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Ireland and Northern Ireland
National Website: makepovertyhistory.ie
National Coalition: GCAP Ireland / Make Poverty History
If you want to get involved, please contact:
Dochas
Eamonn Casey or Hans Zomer
policy@dochas.ie / hans@Dochas.ie
00 35 31 40 53 801 / 00 35 38 79 50 62 22
Events in 2007
October 17: International Day for Poverty Eradication
- Sunday 14 October - Poverty Requiem, Ballymun Gospel Choir
First ever Irish performance of Peter Maissan's Poverty Requiem, by the Ballymun Gospel Choir, aAt 7pm mass in the Virgin Mary Church, Shangan Road, Ballymun, on Sunday. The well-known campaigner against poverty and injustice in Ireland, Fr Peter McVerry, will also address the congregation in Ballymun on Sunday.
For more information, contact frank.brady@sli-eile.com
- Tuesday 16 October - Stand Up Pledge during Gorta World Food Day
During the annual Gorta World Food Day conference on Tuesday 16 October (World Food Day), Gorta will incorporate the Stand Up Pledge - declaring participants' commitment to stand up against poverty.
For information, contact wfd@gorta.org or tel. 01 6615522.
- Wednesday 17 October - Famine Memorial event
The annual commemoration of International Day for the Eradication of Poverty organised by ATD Fourth World (Ireland) takes place at the Famine Memorial, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1, at 11.30am.
- Wednesday 17 October - Other events
There are also various other events around the country, in Wexford and Dundalk, Limerick, Cork and Roscommon, where people are Speaking Out Against Poverty through theatre projects, photo exhibitions, radio dramas, quilt projects and more.
To read GCAP Ireland Press release for October 17 please go to GCAP Ireland Oct 17 Press Release
Good pictures Ireland
07/07/07 Events: MDGs Mid Term Review
The Irish coalition wrote a letter to their Minister for Foreign Affairs Mister Dermot Ahern regarding the progress of the Millennium Development Goals.
To find the letter please click on the following link GCAP Ireland - Letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs 07/07/07
To read the press release please click on GCAP Ireland: The Glass is Half Full - 7/7/7 Press release
Events in 2005
On Wednesday 23 February 2005, the Irish NGOs launched their MakePovertyHistory campaign. This campaign will be calling on the Irish Government to honour its commitment to increase aid, cancel the debt and make international trade fairer.
Latest Press releases from MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY.ie.
More information on www.makepovertyhistory.ie or from Dóchas, the umbrella group of Irish development NGOs.
Click here to see the list of participating organisations in Ireland
Read about the 30 June Dublin rally
Wake-Up to Poverty! on Saturday 10th. September
The MakePovertyHistory - Irish Campaign held an all night “Sit-Out” on Friday 9 September, in front of the government buildings in Merrion Street in Dublin.
Supporters and volunteers from over 40 development organisations, trade unions and campaigning groups, marked the upcoming UN World Summit by sitting out from 6pm till 6am to count the cost of failing to meet international targets for the reduction of poverty
National Coalition: GCAP Northern Ireland
National website: www.makepovertyhistory-ni.org
On Monday 31 January the Coalition of Aid and Development Agencies (CADA) in Northern Ireland publicly launched MAKE POVERTY HISTORY at Parliament Buildings, Stormont. There is now a MAKE POVERTY HISTORY NORTHERN IRELAND group comprising civil society members.
For further information on the Northern Irish campaign go to: www.makepovertyhistory-ni.org
CONTACT: Lawrence McBride, TROCAIRE, +442890 808 841, lmcbride@trocaire.ie
Events in 2005
WHITE BAND DAY II - Wake-Up to Poverty! on Saturday 10th. September
On Friday 9th September at 12.30-2pm, the Make Poverty History coalition in Northern Ireland will assembly at Belfast City Hall to call for the biggest council in Northern Ireland to pass a resolution in support of the aims of the campaign and the GCAP. Individual councillors and members of the public will join a photocall to increase awareness of White Band Day II the following day and underline the importance of talks at the UN Summit to renew commitments to the MDGs.
Organizations involved in the campaign: Trócaire, Christian Aid Ireland, Oxfam Ireland, Concern Worldwide, Save the Children UK, War on Want NI, NI Council for Voluntary Action, NI Anti-Poverty Network, Anti-Racist Network NI, Help The Aged NI, Queen University Belfast Campaign Group, Street Seen, Tearfund UK, NI Public Service Alliance, Irish Council of Trade Unions (NI branch), Centre for Global Education, Church of Ireland Bishops Appeal, Mother's Union NI.
