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We are delighted to launch Africa Day 2024.
Minister
@SeanFlemingTD
announced details of the nationwide programme, which opens with an event on 19 May on the grounds of
@IMMAIreland
at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham.
To see what's on near you 👉
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To celebrate
#AfricaDay
, we asked the students at
@OldBawnCS
in Tallaght to design a mural highlighting African culture.
The result was an incredible piece of art celebrating the unity between Ireland and Africa.
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Africa is a continent of promise and opportunity.
This
#AfricaDay
, we celebrate Ireland’s growing friendship with the people and many cultures of Africa.
Happy Africa Day!
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This evening 🇮🇪 is sending its largest ever airlift of emergency items to Türkiye. 110 tonnes of 🇮🇪's emergency supplies to earthquake survivors.
Thanks to
@UNHRD
for ensuring our emergency items gets to the people who need them.
Read more 👉
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500,000 COVID-19 vaccines donated by Ireland 🇮🇪 arrive in Nigeria 🇳🇬.
Everyone should have access to vaccines, no matter where they live.
Ireland is committed to universal access to COVID-19 vaccines as we work together to bring this global pandemic under control.
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In South Sudan 🇸🇸 over 120,000 people live in camps surrounded by flood water.
Ireland 🇮🇪 is working with partners
@unicefssudan
and
@Concern
to ensure people living there have access to water, healthcare, education and much more.
#ABetterWorld
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"What Africa does with agriculture will determine the future of food in the world" - a powerful speech by
@AfDB_Group
President
@akin_adesina
on Africa's future and potential
#AIEF2022
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In 2020, Ireland 🇮🇪 invested almost €870m supporting communities around the world, including over €150m protecting people from COVID-19.
#IrishAidWorks
Find out more in our new Annual Report:
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Emergency medical supplies are currently being loaded for urgent transportation to India. Our thanks to
@HSELive
,
@roinnslainte
,
@DeptHousingIRL
and EU 🇪🇺 partners for their efforts in swiftly responding to this crisis.
#IrishAidWorks
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335,000 Covid-19 vaccines donated from Ireland have arrived in Uganda.
These vaccines will reach the people who need them most. Ireland is committed to universal access to vaccines. We must act together as a global community to keep each other safe.
🇮🇪🤝🇺🇬
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Ireland today sent support to Nepal to help battle a serious Covid-19 surge. The shipment includes:
42 ventilators
50 defibrillators
1,126 oxygen regulators
99,750 protective coveralls
201,600 face shields
1,008,000 surgical masks
🇮🇪🤝🇳🇵
Details:
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Today is
#IWD2021
. Check out this powerful spoken word performance
@DeniseChaila
wrote for Irish Aid highlighting the importance of
#GenderEquality
and
#WomensEmpowerment
, key priorities of our international development work. 👉
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As a founding member, Ireland is proud today to announce a 50% increase in funding to the
@GlobalFund
. As they
#StepUpTheFight
against AIDS, TB & malaria, we will continue to work in partnership to eradicate these diseases that have affected communities on every continent.
#SDG3
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Ireland today sent 50 tonnes of relief supplies for the people of Gaza. The supplies, consisting of 500 family tents and 3,000 tarpaulins, will be distributed to 1,500 families in Gaza, in partnership with
@trocaire
and
@CatholicRelief
.
Read more:
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“Girls must be free to attend school. Women must be able to participate fully in society. And those who speak up for human rights must be free to do so.”
@irishmissionun
‘I wish to address the women of Afghanistan directly’: Ireland’s UN representative Geraldine Byrne Nason calls on the Security Council to make the rights of women a priority in all future Afghanistan negotiations | Follow live updates:
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Today 🇮🇪 Ireland is contributing €6 million to the 🇺🇳United Nations Relief & Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). This will reach refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
👉
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In
#Budget2021
, the Gov’t allocated additional funding for overseas development aid to:
👉 assist those suffering the effects of poverty & conflict
👉 step up actions to address the climate crisis
👉 continue support for global health responses to
#COVID19
#hopeforthefuture
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Ireland’s humanitarian assistance totaled over €150 million in 2016; this map shows our support to top 15 crises of 2016.
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For the next three days, colleagues from across
@dfatirl
will be meeting in Iveagh House in Dublin to discuss the transformative potential of Ireland’s new development policy,
#ABetterWorld
, and how we will reach the furthest behind first.
#Policy2Practice
#Ireland4SDGs
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Ireland is among the first states to confirm concrete support to India, donating emergency medical support including 700 oxygen concentrators to help patients affected by Covid-19
I'm pleased to say that following work with
@roinnslainte
@HSELive
@simoncoveney
@DarraghOBrienTD
over the weekend, Ireland is to offer assistance to India. An emergency donation of 700 oxygen concentrators is being made.
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#Budget2023
sees an unprecedented investment in Ireland’s overseas development programme.
Irish Aid’s budget has been increased by 17%, with total Official Development Assistance rising to a record €1.2 billion.
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Minister Brophy has announced an additional €5 million in Irish Aid funding for the global health response to
#COVID19
to enable developing countries to access vaccines. This funding will support procurement and fair distribution of vaccines. Details at: .
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Ireland's largest ever deployment of humanitarian stocks has arrived in Türkiye.
Over 100 tonnes of aid, including 9,000 blankets and 700 tents, will be distributed by our partners
@Concern
and
@GOAL_Global
as part of Ireland's €10 million response to the disaster.
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Tánaiste
@simoncoveney
: “Where women succeed society succeeds. We’re strengthening our focus on education for girls, women’s economic empowerment & access to healthcare.”
Gender equality SDG 5️⃣ is one of 4 priorities in our new international development policy,
#ABetterWorld
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Irish 🇮🇪 and EU 🇪🇺emergency supplies arrived in Gaziantep last night, to be distributed to earthquake survivors in Northwest Syria by
@UNmigration
.
Proud to work with the European Humanitarian Response Capacity in a
#TeamEurope
response to this terrible tragedy.
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On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, join us in wearing orange, to take a stand against gender-based violence. The colour symbolises a brighter future and a world free from violence against women and girls.
#HearMeToo
#OrangeTheWorld
#EndVAW
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Ministers Coveney and Brophy today announced €10m in funding for the International Committee of the Red Cross. 🇮🇪 is committed to supporting
@ICRC
’s indispensable work in over 100 countries affected by conflict and violence. See:
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Ireland has committed €11.5 million to the UN COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan to support global efforts against
#COVID19
under the strong leadership of the
@WHO
during this unprecedented global health crisis.
#TogetherAtHome
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Ireland to provide €1m in humanitarian support for people of Afghanistan.
Funding will be provided to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) to provide support to people in Afghanistan & to those who have fled into neighboring countries.
Details:
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Congratulations to Sophie McElligott & Salome Maher Bordalo of St. Joseph’s Secondary School, winners of this year's
#BTYSTE
Science for Development Award, sponsored by Irish Aid and
@selfhelpafrica
.
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A shipment of medical aid today left Dublin for Ukraine, including:
10,000 bio protection suits
50,000 medical protective masks
2,583 litres of disinfectant
This is a cross-government initiative from Ireland in response to Ukraine's request for medical support.
🇮🇪🇺🇦
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In low income countries only 29% of girls complete lower secondary school while just 13% complete upper secondary.
130 million girls globally are not in school at all.
Today Ireland initiates a global 🌏 call 🗣️ to action on
#GirlsEducation
. Support the
#DriveForFive
#SDG5
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The Dublin Declaration is adopted!
This Declaration commits countries across Europe to investing in public understanding of global justice and all of our roles in helping to create a better world.
Well done
@GENE_GlobalEd
and co-chairs
@brophytalks
and
@FranzFayot
!
#GE2050
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Getting all our priorities in a row down at UCD this morning for the launch of
#ABetterWorld
!
Ireland’s new overseas development policy launches in just under an hour!
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"Additional funding will help us build on the excellent work of
@Irish_Aid
, meeting the needs of those furthest behind" - Minister Brophy welcomes the increase in Overseas Aid of €30m, a total of €868m in 2021.
#ABetterWorld
#Budget2021
@brophytalks
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Everyone should have access to COVID-19 vaccines no matter where they live. Ireland has provided:
🇬🇭276,000 vaccines to Ghana
🇮🇩 235,200 to Indonesia
🇳🇬 500,000 to Nigeria
🇺🇬 330,000 to Uganda
🇮🇪 will donate more than 3 million additional vaccines over the coming weeks.
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Today, we welcomed Mary Robinson to
@dfatirl
Climate Advisors meeting in Iveagh House.
Words of wisdom on
#ClimateJustice
and much more to take back to
@Irish_Aid
work on
#adaptation
and
#LossandDamage
in our partner countries in Africa, Middle East & Asia.
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Happy
#AfricaDay
! Today, as we celebrate African culture, heritage & creativity, Minister Brophy reaffirms Ireland’s unwavering solidarity & partnership with the continent and marks the strong bonds of friendship that connect us.
@AfricaDay
@brophytalks
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Ireland provides over €180m in humanitarian aid each year.
This support from the people of Ireland provides shelter, food, water, medicine and other vital aid to people around the world who have lost their homes to natural disasters or conflict.
🇮🇪🌍
#WorldHumanitarianDay
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After an extensive public consultation process where we spoke with hundreds of citizens & civil society members, & over 12 months of work behind the scenes, we are proud to finally be launching our new policy for International Development,
#ABetterWorld
, in Dublin tomorrow.
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Ireland has so far allocated €5m to the
#COVAX
system, part of €50m in support to global public health this year
Through our
#COVAX
funding we support developing countries, who most need vaccines and can least afford them, secure their share of global supply
#WorldHealthDay
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Today, the Irish Aid Fellows Programme welcomed students from around the world🌏to study in 🇮🇪
206 Fellows from 42 countries will begin Master's degrees on topics linked to the
#SDGs
@SeanFlemingTD
was delighted to meet the Fellows as they begin their studies 👨🎓👩🎓
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Ireland is committed to playing its part in the response to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in Yemen. Minister
@ciarancannon
today announced that Ireland will give a further €5 million to the Yemen Humanitarian Fund in 2019.
#InvestInHumanity
👉
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Today in Ireland is Nollaig na mBan (Women’s Christmas), a day for women to relax and be celebrated.
We pay tribute to the incredible women we work with around the world and wish them a happy Nollaig na mBan and a peaceful 2023.
#NollaignamBan
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AIDS, TB and malaria continue to claim too many lives. Ireland 🇮🇪 today announced €65m in funding to
@GlobalFund
.
Together the world can end AIDS, TB and malaria.
Read more 👉
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Tánaiste
@simoncoveney
and Minister
@ciarancannon
today announced an additional €1 million in humanitarian assistance to assist those affected by Cyclone Idai.
#IrishAidWorks
👉
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Humanitarian action must prioritise the risks women & girls face in emergencies but also recognise their agency & leadership by promoting gender equality & the empowerment of women & girls
#WDH2019
#DomhainN
íosFearr
#ABetterWorld
@UNOCHA
@irishmissionun
@irelandUNGeneva
@dfatirl
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The Taoiseach is wrapping up a visit to Ethiopia today that marks 25 years of partnership! Our
#Ethiopia
programme is Ireland’s largest development programme anywhere in the world. In 2019, we’ll give €32m to areas including reducing poverty&hunger & supporting civil society.
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Today Ireland pledged to at least double our contribution to
@GlobalFund
replenishment over the next 3 years. Thanks to our New Zealand friends for accepting our challenge to step up with us
#ABetterWorld
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Congratulations to
#BTYSTE
2021 Science for Development award winner, Aronnya Khan Zakaria from
@CastletroyC
Limerick!
This year's winning project looked at the development of racial prejudice in children.
#BeyondLimits
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Tánaiste
@MichealMartinTD
has announced €2 million of Irish Aid support to the people of Morocco following the devastating earthquake.
Read more 👉
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Ireland is in Nairobi this week at the
#ICPD25
to share our story and to work with the international community towards gender equality.
#IMarchFor
@UNFPA
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Ireland pledges €2 million at
#Rohingya
Refugees Pledging Conference to help alleviate suffering and support life-saving assistance
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Ireland is proud to announce a further €2 million in funding to the
@WHO
to support
#Ebola
response in
#DRC
& preparedness in neighbouring countries
#ABetterWorld
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For the 2nd yr running, 🇮🇪 leads the way in donor efficiency at targeting extreme poverty.
ODIs report shows how we can end extreme poverty by 2030 & realise the SDG pledge to reach ‘the furthest behind first’, central to a
#ABetterWorld
, our policy for international development
Top three most efficient countries in targeting extreme
#poverty
:
🇮🇪
#Ireland
🇧🇪
#Belgium
🇳🇱
#Netherlands
Our report explores how to finance an end to it by 2030:
#UNGA
#endpoverty
#Fin4Dev
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Today in Cork, Tánaiste Simon Coveney launched the Government's new strategy for partnership with Small Island Developing States and opened the 1st Talanoa/Céilí dialogue between Ireland & SIDS to share views & build further collaboration between our island nations
#ABetterWorld
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Irish Aid and
@USAID
have announced a new partnership to combat food insecurity and build more sustainable food systems to help fight global hunger.
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Greetings from the continent to the world on
#AfricaDay2020
! 🎉
Meet some of our colleagues from our 12 Embassies across Africa, who are
#Working4IRL
to build relationships with our partners 🤝 & together help create
#ABetterWorld
🌍
#GlobalIreland
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Tánaiste
@simoncoveney
welcomes delegates from 11 African countries to
#Iveagh
House to talk about partnership,
#agrifood
potential and Irish potatoes 🥔
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Ireland has invested €123 million to date in the international response to
#COVID19
. Learn more in this
@IrishTimes
article ⬇️, which outlines the Govt's support for international efforts and highlights our work in Sierra Leone & Mozambique
#GlobalIreland
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The deadline to apply for the 2024-25 intake of the Ireland Fellows Programme is fast approaching!
To find out more about eligibility and how to apply, please visit:
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Tánaiste
@MichealMartinTD
and Minister
@SeanFlemingTD
today met with 14 leading Irish NGOs to discuss how Ireland can continue to play a leading role in changing lives around the world.
#TeamIreland
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500,000 COVID-19 vaccines donated by Ireland have arrived in Nigeria.
🇮🇪🤝🇳🇬
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This year marks 50 Years of Irish Aid.
Since 1974, Ireland has supported people around the world living in crisis and poverty.
Mary Robinson, Former President of Ireland, raised the profile of the famine in Somalia in 1992.
Visit our timeline for more
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Today is
#WorldHumanitarianDay
Conflict, climate change, poverty, the pandemic and displacement has left record numbers of people in need of humanitarian assistance
🇮🇪 remains committed to meeting the needs of the furthest behind first, as part of our vision of
#ABetterWorld
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When we give girls a voice our shared future is improved. We must act to ensure:
- she has a DESK
- she is CONFIDENT
- she learns the SKILLS she needs
- she is SAFE
- she is HEALTHY
Girls' voices can strengthen our future as we
#BuildBackBetter
. 🇮🇪 is listening.
#DayofTheGirl
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Today there are more than 79.5m forcibly displaced people worldwide, 1% of humanity. Of those, 29.6m are refugees. In 2020, 🇮🇪 will provide €18.5m to
@Refugees
for their response to the 🌍’s largest displacements including in 🇸🇾, 🇻🇪, 🇧🇩, 🇺🇬, 🇪🇹, & 🇧🇮.
#WithRefugees
@UNHCRIreland
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We invited
@DeniseChaila
to help us highlight the importance of
#GenderEquality
and
#WomensEmpowerment
, key priorities of our work & our partnership with
@UN_Women
. As we approach
#IWD2021
, check out her spoken word performance at 👉
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Today, Min. Brophy welcomed students from around the 🌍 who were awarded fellowships to study for master’s qualifications at 🇮🇪 universities and ITs, in programmes aligned with our Policy for Int'l Development,
#ABetterWorld
.
Best of luck to all with their studies in Ireland!
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Happy
#AfricaDay
! Around the world, May 25th is the annual celebration of
#AfricaDay
and we’re delighted to be joining communities around Ireland all week in celebrating the cultures and tradition of Africa!
#AfricaDay2019
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Ireland is pleased to join the Because the Ocean Declaration at
#COP26
this evening. We must support clean, healthy and biologically diverse oceans as part of our efforts toward climate change mitigation and adaptation.
#OceansForClimate
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Minister Brophy today launched UNFPA’s
#StateofWorldPopulation
report 2021, focusing on bodily autonomy for women and girls. Ireland is committed to supporting
@UNFPA
,
@IrishFPA
and other partners to advance gender equality.
#MyBodyIsMyOwn
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This
#WomensDay
, we are focusing on how Ireland is working to eradicate discrimination and gender inequality, and achieving
#ABetterWorld
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We’re privileged to host Deputy UN SG
@AminaJMohammed
speak to young Irish people from all walks of life in a Dublin room packed to the brim
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As we launch the 2019 Annual Report, we look back at some of last year's highlights.
Irish Aid continues to work with multilateral & civil society partners and with countries in development to put the furthest behind first. See report at:
#IrishAidWorks
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Around 200m women & girls live with the consequences of
#FGM
. On International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, we recognise the work of Irish Aid partner,
@IfrahFoundation
, against FGM in Somalia & internationally. Learn more: .
#FGMDay
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2018 Science For Development award winner Timothy McGrath is travelling to Uganda to speak with local communities about his winning project. Timothy developed a device that used genetic engineering to purify cholera-infected water, a brilliant use of
#sciencefordevelopment
!
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Meet the team at the new Irish Embassy in Monrovia, Liberia, who celebrated the Embassy’s 1st St Patrick’s Day this week - working hard to deliver
#ABetterWorld
.
@dfatirl
#GlobalIreland
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Over 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid from Ireland has arrived in Türkiye.
Our partners
@Concern
and
@Goal_Global
will distribute this aid to people left homeless by the earthquake over the coming days.
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With 339 million people worldwide needing humanitarian assistance and protection in 2023, Ireland’s life-saving support is needed more than ever.
Humanitarian aid saves and protects lives, alleviates suffering and maintains human dignity.
#NoMatterWhat
#WorldHumanitarianDay
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45 million children around the world 🌎suffer from acute malnutrition. That is completely unacceptable.
Ireland 🇮🇪 today pledged €50m in response to the worsening child malnutrition crisis at an event convened by
@UNICEF
,
@USAID
and
@CIFFchild
at
#UNGA2022
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On
#UNDay
we reflect on our collective duty to build a better global future & to deliver on the
#SDGs
. We're determined to
#LeaveNoOneBehind
& to reach the furthest behind first. We must make space for young people's voices to be heard.
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In Syria:
👉11 million people in need of humanitarian assistance
👉9.3 million people are food insecure
👉6.6 million refugees
👉6.2 million people internally displaced of whom 2.8 million are children
#Syria
needs our assistance. Today Ireland pledges €25m to int'l efforts.
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Ireland is committed to working to address gender equality and sexual and reproductive health and rights at home and abroad. Today in Nairobi, we celebrate a quarter century of achievements and recommit to addressing our collective unfinished business.
#IMarchFor
#ICPD25
#UNFPA
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Tánaiste
@simoncoveney
paid a visit to our Limerick office today. Irish Aid is celebrating 10 years in Limerick this year, with over 100 staff, working across three key areas in our Henry Street base. We are proud to be part of the life and economy of this revitalised city.
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“Last year Irish Aid reached the furthest behind first in more than 130 countries” - Today Minister Brophy launches Ireland’s Official Development Assistance Annual Report for 2019, which has gender equality as its main theme. See report at:
#IrishAidWorks
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The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam will severely exacerbate humanitarian needs in the region.
🇮🇪 continues to support Ukraine and today allocated €1 million to the
@ifrc
to directly support
@RedCrossUkraine
in their local response efforts.
Read 👉🏼
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The Ireland Fellows Programme for the academic year 2023-24 opens for applications today 🇮🇪 🎓
The Programme offers students from eligible countries the opportunity to undertake a fully funded one-year master’s in Ireland. 👨🏽🎓📝
For details, visit:
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Everybody should have access to vaccines no matter where they live. Ireland has tonight announced it will donate a further 3 million COVID-19 vaccines through COVAX.
Read more 👉
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📢 Applications for the Ireland Fellows Programme for the academic year 2022-23 open today.
The Programme offers students from eligible countries the opportunity to undertake a fully funded one-year master’s in Ireland.
For details visit
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All girls have the right to a quality education.
On International Day of the Girl Child, 🇮🇪 continues to invest in protecting & expanding girls’ access to education.
Education empowers girls to reach their full potential & have their voices heard.
#DayOfTheGirl
#ForEveryChild
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"To invest in women is to invest in everybody's future"
On International Women's Day, Nicola Brennan, Ireland's Ambassador to Ethiopia, outlines why gender equality is central to Ireland's work around the world.
@IEAmbEthiopia
@IrlEmbEthiopia
@dfatirl
#IWD2024
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#StPatricksDay
is a chance to
#GoGreen4GlobalGoals
- 17 March for 17
#SDGs
-
#Ireland
was central to global
@UN
agreement on
#SustainableDevelopment
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Ireland has hosted a graduation ceremony in Gaza for students who have completed the Ireland Palestine Scholarship Programme.
This
@dfatirl
@Irish_Aid
programme enables young Palestinians to study and gain qualifications in Irish universities.
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Today we launch the 2018 Annual Report on Ireland’s Official Development Assistance. This details our work last year on climate, gender, governance and on reducing humanitarian need and looks at our efforts in education, at home and overseas, to build
#ABetterWorld
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Around the 🌍, girls are transcending barriers and gaining the education and skills they need to excel. 🇮🇪 is committed to ensuring girls’ voices are heard and that safe spaces exist for their participation in decision-making so they can help create
#ABetterWorld
.
#DayoftheGirl
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