Citadel Impact Report 2022-2023 Background information. Citadel is a project of International Community Dynamics CLG, supporting and educating refugees and International Protection Applicants. (further called IPAs) . Citadel was the project that drove us to kick off International Community Dynamics LG and we never looked back. As Citadel was inactive during the COVID Pandemic,ContinueContinue reading “Impact Report of 2022-2023 Citadel. We had an impact!”
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Festival of Belonging 2023
The Festival of Belonging was a two-day event on June 23rd and 24th (refugee week), Supported by the INternational Protection Integration fund. Day 1: -exhibition by 7 refugee-artists, a Spoken word event, by Refugees and IPA- poets and a concert by Citadel and A Syrian band, replacing Orba, two world music bands of refugees andContinueContinue reading “Festival of Belonging 2023”
Burnout? Let’s keep going!
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The unbearable burden of a driver’s license.
Driver’s licences are hard to get by in Ireland, we all know that. You have to pass your theory test, which should be OK, then take 12 lessons on a provisional license, mostly at 30 or 40€/hour, after that, and after 6 months, you can pass your practice test, and that one can be aContinueContinue reading “The unbearable burden of a driver’s license.”
7th EU Migration Forum, EESC took place on 20 and 21 October. An overview
I was delighted to get the email confirming my attendance at the 7th EU Migration Forum was accepted. And I was intrigued to see what it would be like to become a member of the bureau. I put myself down for elections, although I am a totally unknown person in the EU sphere. Worth givingContinueContinue reading “7th EU Migration Forum, EESC took place on 20 and 21 October. An overview”
The inside-out approach
/*! elementor – v3.7.7 – 20-09-2022 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}Working from within. a reflection after one year. Roos Demol /*! elementor – v3.7.7 – 20-09-2022 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=”.svg”]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block} The last year has been very productive and revealing. We Have Now Been officially formed for 1 year, and haveContinueContinue reading “The inside-out approach”
Christmas Celebration with the Street Children in Bujumbura, Burundi.
As part of our objectives to support victims of war and natural disasters and to promote children’s rights, we have cooperated with the Scouts and Guides of St Raphaël in Bujumbura, Burundi, to organise a Christmas party for children of Bujumbura’s streets, victims of wars in Burundi. A total of 69 children wereContinueContinue reading “Christmas Celebration with the Street Children in Bujumbura, Burundi.”
Refugees in Sub-Saharan countries and our plans to offer help.
In June 2016 the number of forcibly displaced people in the world reached the number of 65 million, 21.5 million of them are refugees, the rest are internally displaced. Many of these refugees ended up in camps, both in Europe and also in African countries. Sub Saharan Africa hosts more than 26% of the world’s refugees. In 2017,ContinueContinue reading “Refugees in Sub-Saharan countries and our plans to offer help.”
Cork en Irlande va célèbrer la journée de l’enfant Africain avec un jour de musiques du monde pour les familles.
Par Norbert Nkengurutse Depuis 1991, le 16 juin de chaque année le monde comémore la journée Internationale dédiée à l’enfant Africain en souvenir du massacre de centaines d’enfants. La date du 16 juin 1976 a été une date noire pour les Enfants noirs sud Africains. Date à laquelle des centaines d’élèves ont été tués par le pouvoir de l’apartheidContinueContinue reading “Cork en Irlande va célèbrer la journée de l’enfant Africain avec un jour de musiques du monde pour les familles.”
Serious violations of Human rights in Africa.
Bonfils Niyongere, Burundian journalist Yesterday it was Liberia, Sierra Leone and South Africa. Today Burundi and Somalia top the international news reports and we have become used to the news of serious violations of human rights happening every day in the Democratic Republic of Congo, since the start of the fratricidal wars of 1995 andContinueContinue reading “Serious violations of Human rights in Africa.”