Entries by Serve

Has Universal Education been achieved for all in the Philippines?

October 20, 2015 in /by

By Natalie Kavanagh Natalie is participating in the Gold  Global Citizen Award. This is the third of her Global Blogs from the Philippines . Millennium Development Goal 2: “Ensure that, by 2015, children everywhere, boys and girls alike, will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling” Coming to the end of these MDG’s it […]

Global Unemployment

October 14, 2015 in /by

By Natalie Kavanagh Natalie is participating in the Gold Global Citizen Award. This is the second of her Global Blogs from the Philippines.  Unemployment! There is no denying that this is a serious global issue. Everywhere you turn your head there seems to be yet another newspaper article stressing how we are in an unemployment crisis and/or […]

We are in the finals!

October 14, 2015 in /by

We are very excited to have been announced as finalists in two categories in the Cork Digital Marketing Awards! We are nominated in the following categories: – Best Digital Marketing by an NGO / Charity – Best Use of Twitter for Business Details of all nominations are available on the Cork Chamber website.  

We are Semi-Finalists in the Cork Digital Marketing Awards!

October 5, 2015 in /by

We are very excited to have made it through to the semi finals in the Cork Digital Marketing Awards! We are nominated in the following categories: – Best Digital Marketing by an NGO / Charity – Best Use of Twitter for Business – Best Use of Facebook (Company with 10 employees or less) – Best […]

Challenging Perspectives and Stereotypes of the Badjao Tribe

October 1, 2015 in /by

By Natalie Kavanagh Natalie is participating in the Gold  Global Citizen Award. This is the first of her Global Blogs from the Philippines .  “We are the Badjao, the mighty, mighty Badjao!” (Lyrics from the high school children’s own song from the music workshops) In the thick of the intense fundraising in preparation for the volunteering project […]

Leprosy in Ireland and India

September 28, 2015 in /by

By Ciara Naughton Ciara is participating in the Silver Global Citizen Award. This is the second of her Global Blogs from India.  Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s Disease or Kusht in most Indian languages, is one of the oldest communicable diseases in the world with some reports dating as far back as 600BC. For example, written accounts […]

Partnerships for Peace: Dignity for All

September 21, 2015 in /by

Each year, the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples. The theme of this year’s commemoration is “Partnerships for Peace – Dignity for All” which […]

10 Best ‘Good News’ Websites

September 17, 2015 /1 Comment/in /by

The World Best News initiative is a news information service which was started by Irish overseas aid agencies to draw attention to the positive and unusual stories from developing countries that don’t make it to the mainstream news, or which don’t receive much coverage. (Source: Dóchas) Last year SERVE staff and volunteers took to the streets […]

Jonathan’s Story: A Time to Shine

September 8, 2015 in /by

The theme of International Literacy Day 2015 is Literacy and Sustainable Societies. Literacy is a key driver for sustainable development. Literacy skills are the prerequisite for the learning of a broader set of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values, required for creating sustainable societies. At the same time, progress in areas of sustainable development, such as […]