace, as well as job opportunities with established and registered businesses, during their training. These steps actively help marginalised young people in bridging the gap to formal employment.

On World Day of Social Justice, you can contribute to equity with the purchase of our SERVE’d Up Cookbook. Proceeds from sales will go towards helping SERVE continue its work on the SYRP.

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SERVE and The Centre for Sustainable Development Studies

February 16, 2022 in Philipppines /by Serve

SERVE's Development Work with The Centre for Sustainable Development Studies

About Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS)

Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS) was established in 2009 in Hanoi, Vietnam. CSDS is committed to youth and community development. SERVE has been working with CSDS since 2018.

Centre for Sustainable Development Studies (CSDS) implement sustainable development programmes across Vietnam which empower youth, develop communities, and promote intercultural exchange through volunteerism, civic engagement, and active citizenship. CSDS’ activities contribute towards the achievement of the Global Goals.

CSDS also promote international volunteering and exchange, to support local communities and to contribute towards the personal development of both local and international volunteers. International volunteers teach English language classes, facilitate creative arts workshops, and deliver workshops around life skills and leadership.

CSDS have a close relationship with Irish Embassy in Hanoi, working together to promote the shared values of Vietnam and Ireland, to inspire youths to work towards achieving the Global Goals, and to provide opportunities for Vietnamese students to study in Ireland.

In 2020, in response to Covid-19, SERVE volunteers continued to support CSDS virtually, teaching English language classes to Vietnamese students.

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SERVE and Sumanahalli

February 15, 2022 in India /by Serve

SERVE's Development Work with Sumanahalli

About Sumanahalli

Sumanahalli is a leprosy and HIV rehabilitation centre in Bangalore. SERVE has worked Sumanahalli since 2005.

The Sumanahalli centre was established in 1978 and its initial objective was to establish an organisation that would help treat and rehabilitate those suffering with leprosy in and around Bangalore. Sumanahalli is working in a number of areas in Bangalore and provides MDT drugs free of cost to leprosy sufferers. Sumanahalli also provides education, vocational training and life-skills training to leprosy patients who have been excluded from mainstream society. Sumanahalli also works closely with communities to tackle stigma and ignorance around the issue of leprosy.

Sumanahalli centre works to fully integrate those who have been affected with leprosy into mainstream society through treatment, education and employment.

In order to develop employment prospects they also actively educate and engage in skills training. Sumanahalli has established three manufacturing units which produce candles, leather goods and garments which are sold overseas.

Sumanahalli also provides services for those with HIV by providing both ART treatment/rehabilitation and life-skills training for people under its care.

Donate to support people living with leprosy

SERVE and Association of People with Disability

February 15, 2022 in India /by Serve

SERVE's Development Work with Association of People with Disability

About Association of People with Disability

Association of People with Disability (APD) celebrated its 60th birthday in 2019. Through these years, APD has promoted innovation and positively impacted people living with disabilities in Bangalore, India. SERVE and APD have worked together since 2005 through advocacy, funding various projects and designing volunteering programmes over the years.

SERVE’s volunteer programme is a great support to APD, India.

One example is from 2019 when eight Irish volunteers helped play a vital role with APD in promoting people with disability (PWD) through special services. One of the SERVE volunteers Elaine Houlihan, a qualified physiotherapist used her skills to work with the physiotherapy department at APD, and her special objective was to work in hydrotherapy. Hydrotherapy is a treatment that involves the use of water for pain relief. The physio department, at the time, lacked specialist knowledge in this area. Elaine used her skills and knowledge in hydrotherapy to run classes for children with cerebral palsy and facilitated specialist training for the newly formed hydrotherapy team. Elaine’s work was highly regarded in APD, and she found the whole experience very beneficial and explains,

‘Seeing the impact the hydrotherapy had on the children was heart-warming. I really started to notice it when parents said it to me about the improvements they had seen in their children after only one week of sessions’

– Elaine Houlihan (SERVE Volunteer at APD)

Other services available at APD in Bangalore include:

A school for children living with mild to severe physical disability
A programme for children living with mild to severe learning disabilities
A vocational training unit – including IT, Physiotherapy, orthotics, sewing and career guidance
A treatment and training centre for patients with Spinal Cord Injuries – including disability management, training of family members & counselling
A large horticulture programme that employs people with disabilities

Origin story

Association of People with Disability

To understand APD and how it all started, we must look into the life journey of Ms. N.S Hema (1938-2016). Ms. Hema was born on October 4^th 1938, in Nuggehalli village in India. Diagnosed with polio at age 5, Ms. Hema’s hands and feet were severely affected. Her parents sought medical help across present-day Bengaluru, Chennai & Mumbai. Ms. Hema was fortunate to have mindful and understanding parents who didn’t adhere to the stigma mindset.

The roots of APD can be traced back to the meetings that she used to organise, where people living with disabilities would share their experiences, talk about their hopes and problems and, more than anything else, enjoy their rare social outing. After eight months of meeting, despite the divergent aims among its members, the formal inauguration of APD took place in the form of a training centre on 14th September 1959. (Source www.giveindia.org/blog)

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SERVE and Tsholofelo

February 15, 2022 in South Africa /by Serve

SERVE's Development Work with Tsholofelo

About Tsholofelo

Tsholofelo has a long history of working with people in squatter camps in Rustenburg in the areas of early and primary education, health care, TVET and advocates extensively on behalf of communities with the local government. SERVE have partnered with Tsholofelo since 2005.

Tsholofelo has strong relationships with local government departments and has established and successfully handed over a number of health, education and TVET interventions over the past 20 years.

Tsholofelo is focused on:

(1) establishing early education within squatter camps;

(2) establishing Foundation Level education in camps where there are no education resources;

(3) developing and handing over health clinics to local management; and

(4) providing TVET & Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) training to people with no education or skills background.

Donate to support people living squatter camps in Rustenurg

SERVE and Tapologo

February 15, 2022 in South Africa /by Serve

SERVE's Development Work with Tapologo

About Tapologo

Tapologo is a pioneering project within South Africa and focuses on the challenge of HIV/AIDS and healthcare within squatter camps. SERVE have partnered with Tapologo since 2005.

Tapologo provides holistic care and support to thousands of families affected by HIV/AIDS since 1993. The four components of their programme are:

(1) Community Based Outreach Programme, including Home Based Care

(2) Anti Retro Viral Programme (ARV)

(3) Orphan & Vulnerable Children Programme (OVC)

(4) Hospice facility for the terminally ill

Over 7,000 patients have benefitted from the Outreach Programme since 2001. The ARV Programme has over 3,800 patient files.

The OVC Programme streams have provided holistic care to over 700 OVC and the Hospice Unit has given dignified care to over 1,000 people since 2004.

Donate to support people living with HIV/AIDS

SERVE supports the Badjao tribe through super typhoon Rai

February 14, 2022 in News & Events, Philippines /by Serve

SERVE supports the Badjao through super typhoon Rai

Super Typhoon Rai (known as “Odette” in the Philippines) hit the Philippines on December 16^th, 2021. It was the 15th storm to hit the country in 2021 and was the strongest storm of 2021. Millions were affected in the path of Typhoon Rai which hit Cebu, the home of the Badjao Tribe community that SERVE has supported for over 19 years.

Their homes, like many others in Cebu, were severely damaged. Many of these homes were funded by SERVE and erected over time by SERVE volunteers. Typhoon Rai upended lives, ruined utilities, caused power and telecommunications disruptions, and even affected fishing, which is a vital source of income and livelihood for the Badjao Tribe. It was quite heartbreaking for us to see this community being harmed. SERVE has demonstrated its solidarity in action by distributing food packets to 450 families in the Badjao Tribe community. This was made possible with contributions from supporters like you. The Presentation Sisters of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary (PBVM), Philippine Vice Province, led this emergency response operation.

The Presentation Sisters’ Nano Nagle team in Cebu worked diligently in January (2021), completing community assessments, shelter renovations, water distribution, chest x-rays, and distributing food packs supported by SERVE. SERVE’s collaboration with the Presentation Sisters, as well as the joint efforts of the Badjao community and many others, such as the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer Redemptorist Missionaries Typhoon Odette Response Team, made this possible.

Distributing supplies to the Badjao community

SERVE and our volunteers have a close relationship with the Redemptorist Parish in Cebu. Families in the village have opened their homes to our volunteers for many years, an experience our volunteers treasure along with their time helping with the Badjao Tribe.

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