Misean Cara joins Dóchas and its other NGO members in welcoming today’s budget news from the Irish Government of a record €1.2 billion in Overseas Development Aid (ODA) spending for 2023. The figure announced today is a €177 million increase (17%) over the 2022 ODA commitment. In its online statement about today’s ODA budget announcement, […]
Misean Cara is pleased to announce that Matt Moran, a former Chairperson of the Misean Cara Board and author of The Legacy of Irish Missionaries Lives On will launch his latest book – The Theology of Integral Human Development: The Role of Faith in International Development and Public Affairs – at an event in Whitefriar
Misean Cara, in solidarity with the international development community, calls for urgent action and humanitarian support for the innocent civilians caught up in the ongoing and escalating violence of the civil war in Tigray, Ethiopia.
Each year, we produce a set of themed Learning Briefs that draw on internal and external evaluation and research work conducted over the past few years. Our Learning Briefs aim to distil key findings and points of learning that will be valuable to our members and those in the wider development sector. Our second Learning
Education for all: Lessons from an impact study on girls’ education projects Read More »
Each year, we produce a set of themed Learning Briefs that draw on internal and external evaluation and research work conducted over the past few years. Our Learning Briefs aim to distil key findings and points of learning that will be valuable to our members and those in the wider development sector. Our first Learning
Misean Cara is pleased to share the news of a recently published paper in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Sciences Proceedings of the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, an open access publisher based in Switzerland. The paper highlights the unique and effective approach used by missionaries to ensure that even the world’s most marginalised people have equal access
As the war in Ukraine rages on, so too does the humanitarian crisis it has caused, with the UN now reporting as many as 12 million people having fled their homes due to the conflict (including 6.5 million people thought to be displaced inside the war-torn Ukraine itself). On the ground from the first moments
Misean Cara is pleased to provide a short update from the Salvatorian Fathers and Brothers in Ukraine and Poland about their continuing involvement in the humanitarian response in aid of refugees from Ukraine. The Salvatorians have been present in Ukraine since 2011, with a parish in Lviv and several other locations around the country. Since
Update on the humanitarian response of the Salvatorians in Ukraine and Poland Read More »
The Palabek Refugee Settlement in Uganda is home to more than 50,000 refugees, the majority of whom have fled war and ongoing conflict in South Sudan, arriving at the camp after walking for days and sometimes weeks to reach safety at the Ugandan border. On Sunday, March 20th, the 76 members of the St. Kizito
In a recent blog authored by Misean Cara Project Officer for Human Rights & Advocacy, Eamonn Casey, he looks into the reaction of missionaries to the latest UN Global Education Monitoring report, highlighting areas of agreement and concern alike on the role of faith-based actors in providing education around the world.
What Do Missionaries Make of the Latest GEM Report on Non-State Actors in Education? Read More »