Author: Joe Munnelly

classroom hun made from sticks and sheeted coverings with wooden desks, sand floor. A blackboard stands at the front of the room.

International Day of Education 2023

South Sudan is the youngest country in the world and its short history is rife with conflict as civil wars have left a nation destablised and its people vulnerable...
school girls in uniform group together in the playground posing for photo. They are all smiling

School Food Appeal: LSS Wau

When I think back on our trip to South Sudan in November last year, although touched by so many project visits, talking to students from Loyola Secondary School (LSS)...
Landscape photo of Kangemi Slum, Nairobi

IDEVW: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (IDEVW) is an international holiday which recognises the work and efforts of women’s rights activists against gender-based violence observed on...
Jesuit students pose in group photo

Up the Jes! MAGIS Student Council Leadership Conference

On the 26th of October, Student Council representatives took part in the first ever Jesuit Schools Leadership Conference in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. The aim of the day was to...
doorway revealing art exhibit gallery

Citizens? An art exhibit

Citizens is an exhibition by Belinda Loftus and Manar Al-Shouha, a Syrian artist currently seeking asylum in Ireland. This summer, Manar helped art students from Clongowes paint a Laudato...
school girls pose and smile for a group photo in their school uniforms

World Gratitude Day 2022

On World Gratitude Day we take a moment to thank all our supporters. In 1977, World Gratitude Day was born and supported by Sri Chinmoy and the Peace Meditations...
Colm Brophy abstract art

Imagining the Unseen by Colm Brophy

Colm Brophy an art therapist and former Jesuit launched his latest art collection titled: Imagining the Unseen: Quantum Physics & Cosmology”. An exhibit mainly displaying abstract art, Brophy takes...
Sarah, a teacher poses for photo outside with student

International Literacy Day 2022

Since 1967, #ILD celebrations have taken place annually around the world to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights, and to advance...
mothers and women in refugee camp in Tigray

Tigray, Ethiopia: Hunger & Desperation

At the end of August, IJI released a statement of solidarity to the thousands of innocent people suffering a civil war leading to mass displacement and extreme hunger. Last...
woman with child in the shade under an umbrella at refugee camp in Tigray

Tigray: A Statement of Solidarity

#Tigray is an ignored crisis – thousands impacted by violence face mass food shortages and lack of medical aid means medical staff are having to resort to using salt...
Children from Upendo programme hug in the classroom

International Youth Day 2022

The theme of #IYD2022 is intergenerational solidarity and the recognition that both older and younger generations have more in common then one would think. To achieve the Sustainable Development...
woman making a clay stove pot by hand

Volunteer blog: Mbira stoves

The past week I had the opportunity to see JCED’s projects in the flesh. This required taking a trip north of the capital to a town called Kasungu. Up...