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A FU N -FIL LE D
M A GA ZIN E
FO R KID S!
Irish Aid — Ireland’s official overseas aid programme
LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND 2 LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND 3
HI THERE! WHAT IS IRISH AID?
Irish Aid is the Irish Government’s aid programme
to fight world hunger and poverty on behalf of all
BE PROUD – IRELAND’S AID PROGRAMME IS RANKED AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD!
This magazine is especially for children and we hope you enjoy it! the people of Ireland.
617 MILLION
You will find useful information and ideas in the following pages to Irish Aid helps to improve the lives of the poorest young people do not have
families in 8 PARTNER COUNTRIES: Ethiopia, basic mathematical,
help with your Our World Irish Aid Awards project. Malawi, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, reading and writing skills
Uganda and Zambia in Africa, and Vietnam in Asia.
The theme for this year’s Awards is:
57 MILLION
Irish Aid gives funding to non-governmental
LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND organisations (NGOs) such as Concern Worldwide,
primary aged children are
Oxfam, Plan, Save the Children, Self Help Africa,
For many years, Ireland has been working hard with other countries in the Trócaire, UNICEF, World Vision, and many, many
not at school
United Nations to fight hunger and poverty and to protect the environment.
others, to fight hunger, poverty, inequality and climate
change in over 80 countries all around the world. 7.6 BILLION
IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
There have been some outstanding results; in general, people are healthier
25.4
Ireland’s aid programme works with governments
and non-governmental organisations to protect the IN THE WORLD TODAY MILLION
and living longer and more children are going to school. PEOPLE
environment, grow more food, create jobs, buildESTONIA
worldwide are refugees
BUT there is still plenty to do! schools and hospitals etc, so that poor communities LATVIA
783 MILLION
can improve their lives and build a better future BELARUS for RUSSIAN FEDERATION
In 2015, 193 countries, including Ireland, agreed 17 Goals, called the United
POLAND
13 MILLION
their children. This is called development aid.
PEOPLE
GERMANY
BELGIUM
UKRAINE KAZAKHSTAN
Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development. LUX. CZECH REP. MONGOLIA
When disasters strike, Ireland immediately MOLDOVA LIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY
tonnes of plastic
SLOVAKIA
AUSTRIA HUNGARY
FRANCE SWITZ.
sends help, like medicine, tents and food SLOVENIA ROMANIA
ON LESS THAN €2.20 A DAY
In this magazine, you will find out how these 17 Goals can help to create a supplies, to people suffering from war,
BOSNIA
SERBIA
BULGARIA UZBEKISTAN KYRGYZ leak into our oceans
ATLANTIC GEORGIA
EVERY YEAR
REPUBLIC
world where our environment is protected, where all people, everywhere, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc. This
SPAIN
MACEDONIA
ARMENIA
OCEAN
is called humanitarian assistance.
TURKEY TURKMENISTAN TAJIKISTAN
now and in the future, are cared for so that no one is left behind.
CHINA
SYRIA
AFGHANISTAN
You will also read how Irish Aid is playing its part to achieve the MOROCCO
PALESTINE
IRAQ IRAN
ISRAEL JORDAN
Global Goals, by helping children and their families to fight hunger, ALGERIA
PAKISTAN NEPAL BHUTAN
poverty, inequality and climate change. LIBYA
EGYPT BANGLADESH
UAE
SAUDI ARABIA MYANMAR
Have fun with the stories, pictures and puzzles in this magazine and get INDIA
(BURMA)
LAOS
some great ideas for projects for the Our World Irish Aid Awards 2019! MAURITANIA MALI NIGER
OMAN
THAILAND
ERITREA YEMEN
CHAD SUDAN
CAMBODIA
BURKINA
FASO
BENIN
SOMALIA
CONTENTS
COTE NIGERIA
TOGO
D'IVOIRE CENTRAL AFRICAN
GHANA
REPUBLIC
CAMEROON
DEM. REP.
GABON REP. OF CONGO KENYA
INDIAN
OF CONGO
RWANDA
BURUNDI
OCEAN
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . What is Irish Aid? – Literacy activity
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . A World Where No One is Left Behind – Futures thinking activity ANGOLA
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . The United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development – NAMIBIA
ZIMBABWE
MADAGASCAR
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matching activity BOTSWANA
SWAZILAND
6-7 . . . . . . . . . . . Irish Aid’s Partner Countries – Crossword puzzle LESOTHO
SOUTH AFRICA
8-10 . . . . . . . . . . Dunia Designs – Case study and activities about an Irish Aid supported
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . programme in Tanzania
LOOK AT THE MAP ABOVE. ipioahtE Ethiopia
10 . . . . . . . . . . . . Leave No One Behind – Awareness raising activity 1) _________________________________________________________________________
CAN YOU SEE IRELAND’S 2) bmaaiZ
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11 . . . . . . . . . . . . Our World Irish Aid Awards – How to take part 8 PARTNER COUNTRIES? euqzombaMi
3) _________________________________________________________________________
11 . . . . . . . . . . . . Our World Irish Aid Awards National Winner Profile The 8 partner countries are coloured in PINK on the map. 7 of these 4) aadngU
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countries are in Africa and 1 is in Asia.
12 . . . . . . . . . . . . Irish Aid Workshops for Primary Pupils 5) aawilM
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The full list of Ireland’s partner countries is in the text at the top of this page.
Write the names of these countries on or beside their location on the map. 6) irraeS Leeno
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This magazine for primary school children was produced by Irish Aid for the Our World Irish Aid Awards 2019. To your right is a list of Ireland’s 8 partner countries, with the letters 7) znaiaTna
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The Awards are organised by Real Nation on behalf of Irish Aid at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. jumbled up. Can you put the letters in the correct order? To help you, 8) etminaV
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we’ve unjumbled the name of the first country.
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A WORLD WHERE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND THE GLOBAL GOALS
“I’ve had rainbows in my clouds.
And the thing to do, it seems to FOR SUSTAINABLE
me, is to prepare yourself so that
you can be a rainbow in somebody
else’s cloud. Somebody who may
not look like you, may not call
DEVELOPMENT
In 2015, the United Nations agreed a set of 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development to deal with the most serious problems facing our world,
God the same name you call God
such as poverty and hunger, injustice and damage to the environment.
- if they call God at all - you see?
And may not eat the same dishes One of the most important things about the Global Goals is the promise or pledge to make sure that no one is left behind and that no Goal will be
prepared the way you do. May not considered met unless it is met for everyone. This pledge recognises that every person counts and deserves fair opportunities, regardless of who they
dance your dances or speak your are and where they live. 193 countries, including Ireland, have promised to work very hard together to achieve the Goals by the year 2030.
language. But be a blessing to How many years are there left until we reach 2030? What age will you be in 2030?
somebody. That’s what I think”
WRITE THE NUMBERS FROM THE TEXT OF EACH GLOBAL GOAL ON
Maya Angelou (1928-2014), African-American poet and civil rights activist
Maya Angelou was talking about the ability we all possess to
improve our world by being kind, caring and standing up for
those who have been left behind and so need special attention, THE CORRECT LOGO FOR THAT GOAL
regardless of who they are or where they live. To help you we’ve already done Goal 10 (Reduced Inequalities)
USE THE CLOUDS TO WRITE DOWN: GROUPS OF PEOPLE IN YOUR 1. End poverty
COMMUNITY OR SOMEWHERE ELSE IN OUR WORLD WHO HAVE BEEN 2. End hunger
LEFT BEHIND AND NEED KINDNESS, SPECIAL ATTENTION AND CARE 3. Make sure everyone can live healthy lives
RIGHT NOW.
4. Make sure everyone gets a good education
USE THE RAINDROPS FALLING FROM THE CLOUDS TO LIST SOME OF 5. Make sure that women and girls get the same chances as
THE CHALLENGES OR PROBLEMS FACED BY THESE PEOPLE. men and boys
6. Make sure that everyone has access to clean water and
proper toilets
7. Make sure that everyone has enough heat, light and power
without damaging the environment 10
8. Help countries to develop and provide good jobs in a way that
benefits everyone
9. Build schools, hospitals and roads, and promote businesses
and industries that make people’s lives better
10. Make sure that everyone is treated fairly, and that countries
treat each other fairly
11. Make cities environmentally friendly and safe communities,
Imagine a world where all people get the kindness,
where people can live well
special attention and care that they need, a world where
no one is left behind. 12. Make sure we don’t buy too many things so that we do not
use up the earth’s scarce resources
WRITE ABOUT, OR DRAW, WHAT YOU THINK A WORLD
13. Act now to fight climate change
WHERE NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND WOULD BE LIKE.
14. Look after the life in our oceans and seas
How do we get from our world now to this better world
15. Look after forests, animals and the earth itself
where no one is left behind? What can you do to make
sure that no one is left behind – in school, at home, in 16. Work for peace and justice inside and between countries
your local community, in the wider world? What can
17. Countries will work together as partners to achieve the
other people do – your family, friends, local or national
Global Goals and make the world a better place for everyone
government, all countries?
WRITE OR DRAW YOUR IDEAS ON THE RAINBOW.
LET’S LOOK MORE CLOSELY AT SOME OF THE GLOBAL GOALS
• Why do you think the equal sign (=) is used on the logo for Goal 10? • Name one way that achieving Goal 12 can also help to achieve Goal 13.
• Can you think of any connections between Goal 10 and Goal 4? • Goal 17 is about countries working together to achieve all the Global Goals
and to realise their pledge to Leave No One Behind. Can you think of some
• Name one thing you already do to help achieve Goal 12.
reasons why working together is a good idea?
• Can you think of any connections between Goals 12, 14 and 15 and Goal 10?
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IRISH AID’S EIGHT Partner Country Crossword Puzzle
PARTNER COUNTRIES 1.
CLUES
First, look back at Irish Aid’s eight partner countries on the map on page 3.
Then, use the information on this page to complete the Partner Country Crossword Puzzle on page 7. 2. 3.
Down:
1. Which partner country has a very young population?
4. 2. In 2017, Irish Aid supported refugees from South _ _ _ _ _
ETHIOPIA SIERRA LEONE ZAMBIA 5. 6.
living in Uganda.
3. The word ‘drought’ means lack of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Location: East Africa Location: West Africa Location: Southern Africa 7.
5. With Irish Aid’s support, 218 Zambian children were able to
Capital City: Lusaka stay in _ _ _ _ _ _.
Capital City: Addis Ababa Capital City: Freetown 8.
Population: 16 million 6. Lusaka is the capital city of which Southern African country?
Population: 99 million Population: 8 million
Life expectancy: 61 years 8. In February 2017, Mozambique experienced a devastating tropical
Life expectancy: 65 years Life expectancy: 52 years cyclone called _ _ _ _ _.
9.
Irish Aid has worked with the Ethiopian Government In 2017, Irish Aid supported 218 poor, orphaned and
Irish Aid helped with preparations for the 2018 national 10. Of Irish Aid’s 8 partner countries, Sierra Leone is the only country
and local communities to set up 39 health centres in vulnerable girls and boys to buy uniforms, textbooks
elections in Sierra Leone. This included supporting located in _ _ _ _ Africa.
remote parts of the Tigray region of Ethiopia. and food so that they could afford to stay in school.
women in three regions to run for election and to vote.
10. 11. 11. Ethiopia is in _ _ _ _ Africa.
Fun Fact: In 1974, scientists discovered female Fun Fact: Victoria Falls in Zambia is
Fun Fact: There is an island
bone fossils belonging to a pre-human species one of the seven natural wonders of 12. Across:
called Dublin Island off the
in Ethiopia. These bones date to about 3.2 the world. The local name for the falls 4. Victoria Falls is one of the 7_ _ _ _ _ _ _ wonders of the world.
coast of Sierra Leone. The
million years ago, and the skeleton, which is ‘Mosi-oa-tunya’ which means the
people who live there are 7. In Mozambique, a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is commonly worn by women
is preserved in the National Museum of ‘Smoke that Thunders’ because of the
descendants of freed slaves 13. during traditional celebrations.
Ethiopia, was given the name ‘Lucy’. water spray and noise.
from the Caribbean.
9. Hanoi is the capital city of which country in Southeast Asia?
10. In 2017, Irish Aid supported Sierra Leonian _ _ _ _ _ to run for
Why not ask your teacher to election and to vote.
MALAWI 16
17 1
2 VIETNAM organise an Irish Aid partner country
table quiz, available from the lesson
12. In 2017, Irish Aid worked with the government in Ethiopia to help
people in _ _ _ _ _ _ parts of the Tigray region.
13. What is the surname of the famous author who visited Malawi
Location: Southeast Asia
Location: Southeast Africa
15 3 plans in the teacher section of the in the 1930s.
Capital City: Lilongwe Capital City: Hanoi
Population: 17 million Population: 93 million
Our World Irish Aid Award website:
Tick the Global
Life expectancy: 64 years 14 Goals that you think 4 Life expectancy: 76 years www.ourworldirishaidawards.ie The crossword solutions are at the bottom of page 11.
Irish Aid is helping to In 2017, Irish Aid gave financial help to 29 Vietnamese
In 2017, Irish Aid supported over 8,300 extremely achieve in the 8 partner students so that they can get a university qualification
poor families with no regular income by providing countries. in Ireland and return to Vietnam with degrees that are
FOCUS ON
cash payments. 13 5
It might help to look back needed in their country.
Fun Fact: Many people at the list of Global Goals Fun Fact: Son Đoòng Cave (cave of the mountain river)
believe that J.R. Tolkien on page 5. in Phong Nha-Kĕ Bang National Park, near the Laos-
TANZANIA
(author of The Hobbit and 12 6 Vietnam border, was first explored in
The Lord of the Rings), who 1991. It is thought to be the world’s
visited Malawi in the 1930s, largest cave and is home to the
was inspired by what he 11 7 tallest known stalagmites (tower like
saw on his travels to create rock formations that rise from the
the Hobbits and the Shire. 10 8 Official Kiswahili and English (other languages include
9 ground towards the cave ceiling).
languages: Bantu and Nilotic dialects)
MOZAMBIQUE UGANDA TANZANIA
Common Mchicha (a green leaf vegetable like spinach) is
foods: a popular dish along the coast of Tanzania, often
eaten with fish or meat
Ugali (thick porridge, can be made of either maize
Location: Southeast Africa Location: East Africa Location: East Africa or cassava flour) is often eaten with a side dish of
leafy greens, like mchicha
Capital City: Maputo Capital City: Kampala Capital City: Dodoma
Population: 53 million Currency: Tanzanian shilling (1 euro = approx. 2640
Population: 28 million Population: 39 million shillings)
Life expectancy: 65 years
Life expectancy: 55 years Life expectancy: 59 years
Irish Aid provided money to help deal with the In 2017, Irish Aid helped 50,000 Tanzanian farmers by
In 2017, Irish Aid, working together with other donor Exports: Gold, diamonds, coal, coffee, cotton, cashew nuts,
aftermath of tropical cyclone DINEO in February 2017 supplying affordable seeds that can survive drought
(funding) organisations, supported 1,037,000 South tea, sisal (plant that is used to make rope or
which affected around 112,500 families, destroyed (lack of rainfall) and worked to make sure farmers get mats), tobacco, pyrethrum (daisy-like flower)
Sudanese refugees in the West Nile region of Uganda, a better price for their crops.
over 2,000 classrooms and damaged and cloves
to access health services and food.
70 health centres.
Fun Fact: Until 1974, the capital city of Tanzania Climate: Tropical with two rainy seasons: a short rainy
Fun Fact: At traditional celebrations, Fun Fact: Uganda has a very was Dar es Salaam, on the season October to December; and a longer rainy
Mozambican women commonly wear young population with nearly east coast. Dar es Salaam is season lasting from March to June. Coastal
a capulana, which is a thick, colourful still the country’s biggest and regions are hot and humid, northwestern
half of the people in the country
highlands are cool and temperate, and the central
printed piece of material. A capulana younger than 14 years. richest city, and many
plateau tends to be dry and arid.
can be worn over skirts or pants, as a government offices
headscarf or a shawl. remain there. Irish Aid partner country since 1975
Statistics taken from Irish Aid Annual Report 2017
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IRISH AID AND DUNIA DESIGNS Irish Aid has been supporting Dunia Designs since 2016. This funding has helped the company
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to employ a full-time production manager; set up a network of plastic waste collection points
in Arusha; buy new equipment, such as a circular saw, a grinder and a shredding machine; and
research new products, like greenwood and a building brick made from plastic waste.
Located in the northern highlands of Tanzania, beneath the twin peaks of Mount Meru and Mount Kilimanjaro,
Arusha is a growing city of almost 2 million people. When Irish couple Evanna Lyons and Alexis Cronin moved Plastic is useful, cheap, lightweight
to the city in 2014, they were struck by the lack of recycling facilities and the growing problem of plastic waste, and easy to make. For these reasons, Step
or rubbish, ending up in the country’s river beds and beaches. They set themselves the challenge of making an lots of plastic has been manufactured
Step
item of furniture they would want to buy themselves, using plastic waste found in the street. This eventually since it was invented in 1907 by Leo
led to the creation of Dunia Designs, an eco-friendly design company that specialises in the upcycling of plastic Hendrik Baekeland, a Belgian-born Step
bottles, plastic bags and other waste to create beautiful and functional indoor and outdoor furniture and scientist living in America.
construction material.
The PROBLEM is that our planet is not
How can you cut down on the amount of plastic able cope with the amount of plastic
we generate. Plastic production, use
you buy, use and throw away? and waste are damaging life in our
rivers and oceans, which in turn is
Write your ideas on these plastic items:
harmful to people’s health.
The production and disposal of plastic
adds to greenhouse gas emissions
and climate change. Climate change
THE LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND
has the most impact on people with
the least money or resources to deal
with it, and makes them more at risk of
PLEDGE IN ACTION
being left behind.
The SOLUTION is for all people,
everywhere, to rethink the role of
plastics in their lives. Dunia Designs is Dunia Designs is developing an education programme to teach about the challenge of plastic in our
part of this solution, making furniture world and to encourage children and young people to solve this problem from an enterprise (business)
and other products using at least 80% and design perspective. The company also uses 50% of their profits for tree planting projects and to
upcycled plastic material. support children and young people to stay in or return to education. Since it was set up, Dunia Designs
has supported six pupils to attend primary school, two secondary school students and two university
In Ire students. In this way, and by providing jobs for local people, Dunia Designs is contributing to making
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The process of turning plastic waste into Dunia Designs products After I finish studying, I hope to go back to work in Dunia Designs full time. I would really like to get involved in teaching children and young people about the
involves several steps. Read through the steps below, then match importance of a clean and healthy environment, encourage them to buy less and use their creativity to reuse or upcycle plastic.
each step to at least one image by filling in the step number on Step Imagine you can talk to Lazaro in person. Draw a picture or a symbol to represent yourself in the blank
the photographs to the right and at the top of the next page.
circles and use the speech bubbles to write answers to Lazaro’s questions.
Step One:
Dunia Designs gets donations of plastic waste from other businesses, including local safari
companies, and from schools. Local people are also employed to collect plastic waste from the It’s nice to meet you! Tell me What do you find most What ideas do you have to
about yourself – your name, interesting about the work solve the problem of plastic
streets of Arusha. The money paid to these workers is calculated per kilo of plastic collected, so the
what age you are, something that Dunia Designs is doing in our world?
plastic is weighed by Gideon Niarda when it is brought back to Dunia Designs. about school or home… in Tanzania?
Step Two:
After being weighed, the plastic waste is washed and dried outside by employees like Gideon Niarda,
Adiel Ngoisai, Joseph Ndasikoe and Gloria Mariy. Drying doesn’t take long in the Tanzanian sunshine!
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Step Three:
Clean and dry plastic bags or sacks are shredded for use as furniture stuffing. In the past, the job of
shredding was done by hand (with a scissors), but with funding from Irish Aid, Dunia Designs was
able to buy a shredding machine.
Other plastic items are recycled into a timber-like material which Dunia Designs calls greenwood.
Greenwood is used to make the frames for indoor furniture; school desks; benches; beehives; and,
outdoor decking and walkways.
Step Four:
Using the greenwood frames and plastic stuffing, the people who work in Dunia Designs make
beautiful furniture and other products, and in the process, they help to protect our planet.
Photographs on pages 8-9 courtesy of Dunia Designs.
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DUNIA OUR WORLD CLOSING DATE IS
5 APRIL 2019
AND THE IRISH AID
AWARDS 2019 OVER TO YOU...
GLOBAL Talk to your teacher about entering the Our World Irish Aid
GOALS
Would you like to learn more about the Global Goals and how Awards. Discuss your project ideas. Tell your teacher that they
Ireland, through its aid programme, is helping to create a can find out more by visiting: www.ourworldirishaidawards.ie
world where our environment is protected, where all people, Then it’s time to get started!
everywhere, now and in the future, are cared for so that no
Which of the 17 United Nations Global Goals for one is left behind?
Sustainable Development can you link to what
Create a project that shows your pair/group/class response to
you know about the work of Dunia Designs?
the Our World Irish Aid Awards 2019 theme:
Draw the Global Goals logos you think are linked LEAVE NO ONE BEHIND
to the work of Dunia Designs on the school desk
made from greenwood (recycled plastic), then Projects can take any form. You can find plenty of ideas on the
use your creative talents to design the rest of website: www.ourworldirishaidawards.ie
the desk.
Find out more about Dunia Designs and other Irish Aid supported initiatives by asking your teacher to do this year’s
WRITE IT
Write a short story, a letter or a poem; keep a diary
lesson plans, available on the Our World Irish Aid Awards website.
or a blog; produce a newspaper or magazine.
RECORD IT Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development, Mr. Ciarán Cannon T.D.,
congratulating the Our World Irish Aid Awards National Winner 2018, St. Mary’s Convent Primary
Make a music video or movie; create and act out a
School, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.
drama; audio record a story or an interview.
The Leave No One Behind pledge is about making sure
PICTURE IT
that the United Nations Global Goals are achieved Take photographs; create a photo diary; use photos to show
for all people, everywhere, now and in the future. contrasts, to show possibilities, to show what can be done.
Look back at the activity on page 4, where
you imagined a world where all people get
the kindness and care that they need, and DRAW, PAINT OR MAKE IT
thought about what you could do to make Design a poster or a collage; paint a mural or a wall
sure that no one is left behind. frieze; build a model; create a board game; make a
Now it’s time to make a commitment. map or a project book.
Think of one extra thing you are ready
to do, something you haven’t done
before, to help achieve the Leave No One ASK IT
Behind pledge. This extra thing might Carry out an interview; do a vox pop in your school,
be changing a behaviour or taking local shopping centre or using social media; survey The 5th class pupils and their
action about an issue connected to the people about what they know or think about one or teacher, Anne Marie O’Sullivan,
Global Goals. more of the Global Goals or the work of Irish Aid; from St. Mary’s Convent Primary
organise a quiz in your school. School, focused on Global Goal
13 (Climate Action). Their project,
Write your personal ‘Children’s Voices on Our Climate
Leave No One Behind SING IT Choices’, looked at the impact of
climate change on children in
pledge in the centre of the Write or adapt and perform a song or rap.
least developed countries. The
Global Goals circle logo. pupils researched the work Irish
Your pair/group/class could receive an Our World Irish Aid is doing to tackle climate
Cut out the logo and display Aid Awards plaque for your school at special events change. They identified changes
around the country. Or you could even be part of our they could make to reduce their environmental impact, for example,
your pledge in a public place, exciting National Final Awards Ceremony in Dublin, pupils included more environmentally friendly foods in their lunchboxes.
where it can inspire others to do receive a trophy for your school and find out which school The class shared their project with their community and several
gets the overall Our World Irish Aid Awards trophy. government ministers. Their fantastic enthusiasm, passion and hard work
something extra too. made them worthy winners!
CROSSWORD (PAGE 4) SOLUTIONS: DOWN: (1) UGANDA; (2) SUDAN; (3) RAINFALL; (5) SCHOOL; (6) ZAMBIA; (8) DINEO; (10) WEST; (11) EAST
ACROSS: (4) NATURAL; (7) CAPULANA; (9) VIETNAM; (10) WOMEN; (12) REMOTE; (13) TOLKIEN
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Irish Aid Centre facilitator Michael Chanda with primary pupils from Bracken ETNS during a workshop in 2017
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
WORKSHOPS ON THE GLOBAL
GOALS AND AFRICAN CULTURE
BRING YOUR CLASS TO THE IRISH AID CENTRE,
3 CLONMEL STREET, DUBLIN 2
For: 5th & 6th Classes When: May & June
Workshops are free of charge and include:
Activities, games and music to explore the links between our
lives and the lives of people in other parts of the world.
Pupil’s engage with stories from around the world and learn
how taking action on the Global Goals can help to improve the
lives of all people, everywhere, now and in the future.
Workshops are relevant for Social, Environmental and
Scientific Education (SESE), Social, Personal and Health
Education (SPHE), and The Arts (especially Music). They are
highly participative and enjoyable.
Workshops take 90 minutes and start at 10.00 and 12.00 daily
from Monday to Friday. Classes of 30 must be accompanied by
2 adults, including one teacher. Advance booking necessary.
To book or for enquiries contact:
01 408 2832 or IrishAidCentre@dfa.ie
www.irishaid.ie
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