Blog Posts
Aidlink Immersion Programme: Review of the Programme and the 2016 Pilot Evaluation Process
Executive Summary Chris Minch October 2016 Introduction This report focuses on Aidlink’s Immersion Programme (IP), which forms a key part of the organisation’s Development Education (DE) activities. The IP involves Aidlink facilitating groups of secondary school...
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International Day of the Girl
It's International Day of the Girl 2016 and at Aidlink we're celebrating all things #GirlPower! What is International Day of the Girl? In December 2011, in an effort to raise awareness of the challenges that millions of girls face every day, the United Nations...
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The impact of decentralization in Kenya
Alexis Savage and Linda Lumbasi Trinity College Dublin | Masters in Development Practice 2016 Supervisor: Tom O’Connor, Aidlink In 2010, Kenya passed a new Constitution that among other provisions, saw the introduction of a decentralization strategy. The...
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Immersion 2016
Aidlink Annual Report 2015
A Message from the Chairperson Clive Byrne and the Executive Director Anne Cleary 2015 marks the end of the fourth year of our current five year development programme and we are pleased to report that Aidlink’s continued efforts to combat poverty yield strong results...
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“The real Uganda as it should be seen. Rich with life. Rich with character. Rich with heritage.”
Uganda Immersion Programme blog by Adam Kelly-Kiernan Transition Year Student St. Joseph’s Secondary School, Rush. This blog is about my experiences and thoughts leading up to, during and after the Immersion Programme in Uganda through Aidlink. I first heard about...
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Aidlink Christmas Update
Thanks to the wonderful generosity of our supporters, we have continued to provide life-changing improvements for some of the world's poorest and most isolated people in Africa. During 2015, Ruth, aged 72 from Kikandwa village Uganda, was one of...
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Heroes- Noah
Continuing his series documenting 'everyday heroes' Aidlink’s Tom O’Connor writes today from Uganda, where he met with Noah, a local agricultural trainer working to transform his community. They might be neighbours, but in many ways Kenya and Uganda -or rather 2...
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Heroes- The Maparasha Parents’ Association
Aidlink's Tom O'Connor is currently in Kenya visiting Aidlink projects. Writing from the field, Tom recounts his recent meeting with the Maparasha Parents’ Association. Sometimes in life, we get an opportunity that 99% of other people will never experience; a chance...
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Published Accounts Awards 2015
We're delighted to announce that the 2014 Aidlink Annual Report has been shortlisted for the 2015 Published Accounts Awards. This is the first time Aidlink has entered the competition and we are very happy to have been shortlisted in the category of...
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Back to the Future Day 21st October 2015
Today is #BackToTheFuture Day! In 1989 for many people living in the Global South, the idea of having access to improved water and sanitation facilities was as far-fetched as flying cars. Check out these major life improvements in Kenya and Uganda over the past 26...
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World Food Day 2015
Today is World Food Day! The right to food is recognized in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 25) as part of the right to an adequate standard of living. On the 16th October we celebrate World Food Day as a day of action to end hunger worldwide....
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