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Concern Hunger Hero Certificates

Transition Year’s undertook a variety of activities around the area of world hunger and food poverty for their DE Module. They participated in a CONCERN workshop on the area of World Hunger and learnt more about how people in developing countries are affected by lack of food. Another activity they undertook was the St Vincent De Paul Christmas Food Appeal where various food boxes were donated in school and helped those in need on the lead up to Christmas. This was part of their work during Social Awareness Week. The final activity students took part in was the Concern Fast prior to Christmas (along with some of the Junior students) where the total amount raised for Concern was €857.66 . Well done to all the students in school who participated in the fast and helped raise a fantastic amount for Concern.  As a result of their effort and work in this area they were each awarded a Hunger Heroes Certificate from Concern in recognition of their commitment to understanding more about this topic.

Self Help Africa Workshop

As part of DE (Development Education) in school this year and to tie in with this years focus theme (World Hunger) the TY’s participated in three workshops over a three week period led by Dorothy Jacob and her daughter Jess who both work with GORTA- Self Help Africa. Workshop 1 – set the scene of the inequality that exists in our world that we all share. Students began to see their own world as part of the problem and part of the solution to Global Inequality. Workshop 2- focused on the lives of rural farming families and the issues that have driven them into a cycle of poverty. Water, land, trees, gender equality, farming and access to seed, trade and markets for their produce were just some of the issues explored. Workshop 3– students gained a deeper understanding about Climate Change and Fairtrade and began to realize what actions they could undertake to make a difference and create a better and fairer world.

Concern Workshop on World Hunger

As part of  the Development Education (DE) module being carried out in school the Transition Year group participated in a workshop on World Hunger which was facilitated by Claire O Carroll from Concern. Some shocking facts learnt –

1 in 8 people in our world will go hungry today!

Women do 66% of the world’s work, produce 50% of the world’s food but only earn 10% of the world’s income and own 1% of the world’s property…. and 60% of the world’s hungry are women!

A child dies every 12 seconds from hunger related diseases!

Students are working towards achieving their Hunger Hero Certificates for work carried out in our DE theme of World Hunger and Food Poverty.

Visit to Irish Aid Centre

On Monday 1st December, Transition Year students along with Ms Cooney and Ms Clarke visited the Irish Aid Centre in Dublin. The purpose of this workshop was to learn more about the work of Irish Aid. The visit is part of the Development Education module the group are participating in this year in school. Students learnt about the realities of life in a rural African community and about how Ireland is working with other countries to fight hunger and poverty in some of the poorest countries in the world.

 

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