Responding to injustice in the world caused by war and other violent conflict
Continue reading “Féile na Beatha Ceatharlach – Carlow’s Spring ‘Festival of Living’”
Joe Murray, Coordinator of Afri for many years, will be retiring this year. Afri is now advertising for a new Coordinator, with a closing date of April 26. Details are in the job advertisement below and the job description at this link. We encourage those with relevant experience and an interest in Afri’s innovative work for peace, global justice and sustainable development to apply.
Afri is a small but prominent peace and justice organisation in Ireland, in existence since 1975. Afri has an office in Dublin but works around the country and with international partners. Afri’s vision is of a just, peaceful, equal and sustainable world.
Please join us for a day of interactive events including a Workshop, Famine Walk, and Solidarity Talk, interwoven with Poetry, Music and Musings, on Tuesday March 19th 2024.
Afri’s annual Féile Bride Peace Conference entitled ‘The Light of Peace amidst the Clouds of War’, organised in partnership with the Brigidines and Cairde Bríde, took place on Saturday, February 10th, 2024 in the beautiful Solas Bhríde Centre, Kildare town. Continue reading “Reflections from Féile Bríde 2024”
This resource is for post primary school teachers who wish to facilitate understanding of the interconnection between war and hunger. It will support teachers to explore critical topics such as the global arms trade, global hunger, and peace, through participatory and active learning methodologies which will be engaging and emotive for students.
Continue reading “Sowing Seeds of Peace: a GCE Resource on Hunger as a Consequence of War”
On Thursday, February 1st, ‘Brigid of Kildare’, accompanied by members of Afri and StoP, attempted to delivered a letter, a copy of the Downpatrick Declaration and a St. Brigid Peace Cross to Tánaiste Micheál Martin at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin.
The doors of the Department, however, were firmly closed against Brigid – it seems her message of peace is not welcome in Foreign Affairs. Continue reading “Brigid to bring message of peace to Foreign Affairs on Feb. 1st.”
Afri’s annual Féile Bride Peace Conference entitled ‘The Light of Peace amidst the Clouds of War’, organised in partnership with the Brigidines and Cairde Bríde, will take place on Saturday, February 10th, 2024 in the beautiful Solas Bhríde Centre, Kildare town.
Afri will once again begin our calendar year with an informal gathering at the bench in Stephens Green commemorating Louie Bennett and her companion Helen Chevenix. All are welcome to meet there at 1 pm on her birthday, on Sunday, 7th January. Continue reading “Louie Bennett Commemoration”
For the third year in succession, at noon, on Thursday, February 1st, ‘Brigid of Kildare’, accompanied by members of Afri and StoP, will deliver a letter, a copy of the Downpatrick Declaration and a St. Brigid Peace Cross to Tánaiste Micheál Martin at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin.
Continue reading “Brigid to bring message of peace to Foreign Affairs on Feb. 1st”
