WELCOME to our website, a development and human rights education resource maintained by a consortium of organisations based in Ireland, including: 80:20 Educating & Acting for a Better World, Aidlink, Concern Worldwide, Irish Aid, National Youth Council of Ireland, Self-Help Africa.
This website contains a broad range of materials exploring a variety of development issues and topics such as genocide or fair trade, etc., that are discussed and debated, materials and ideas for teachers and educators, using cartoons and photographs in education for example, campaign actions such as on the Millennium Development Goals or Child Labour, plus a range of other materials including photo stories, Top 10s, annotated links, world book reviews and much, much more. We hope that you will enjoy exploring...
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Water is a necessary commodity for survival and a fundamental human right, yet many parts of the world today...
Whenever ethical consumption is mentioned, the first thing that crosses many people's minds is 'fair trade'. But EC is about...
- 19th Aug - World Humanitarian Day
- 5th Sep - World First Aid Day
- 8th Sep - International Literacy Day
- 9th Sep - African Union Day
- 15th Sep - International Day of Democracy
- 16th Sep - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
- 21st Sep - International Day of Peace
- 25th Sep - Pan-African Women's Day
- 27th Sep - World Tourism Day
- 1st Oct - Black History Month in the U.K. begins









