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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
PARTNERSHIP
FOR THE GOALS
OUR WORLD IRISH AID AWARDS 2021
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS 2
HI THERE! HI
EVERYONE!
Welcome to the 2021 Our World Irish Aid Awards
magazine, written especially for primary pupils! It’s Colm Brophy here. I’m Ireland’s Minister for
Overseas Development Aid. That means that I
In 2015, the United Nations agreed a plan am a member of the Government and my job is
to transform our world by solving our most to make sure that Ireland does everything it can
serious problems, such as poverty, hunger, to help those around the world who are poor and
injustice, and damage to our environment. hungry. This work we do is through Irish Aid.
This plan is known as the 17 Global Colm Brophy, Minister of State for This year in school, you are going to learn about Irish
Goals for Sustainable Development. Overseas Development Aid Aid and your teacher is going to teach you about the
Global Goals for Sustainable Development (SDG).
In this magazine, you will find out how Irish Aid, This name sounds complicated, but it isn’t really. It’s a bit like when you do projects in school, and
the Irish Government’s overseas development sometimes you work in a pair with someone else in your class, or as part of a group. This is called a
cooperation programme, works in partnership partnership.
with the United Nations, governments, non- Our theme for this year’s Awards for Primary Schools is ‘Partnership for the Goals’, and it’s about
governmental organizations (or charities) every one of us working together to do something good. We all have a role to play to make our world
and communities to achieve the Global Goals, better – that includes me and my colleagues in Government, businesses, community groups, schools
and create a world where our environment and each and every one of us individually.
is protected, where all people, everywhere, You, your teachers, family, friends and community have already been working in partnership together
now and in the future, are cared for. over the past six months as we deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. We all now know the important
The theme for this year’s Awards is: things we need to do to keep ourselves and everyone else safe, and that is by working together, in
partnership.
PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS There are lots of interesting stories in this magazine about how Ireland works in partnership with
because we all have a role to play in working Uganda and the United Nations World Food Programme to support refugees. Children living in refugee
together to achieve the Global Goals. And now, camps and settlements in Uganda and across the world are also making sure to wash their hands
carefully just like all of you. Irish Aid helps them to do that by making sure there is enough soap and
more than ever, it is important that our whole
clean water available for them to do this.
world works in partnership to fight COVID-19
What other things can we do to help others? I’m sure you have plenty of ideas and examples of how
Have fun with the stories and activities in this we can help others who may not be as lucky as we are. Send us a creative piece for the February
magazine. Get inspiration for ideas and create issue for the Global Goal Getters, an online magazine which is written and produced by children. This
your own magazine content! Then is a great place to share your ideas on how you and I can play our parts in making the world better.
send it to us for a chance to be I want to thank your teacher for helping you learn about all the important work that’s being done for
families around the world – and I know that you will make your mark on the world too, for the better.
included in our 2021 Global Goal
Getters online magazines, by
kids, for kids! (see page 11 for
more details).
CONTENTS
3 . . . . . . . . . . . . What is Irish Aid?
4 . . . . . . . . . . . . The value of partnership
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . The Global Goals for Sustainable Development
6-7 . . . . . . . . . . Irish Aid countries in focus
8-9 . . . . . . . . . . Mamcy’s story: Case study activities about an Irish Aid
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . supported programme in Uganda
10. . . . . . . . . . . . Bidibidi and the Global Goals
10 . . . . . . . . . . . Global Goals recipe
11 . . . . . . . . . . . 2021 Our World Irish Aid Awards: simple steps for
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . taking part and getting your work included in our new,
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . fabulous Global Goal Getters online magazines by kids, for kids
12 . . . . . . . . . . . Irish Aid Workshops for Primary Pupils
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WHAT IS IRISH AID?
Irish Aid is the Irish Government’s overseas development BE PROUD – IRELAND’S AID PROGRAMME IS RANKED AS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE WORLD!
cooperation programme to fight world hunger and poverty
on behalf of all the people of Ireland. Irish Aid works in
partnership with governments, international agencies
(like the United Nations World Food Programme), non-
governmental organizations (or charities) and communities,
26 MILLION
PEOPLE
WORLDWIDE ARE REFUGEES
to help improve the lives of the poorest families all
around the world. The top ten countries to benefit from
Irish Aid funding or money in 2019 were Kenya, Uganda,
Ethiopia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Zimbabwe,
COVID-19
IS A BIGGER RISK FOR REFUGEES
because they may not have
Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, and Niger. clean water and soap to wash
their hands, and they might not
Irish Aid gives funding to non-governmental organisations
7.7 BILLION
be able to get medical help if
such as Action Aid, Aidlink, Brighter Communities Worldwide, they have COVID-19 symptoms.
Children in Crossfire, Concern Worldwide, GOAL, Gorta Self
73%
Help Africa, HelpAge International, Nurture Africa, Plan
Ireland, Trócaire, and many, many others, to fight hunger,
IS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
poverty, inequality and climate change all around the world. IN THE WORLD TODAY OF
Ireland’s development cooperation programme works in REFUGEES
live in countries neighbouring
partnership in over 80 countries to protect the environment,
700 PEOPLE
their countries of origin
grow more food, create jobs, build schools and hospitals MILLION
so that poor and vulnerable people can improveESTONIA
their 107,800 REFUGEES
lives, protect themselves from COVID-19 and other LATVIA
LIVE IN EXTREME POVERTY under the protection of the United
Nations refugee agency (UNHCR)
infectious diseases and build a better future for their ON LESS THAN €2.10 A DAY
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
were resettled in 26 countries in 2019
POLAND BELARUS
children. This is called development cooperation.
GERMANY
BELGIUM
CZECH REP. UKRAINE KAZAKHSTAN
When disasters strike, Ireland immediately SLOVAKIA sends help,
LUX. MONGOLIA
AUSTRIA HUNGARY MOLDOVA Source: United Nations and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
like medicine, tents, and foodFRANCE
supplies,
SWITZ.
to people
SLOVENIA suffering
ROMANIA
from war, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes,BOSNIA and
SERBIAhealth
UZBEKISTAN KYRGYZ
ATLANTIC
related challenges like COVID-19. Irish Aid also
BULGARIA
works
MACEDONIA to Why not create and sendREPUBLIC
GEORGIA
your own infographic (visual way of showing
ARMENIA
OCEAN
SPAIN
make sure that children impacted by disasters still get to TURKEY information/number
TURKMENISTAN data) to be included itCHINA
TAJIKISTAN in our 2021 Global Goal Getters
go to school. This is called humanitarian assistance. SYRIA
online magazines, by kids, for kids! See page 11 for more details.
AFGHANISTAN
IRAQ IRAN
MOROCCO
PALESTINE
ISRAEL JORDAN
PAKISTAN NEPAL BHUTAN
ALGERIA
LIBYA
EGYPT BANGLADESH
UAE
SAUDI ARABIA MYANMAR
(BURMA)
INDIA LAOS
OMAN
MAURITANIA MALI NIGER
THAILAND
SUDAN ERITREA YEMEN
CHAD
CAMBODIA
BURKINA
FASO
BENIN
SOMALIA
COTE NIGERIA SOUTH
TOGO
D'IVOIRE CENTRAL AFRICAN SUDAN
GHANA
REPUBLIC
CAMEROON
DEM. REP.
GABON REP. OF CONGO KENYA
INDIAN
OF CONGO
RWANDA
BURUNDI
OCEAN
ANGOLA
ZIMBABWE
NAMIBIA MADAGASCAR
BOTSWANA
SWAZILAND
LESOTHO
SOUTH AFRICA
LOOK AT THE MAP (ABOVE) aadngU Uganda
1) _______________________________________________________________________
Do you know the names of the countries in PINK? You might want to check your 2) ipioahtE
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atlas. Seven of these countries are in Africa, and 1 is in Asia.
3) aawilM
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The 8 countries in PINK on the map are some of the countries where Irish
Aid works together in partnership with governments, non-governmental 4) euqzombaMi
_______________________________________________________________________
organizations, and communities to support people and protect our environment. 5) znaiaTna
_______________________________________________________________________
To your right is a list of the eight countries in PINK on the map, with the letters 6) etminaV
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jumbled up.
Can you put the letters in the correct order? 7) irraeS Leeno
_______________________________________________________________________
To help you, we’ve unjumbled the name of the first country. 8) bmaaiZ
_______________________________________________________________________
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THE VALUE OF PARTNERSHIP
Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968), was a civil rights activist in If he were alive today, Martin Luther King might have used a word
America in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1964, he was awarded the like ‘partnership’ or ‘community’ instead of ‘brotherhood’, to make
Nobel Peace Prize. Martin Luther King believed that all people have sure that it was understood that he meant the diversity of people,
the right to equal and fair treatment. regardless of gender. He was saying that a true partnership, or
community of people, support, love, and care for each other, no
“The beauty of genuine brotherhood and peace is more precious
matter what. Martin Luther King believed that this type of partnership
than diamonds or silver or gold.”
is worth more than diamonds, silver, or gold.
Martin Luther King’s Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech,
10 December 1964.
Yellow
What are the things that you think are worth more, or are more Write the letter for 2nd
valuable than diamonds, silver, or gold? of the MOST most
VALUABLE thing valuable
in the top, navy
A The beauty of the environment F Money or wealth diamond.
around us
G Health
B Our planet
H Culture (music, dance, art, stories,
C Learning or education poems, plays etc)
D Time I Something else (if you can think of
something else write or draw this
E Relationships or partnerships with
in the box with the small question
family, friends, and other people,
mark below)
near and far
Light
green for
RANK THESE Purple for the things you
things you think would rank in
9 THINGS are 2nd least the middle
(A-I) according valuable
to their worth, Write
or value. the letter
of the LEAST
VALUABLE thing
in the bottom,
blue diamond.
Who are the people or the groups
that need to work in partnership
to care for and protect what is Why not cut
most valuable in our world? out and send your
finished ‘PARTNER’
ship to be included in our
2021 Global Goal Getters
online magazines, by
Write or draw kids, for kids? See page
your ideas on 11 for more details.
the sails of the
‘PARTNER’
ship
DID YOU
KNOW...
Ireland’s strategy, or plan, for
international development,
published in 2018, is called
A BETTER WORLD?
A Better World recognises that
Ireland needs to work with others
to solve global problems and
build a more equal, peaceful, and
Partner sustainable world. This means
working in partnership with
other countries, through Ireland’s
membership of the European Union
and the United Nations.
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PARTNERSHIP FOR THE GOALS 5
THE GLOBAL GOALS FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
In 2015, the United Nations agreed a plan to transform our world by solving our most serious problems, such as poverty and hunger, injustice, and
damage to our environment. This plan is called the Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
193 countries, including Ireland, have promised to work in partnership to achieve the 17 Global Goals by the year 2030.
Draw an emoji to show
how it makes you feel
to know that there is a
GLOBAL Match the text of each Global Goal to the correct emojis symbolising that global plan to work as
GOAL Goal. To get you started, we have drawn a line between the text of Global partners to make our
MATCH Goal 17 (Partnerships for the Goals) and the correct Goal 17 emoji. world a better place.
1. End poverty
2. End hunger
3. Make sure everyone can live healthy lives
4. Make sure everyone gets a good education
5. Make sure that women and girls get the same chances as men and boys
Inequalities
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
Action
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 all 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, where all people can live well
=
12. Make sure we do not buy too many things so that we do not use up the earth’s scarce resources
13. Act now to fight climate change
14. Look after the life in our oceans and seas
15. Look after forests, animals, and the earth itself
16. Work for peace and justice inside and between countries
17. Countries will work together in partnership to achieve the Global Goals and make the world a better
place for everyone
LET’S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT GLOBAL GOAL 17…
• Goal 17 is about countries working in partnership to achieve all • Why is working in partnership across our world so important in the
17 Global Goals. Can you think of some reasons why working in fight against COVID-19?
partnership is a good idea?
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IRISH AID As you read this
come across som
page you might
e new words.
COUNTRIES IN FOCUS
friends what
Ask three nearby
n. If you still
these words mea
k your teacher.
have questions, as
Use the information about some of the countries where Irish Aid works in partnership
(below) to answer the questions and complete the crossword at the top of page 7.
ETHIOPIA SIERRA LEONE ZAMBIA
Location: East Africa Location: West Africa Location: Southern Africa
Capital City: Addis Ababa Capital City: Freetown Capital City: Lusaka
Population: 17.8 million
Population: 112 million Population: 7.8 million
Life expectancy: 63.5 years
Life expectancy: 66.2 years Life expectancy: 54.3 years
In 2019, Irish Aid supported a new veterinary clinic in In 2019, Ireland supported 1,250 girls and 156 boys
In 2020, Ireland partnered with the Government of
the northern region of Tigray. This clinic looks after the from poor Zambian families to go to secondary school.
Sierra Leone and NGOs, to provide radios to children
farm animals of 2,000 families in the region. during the COVID-19 lockdown. This meant that children Fun Fact: Victoria Falls in Zambia is one of the seven
Fun Fact: Ruth Negga is an could listen to lessons broadcast by their teachers natural wonders of our world. The
Oscar nominated Ethiopian- while their schools were shut. local name for the falls is ‘Mosi-oa-
Irish actor. Negga was born tunya’ which means the ‘Smoke that
Fun Fact: There is an island called
in the Ethiopian capital, and Thunders’, so called because of the
Dublin Island off the coast of Sierra
raised, from the age of four, water spray and noise.
Leone. The people who live there
in Limerick.
are descendants of freed slaves from the Caribbean.
MALAWI 16
17 1
2 VIETNAM
Location: Southeast Asia
Location: Southeast Africa
15 3 Capital City: Hanoi
Capital City: Lilongwe
Population: 96.5 million
Population: 18.6 million Tick the Global
Life expectancy: 63.8 years 14 Goals you think Irish 4 Life expectancy: 75.3 years
Aid is helping to achieve in In 2019, with Ireland’s support, 41,992 people in
In 2019, with Ireland’s support, 22,153 energy saving
these eight countries. Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam were educated about
cook stoves and 5,993 solar lamps were given to the dangers of unexploded landmines (type of bomb that
families affected by flooding caused by heavy rainfall. 13 It might help to look at page 5 is buried under the ground and explodes when people or
5 for a reminder of what
Fun Fact: Many people each Global Goal is vehicles get too close).
believe that J.R.R. Tolkien about. Fun Fact: Son Đoong Cave (‘cave of the mountain river’)
(author of The Lord of 12 6 in Phong Nha-Kĕ Bang National Park, near the Laos-
the Rings), who travelled Vietnam border, was first explored in
around Malawi in the 1991. It is thought to be the world’s
1930s, drew inspiration 11 7 largest cave and is home to the tallest
from his visit to write about known stalagmites (tower-like rock
the Shire. 10 8 formations that rise from the ground
9 towards the cave ceiling).
MOZAMBIQUE UGANDA TANZANIA
Location: Southeast Africa Location: East Africa Location: East Africa
Capital City: Maputo Capital City: Kampala Capital City: Dodoma
Population: 44.4 million (biggest city Dar es Salaam)
Population: 30 million
Life expectancy: 63 years Population: 58 million
Life expectancy: 60.2 years
Life expectancy: 65 years
In 2019, Ireland partnered with the water committee in In 2019, Ireland worked in partnership with the Ugandan
the village of Magiga in the Niassa province to fix their Government, the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) In 2019, Ireland helped 130,000 Tanzanian farmers to
well. This meant that 84-year-old Mr. Alves João, and and the World Food Programme (WFP), contributing €2 get better seeds and a better price for their crops.
others in Magiga, do not have to ride their million to feed 1.3 million refugees and asylum seekers,
Fun Fact: The famous author, Roald Dahl,
bikes 17 kms over a mountain to collect and giving money to half a million refugees (for more
lived in Tanzania, in the 1930s. In his
water for their families. information see pages 8-10).
autobiography, Going Solo, he wrote
Fun Fact: At traditional celebrations, Fun Fact: Uganda is one of the top about watching a snake catcher get a
Mozambican women often wear a refugee hosting countries in our poisonous green mamba snake out of
capulana, a thick, colourful printed piece a friend’s house in Dar es Salaam, a
world, with only Turkey, Columbia
of material, worn over skirts or pants, as a Tanzania city on the east coast.
and Pakistan giving a home to
headscarf or a shawl. higher numbers of refugees.
Population, life expectancy and results data kindly provided by Irish Embassies in the eight countries.
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CROSSWORD PUZZLE
CLUES
1
Across:
2. Kampala is the capital city of which African country?
2
4. Ireland supported a veterinary clinic in the _ _ _ _ _ _ region
of Ethiopia in 2019.
6. The acronym (short way of saying) the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees is _ _ _ _ _.
3
8. In Mozambique, a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is commonly worn by women
during traditional celebrations. 4 5
Crossword puzzle answers are at the bottom of page 11.
9. Victoria Falls is one of the 7_ _ _ _ _ _ _ wonders of the world.
11. In 2020, Ireland partnered with the Government of Sierra Leone
and NGOs, to provide _ _ _ _ _ _ to children so that they could listen 6
into lessons while schools were closed because of COVID-19.
7
13. Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda are all countries located
in _ _ _ _ Africa. 8
Down 9 10
1. Uganda has a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of 44.4 million.
3. Flooding is sometimes caused by heavy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 11 12
5. With support from Ireland, 130,000 Tanzanian _ _ _ _ _ _ _
got better seeds and a better price for their crops in 2019.
6. Which country hosts the fourth highest number of refugees
in our world?
13
7. With support from Ireland, 1,250 girls and 156 boys in Zambia
were able to go to secondary _ _ _ _ _ _. Why not produce your own profile of a
country where Irish Aid works, or an
10. People in Sierra Leone, on average, can expect to _ _ _ _ Irish Aid related crossword puzzle or
until they are 54.3 years old. wordsearch to be included in our 2021
12. Of the eight countries on page 6, Vietnam is the only country Global Goal Getters online magazines, by
located in _ _ _ _. kids, for kids? See page 11 for more details.
SOUTH SUDAN
Torit
UGANDA –
Bidibidi
Nimule
FACT FILE
Bordering Tanzania, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of
DEMOCRATIC countries: the Congo (DRC), South Sudan and Kenya
REPUBLIC OF
THE CONGO Official English (taught in schools, used in courts
languages: of law and by many media outlets) and
Kiswahili. Also spoken – Ganda or Luganda
and Luo.
National Independence Day: marking independence
holiday from the United Kingdom, 9 October (1962)
Exports: Coffee, fish and fish products, tea, cotton,
flowers, horticultural products, gold
Common Chapatti - Indian-style flat bread fried in oil
foods: Luwombo - stew made from meat,
vegetables or fish steamed in banana
leaves.
Matoke - green banana, often steamed
in its own leaves and mashed
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MAMCY’S STORY Refugees usually leave their source country or country
of origin quickly to escape danger, so they arrive at their
Mamcy Karina is a 22-year old destination with little or no money and food.
preschool or crèche teacher from Imagine you must suddenly move from your home to another
Torit in the Eastern Equatoria country, you must leave quickly and travel mostly on foot.
region of South Sudan. Mamcy, Draw 8 things that you would take with you on your journey.
her parents, two sisters, five
brothers and her small son live
in Bidibidi refugee settlement
in northern Uganda.
REFUGEES
are people who have been forced
to leave their own country to
escape war, unfair and harmful
Mamcy Karina. treatment, or natural disaster.
Photo: WFP/Hugh Rutherford
In August 2016, Mamcy left her home in Torit, fleeing to Uganda to get away
from a war that has been ongoing in South Sudan since 2013. Now imagine you are on your way. Your bag is too heavy. You must
“In South Sudan [there is] a lot of conflict, and things are not easy,” get rid of some of your items. Draw a line through the 4 items that
explains Mamcy. “South Sudan is not safe.” you are prepared to give up. Tell a friend what you saved and why.
The refugee settlements in Uganda are different to refugee camps
elsewhere. Instead of living apart from local Ugandan people, not
being allowed to work or leave the camps; settlements like Bidibidi
are home to refugees and Ugandans alike, and the refugees there
can move about freely and can work, although there aren’t many
jobs available.
Amazingly, only a few years ago, Bidibidi did not exist. Before
2016 the area was a forest where very few people lived. Now, it
is a large city, home to more than 230,000 refugees, most having
escaped the conflict in South Sudan. Families, like Mamcy’s, live in
a group of huts made with mud or plastic sheeting, with thatch or
metal roofs. There are markets, shops, medical centres, schools,
and churches, but lots still needs to be done to make Bidibidi a city
where people can live well. For example, right now, it is especially
important that all the people who live in Bidibidi have good
handwashing facilities, with clean water and soap, so that they
can protect themselves against COVID-19.
“I feel happy here in Uganda, we can get food, no war and no
running from one place to another with the sound of gun shots. …
in Uganda, we are safe. We can live in peace.”
Imagine you have the power to plan Bidibidi as an ideal city, so that
by 2030 it is a city where all 17 Global Goals have been achieved.
Draw an aerial map (view from above) of the ideal city of Bidibidi.
If it is your first time drawing an aerial map, it might help to
imagine that you are in a helicopter above Bidibidi. Your map
should be a simple drawing of what you can see down below as
you fly over the city.
Use symbols (e.g. a little drawing of a bicycle to show a cycle
track), shortened words (e.g. sch to mean school), different
colours and lines to show railway tracks, roads, lakes, rivers Key to symbols
etc. Don’t forget the handwashing facilities! Explain what your
symbols, shortened words, colours and lines stand for in the
‘Key to symbols’ box.
Every month, the United Nations World Food Programme
(WFP), supported by Irish Aid and other donors, provide food DONORS
to 1.2 million refugees in Uganda. This food is distributed by are people, organizations or
the Government of Uganda, and UNHCR (the United Nations governments who give money or other
refugee agency). Irish Aid has also provided extra money to supports to help solve problems and
the WFP to help protect refugees from COVID-19. improve the lives of vulnerable people.
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There are schools in Bidibidi and other Ugandan refugee settlements, but if In the crèche where Mamcy works, parents give a little bit of the maize (corn)
the children do not get enough good food to eat, it’s extremely hard for them to they receive from World Food Programme. Every day, the school cook grounds
concentrate in class. As a teacher, Mamcy knows this very well. this maize into flour to make maize porridge for the pupils.
“When the food is not there, people in the school will quarrel,” she explains. What do you think that Mamcy, and her three brothers - Francis,
“The kids, they will start crying because they are hungry. They are not able to Emmanuel, and Mario - are saying as they share their lunch?
listen because they are hungry.”
Use the
speech bubbles
to write some
dialogue for each
member of
the family.
Mamcy and three of her brothers (Francis – bottom left;
Emmanuel – top right; and, Mario – bottom right) eating
lunch together before COVID-19.
Photo: WFP/Petroc Wilton
COVID-19 has changed the way that Mamcy and her
family and friends eat.
“Before, we used to share our food with friends
and family, but right now, due to COVID-19, we have
meals by ourselves. You serve yourself, you eat
alone, and after we eat, we wash our hands.”
But, Mamcy knows despite these challenges, it is
better to stay in Uganda. “We are still waiting for A typical meal in Bidibidi: beans, mashed maize with
South Sudan to get peace. The food is so important to sauce, and locally grown green vegetables.
us. That is why we are staying,” says Mamcy. Photo: WFP/Petroc Wilton
Many refugees, like Mamcy, would like to return Mamcy has dreams for her future: “The job I would
home, but know they can only go back when it like most… is journalism”. In 2018, Mamcy took part
is safe to do so. Sometimes refugees remain in in storytelling training with words, photos and videos
host countries, such as Uganda, for many years. run by the World Food programme (WFP). “Because
Others are supported to move to countries like of WFP Storytellers, I know how to shoot video, I had
Ireland, to resettle and make a life and home never done that before. It was a lot of fun and now I
know how to stand and how to shoot video properly. I
for themselves. Working in partnership with
hope people will see it and enjoy it.”
the Ugandan Government, the World Food
Programme are supporting Mamcy and other “I like telling stories, so [people] know what is
refugees, by providing different types of training going on here in Bidibidi and in South Sudan —
so they can get jobs, buy their own food and because they have heard it from me — Mamcy
have a chance at a better life, no matter where Karina. I want people to know more about me
Mamcy in action during the WFP Storytellers
training in June 2018.
that might be. and how I am living.”
Photo: WFP/Hugh Rutherford
What Bidibidi scene
you think Mamcy is
trying to capture with
her phone? Draw the
scene on the blank
phone screen.
Why not send your
maps and drawings
from pages 8-9 to be
included in our 2021
Global Goal Getters
online magazines, by
kids, for kids? See page
11 for more details.
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BIDIBIDI AND
THE GLOBAL GOALS
Think about what you have
learned about Mamcy and
others in Bidibidi refugee
settlement.
Tick the Global Goals you
think Irish Aid, in partnership
with the World Food
Programme (WFP) and the
Government of Uganda, are
helping to achieve in Bidibidi.
GLOBAL GOALS RECIPE
How can everyone everywhere work in partnership to achieve the Global Write your own Global Goals Recipe on the card below. (Hint: use bullet
Goals by 2030? points when listing your ingredients and try to use simple sentences and
What are the ingredients for success? How much of each ingredient imperative verbs or bossy action words like ‘chop’, ‘cut’, ‘measure’, ‘mix’ or
is needed? In what order do the ingredients need to be mixed? ‘stir’ in your recipe instructions).
My Global Goals Recipe
FOR:
FROM THE KITCHEN OF:
PREP TIME: COOK TIME: SERVES:
INGREDIENTS: INSTRUCTIONS:
Why not send your finished Global Goals recipe card to be included in our 2021 Global Goal Getters online magazines, by kids, for kids?
See page 11 for more details.
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PUT WHAT YOU AND SPREAD
HAVE LEARNED
INTO PRACTICE THE WORD!
Be inspired by the 2021 Our World Irish
Aid Awards theme (Partnership for the
Goals), Irish Aid’s work and/or the Global Selected entries will be featured in one
Goals. Come up with a creative written or of three, Global Goal Getters magazines,
multi-media piece that shows your learning. by kids, for kids, published between
February 2021 – May 2021 on
Submit your work to us for a www.ourworldirishaidawards.ie
chance to feature in our 2021
Global Goal Getters online Remember, you have three chances to
magazines, by kids, for kids. appear in our online magazines and to share
your hard work with all your family and
friends. You can take as much or as little
time to create as you like, and with three
HOW DO I TAKE PART? issues, why not send in multiple pieces!
Just make sure to get your entry in by
You can work alone, with one friend, in a small group or the closing date to be in with a chance of
with your entire class to send one, or more, of the following: selection for our February issue:
Crossword puzzles Painting CLOSING DATE
or word searches (FEBRUARY ISSUE):
page 8)
(e.g. crossword puzzle on Map FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4TH
(e.g. aerial map of
Photo Interview Bidibidi on page 8)
Quiz Can’t meet the first Global Goal Getters
online magazine deadline? Don’t worry!
Infographic Article Drawing Send us your work anyway. You’ll receive
With data from research (e.g. ‘partner’ ship on page 5, a certificate of participation and the
you have carried out or emojis on page 6, Mamcy’s opportunity to be featured in a later issue!
surveys you have done photo on page 9 etc.)
(e.g. infographic on page 3)
Tell your teacher that they can find all the
Advert Poem information on
is ement Poster www.ourworldirishaidawards.ie and remind
Performanc them to share your #ourworldawards
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Profiles Short story journey with us @Irish_Aid @
(e.g. the profiles of Recipe ourworldirishaidawards
Irish
countries where Song or rap (e.g. recipe for the Global
ge 6)
Aid works on pa Goals on page 10) THEN, IT’S TIME TO GET STARTED…
OR SOMETHING We have loads of opportunities for you to continue your
ELSE…IT’S UP TO YOU! participation with the Our World Irish Aid Awards throughout
TIP: look at the different features and
the school year.
activities in this and other magazines and If your work is published in the online magazines, we will contact
remember, because its online, the format you with an invitation to take your involvement one step further
of what can be included is wide open; you and provide your teacher with fun and engaging lesson plans!
can submit a video, audio, or written piece.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE (PAGE 7) ANSWERS: ACROSS: 2 = UGANDA; 4 = TIGRAY; 6 = UNHCR; 8 = CAPULANA; 9 = NATURAL; 11 = RADIOS; 13 = EAST.
DOWN: 1 = POPULATION; 3 = RAINFALL; 5 = FARMERS; 6 = UGANDA; 7 = SCHOOL; 10 = LIVE; 12 = ASIA.
www.ourworldirishaidawards.ieIrish Aid Centre facilitator Michael Chanda with primary pupils from Balbriggan ETNS during a workshop in the Irish Aid centre
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WORKSHOPS AND RESOURCES
FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS ON
THE WORK OF IRISH AID
For: 5th & 6th Classes
The Irish Aid primary-school workshops and resources include activities
and games to explore the links between our lives and the lives of people
in other parts of the world.
Pupils engage with stories from around the world and learn how working
in partnership to take action on the Global Goals can help to improve the
lives of all people, everywhere, now and in the future.
Workshops and resources 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.
The Irish Aid Centre is currently closed due to the COVID-19
pandemic. We look forward to seeing you back in the Centre in
January, subject to public health advice.
Until then, check out our online resources and workshops at:
www.irishaid.ie/teaching-and-learning/primary
To book or for enquiries contact:
IrishAidCentre@dfa.ie
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