News from the Irish people’s overseas development programme, managed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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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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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 👉 bit.ly/3I3A95n
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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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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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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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"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: irishaid.ie/what-we-do/how-o…
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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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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
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Details: gov.ie/en/press-release/523d…
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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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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. 👉 piped.video/watch?v=ZnYR2D0_…
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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: gov.ie/en/press-release/05a8…
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#Budget2022 brings Ireland's overseas aid budget to over €1bn for the first time.
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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: bit.ly/2VQWnDL
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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.
👉bit.ly/3ubhRIu
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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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Tánaiste @SimonHarrisTD and Minister @nealerichmond have announced €2 million from Ireland to support the @WFP to deliver food to people in Gaza.
Once again, Ireland calls on Israel to remove the many restrictions on transport into Gaza. This is the only way to avert famine.
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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
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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: bit.ly/2M6ZYsn.
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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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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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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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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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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: irishaid.ie/news-publication…
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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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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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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: dfa.ie/news-and-media/press-…
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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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Ireland has announced a further €36 million in support for the people of Ukraine.
Tánaiste @MichealMartinTD said this brings Ireland’s funding to Ukraine since Feb 2022 to over €380 million.
Ireland's support for Ukraine is unwavering 🇮🇪🇺🇦
Read more: gov.ie/en/press-release/8ba1…
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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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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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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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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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For 50 years Ireland has been standing in support of people facing crisis and poverty around the world.
Today, our commitment is stronger than ever.
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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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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 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.
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#WorldHumanitarianDay
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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 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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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
👉bit.ly/2EdHezi
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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 👉bit.ly/3SoJpV6
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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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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 #DomhainNíosFearr #ABetterWorld @UNOCHA @irishmissionun @irelandUNGeneva @dfatirl
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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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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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Tánaiste @MichealMartinTD has announced €2 million of Irish Aid support to the people of Morocco following the devastating earthquake.
Read more 👉irishaid.ie/news-publication…
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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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Ireland pledges €2 million at #Rohingya Refugees Pledging Conference to help alleviate suffering and support life-saving assistance
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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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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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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. usaid.gov/news-information/p…
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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:
buff.ly/2Nk29HO
#UNGA #endpoverty #Fin4Dev
ALT The top three DAC donors are eight times more efficient than the bottom three at targeting extreme poverty.
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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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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:
irishaidfellowships.ie/stran…
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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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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 ireland.ie/en/irish-aid/abou…
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Minister Coveney today announced €200,000 in emergency funding for response to the volcanic eruption in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The funding will help @ifrc and @svgrcs to provide shelter and water to those affected by the explosion. Details at: dfa.ie/news-and-media/press-…
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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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gov.ie/en/press-release/da38…
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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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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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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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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 👉 piped.video/watch?v=ZnYR2D0_…
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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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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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This #WomensDay, we are focusing on how Ireland is working to eradicate discrimination and gender inequality, and achieving #ABetterWorld
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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: bit.ly/3twlhnN. #FGMDay
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Tánaiste @SimonHarrisTD has announced a contribution of €6 million from Ireland as an immediate response to yesterday's devastating earthquake in Myanmar.
Read more 👉gov.ie/en/press-release/0105…
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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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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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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: bit.ly/32qRIII
#IrishAidWorks
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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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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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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 👉🏼 bit.ly/3J3ZNbD
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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 👉
gov.ie/en/press-release/0f3e…
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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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“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: bit.ly/32qRIII #IrishAidWorks
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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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"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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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: irishaidfellowships.ie
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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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📢 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 irishaidfellowships.ie
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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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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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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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