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Life Outside the Mines — A Story of Hope for the Child Miners of Kolwezi
Child miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have given up work, and now go to school. Life Outside the Mines — A Story of Hope for the Child Miners of Kolwezi from Misean Cara on Vimeo. The...
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Re-Building Haiti
Teacher Frantz Desir and Assistant Darline Milord put on a lively display as they teach Klas Ibiscus maths. Photo: NPH Haiti. The media spotlight may have moved on but the effort to re-build the...
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To Go Faster, Go Alone But To Go Further Go Together
Over the last six weeks, Development Mentor for Western Africa Michael Osei Nkrumah has organised two important events for his region – the first was a Members’ Meeting in Ghana, and the second a...
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Ane Moriam Mission
The Ane Moriam Mission is helping women to realise the value of education to attain their rights in India. Ane Moriam Mission from Misean Cara on Vimeo. The post Ane Moriam Mission appeared first on...
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The Joy of Seeing Pope Francis in Kenya
Sr. Patricia Speight, and her fellow sisters react to the arrival of Pope Francis at St. Mary’s School in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo: Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA. When I first heard that Pope Francis was...
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Pray for us. Pontifex, Hear Us.
This is the fifth in a six part series of testimonies of refugees to raise awareness after Pope Francis’s visit to Kenya and Uganda at the end of November. Testimony I am from Jonglei state, South...
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Forging a Future
Students from the Catholic Heath Training Institute (CHTI) in Wau, South Sudan perform a celebratory dance at the graduation ceremony. Photo: Solidarity with South Sudan. There is abundant bad...
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Winning The Battle Against Ebola
The farming group in Barkedu, Voinjama District is one of 16 groups formed by the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary to boost small businesses. Photo: Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary. For...
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Testing Times in South Sudan
Rejoice Martin checks the IV on 2-year old Yusef as his mother, Flora Silva, restrains him, in the paediatric ward of the St. Daniel Comboni Catholic Hospital in Wau, South Sudan. Martin, a paediatric...
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A Better and Brighter Future
The word ‘home’ has many different meanings – it’s the place where our families live, our sanctuary from the world or the place where we belong. During the next decade nearly 3 billion people worldwide...
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Growing Optimism In South Sudan
The first Vice-President and former leader of the Opposition during the civil war in South Sudan, Riek Machar, after many delays, has returned to South Sudan. There has been no unrest or violence in...
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Nine Years Of Summer Mission In Ranong, Thailand
It was in 2007 that I first came for 3 weeks to stay and work with Marists in Ranong, a town of about 100,000 situated in Thailand on the border with Burma, now called Myanmar. Three friends came with...
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An Education In Human Rights
Today there are 16 million girls around the world who will never start school. For both girls and boys globally, there are 124 million children and young adults who are not in school. Unfortunately,...
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Farewell Mr. Sean After 21 Years Of Service To Girls Education
After 21 years of dedicated service to the Pallotti Secondary School in Siuyu in Tanzania, Mjomba (Uncle in English) or “Mr. Sean” as he was affectionately known at the school, has decided to retire....
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Children First
The ongoing campaign in Kenya, and other parts of Africa, of educating both children and adults on forms and effects of child abuse and the need to establish concrete measures to protect children, has...
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Photo Exhibition — The Ruben Centre, Mukuru Slum Kenya
There is a very special Misean Cara photographic exhibition that is taking place right now in the Dolphins Barn Library in Dublin entitled: ‘The Ruben Centre, Mukuru Slum Kenya.’ This exhibition...
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The Ruben Centre works for a just and empowered Mukuru Slum Community. The centre provides access to education, skills training, maternal and child health, and economic empowerment for residents of...
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Children Celebrate Their First Legal Acknowledgement
Children without birth certificates are at a higher risk of lifelong deprivations and exclusion from socio-economic benefits. In remote areas of Makoni District in Zimbabwe – wards 12, 14, 15, 16, 25...
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Three2Six: Children’s Refugee Education Project
Education is a human right but sometimes accessing education is easier said than done, and could be impossible if families do not have the correct papers for each child to attend or if their legal...
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Women & Girls: It’s Time To Act Against Child Marriage
Child marriage is a human rights violation, and despite laws against it, the practice remains widespread because of persistent poverty and gender inequality. In developing countries, one in every three...
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