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”
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Burnout? Let’s keep going!
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2022, an Overview, starting with Citadel
Another year has passed, we have worked hard and achieved our goals of social impact.Over the next three weeks I will report on the various projects. Today, CitadelCITADEL.Citadel was kicked back into action in March of this year, when we were asked to perform at a concert for the Red Cross, in the Cork OperaContinueContinue reading “2022, an Overview, starting with Citadel”
International Community Dynamics statement on the current response of the European Union and Ireland to this and other refugee situations.
We would like to raise some concerns about what appears to be a two-tier reception of refugees.
The current situation in the world and Europe
It is with great regret and sadness that we see what is happening in Europe and in the world today. International Community Dynamics t.a. Recruit Refugees Ireland stay committed to their mission to support refugees and International Protection Applicants. We provide services and supports for refugees & International Protection applicants who reside in Ireland, soContinueContinue reading “The current situation in the world and Europe”
Bringing people together with music.
We celebrated world music and cultures of Cork, on the International Day of the African Child. The aim was to bring people together on this very important day of commemorating the horrible events in Soweto of 1976. We wanted to honour this day by bringing different communities and cultures together and to celebrate the beautyContinueContinue reading “Bringing people together with music.”
World Music Family Fun Day in Cork’s Fitzgerald Park to celebrate the International Day of the African Child
by Norbert Nkengurutse Since 1991, the world celebrates the international day dedicated to the African child on the 16th of June. The 16th of June 1976 was a dark day for the black South African school children. Hundreds were killed and another thousand were injured in Soweto by the apartheid regime of South Africa. TheContinueContinue reading “World Music Family Fun Day in Cork’s Fitzgerald Park to celebrate the International Day of the African Child”
Refugees in Sub-Saharan countries and our plans to offer help.
Of the Sub Saharan hosting countries, Uganda (population of 41 million) has the most refugees (960,000). Rwanda, a small country in East Africa with a population of 11.9 million, hosted 172,000 refugees. The top hosting countries are (according to numbers of refugees) Uganda, Ethiopia (791,600), DRC (459,650), Kenya (451,000) and Sudan (421,470)