Tag: Education

Agal stands outside her home smiling to the camera. She is in her school uniform.

11 October 2024

International Day of the Girl: Agal’s Story
October 11th marks International Day of the Girl, which signifies the disproportionate challenges todays generation of girls must face across the globe. From period poverty to discrimination and violence,...
school girl gazes to camera. she stands outside in her uniform with her classmates.

28 May 2024

Menstrual Hygiene Day 2024
Millions of women and girls around the world are prevented from reaching their full potential. Just because they menstruate. The 28th of May is a day to unite in...
pumpkin crops and agroforestry in Kasungu, Malawi.

28 March 2024

More than just a bicycle
Men and women like Phalles Ng’oma are among the trailblazers who are passing down knowledge on climate smart agriculture practices to their local and neighbouring communities. We have partnered...
women tailoring and cutting material to measure for pads.

08 March 2024

International Women’s Day 2024
For International Women’s Day, we at IJI are taking this moment to highlight ‘period poverty’ which affects women all over the world, including Ireland, and showcasing an amazing start-up...
teacher training in maban, south sudan. mean attend training class

23 January 2024

Day of Education 2024
On January 24th, the United Nations proclaimed International Day of Education which is a day of reflection and celebration of the impact education and schooling has on communities worldwide...
Teachers training. Two men sit at a school desk looking over a paper or textbook

05 October 2023

World Teacher Day 2023
World Teachers’ Day has been celebrated since 1996 and it commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers (you can read that:...

21 July 2023

Rumbek – a bright future ahead
Visiting Akol Jal on the outskirts of Rumbek, South Sudan was very moving. As Headteacher James Majang showed us around the Multi-educational and Agricultural Jesuit Institute in South Sudan...
John poses with families in Lebanon

14 May 2023

International Day of Families 2023
Back in 1993, the General Assembly decided in a resolution that 15th May of every year should be observed as The International Day of Families. This day provides an opportunity...

13 February 2023

World Radio Day 2023
Since 2011, Member States of UNESCO declared the 13th February World Radio Day to signify its importance as a powerful medium for celebrating humanity in all its diversity and...

21 November 2022

Syrians struggle against the bitter cold
“Where did Fadi go?”, was my question, as I turned around to discover that Fadi who was my guide in a extremely poor neighbourhood of Damascus was no longer...

22 September 2022

Upendo is all you need
I sit here wondering how I can express just how moving and inspiring our latest project visits were as Emer, our Programmes officer, and I visited Nairobi, Kenya in...
school girls pose and smile for a group photo in their school uniforms

21 September 2022

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...