Doolough Famine Walk 2025
Join us on Saturday, May 17th, 2025, in Louisburgh, Co. Mayo, for our annual Afri Doolough Famine Walk, a poignant journey of remembrance, solidarity, and commitment to action. This year’s theme, Sowing Seeds of Change in Remembrance and Solidarity, calls on us to honour the lives needlessly lost during An Gorta Mór—the Great Hunger—by confronting…Continue reading Doolough Famine Walk 2025
Annual Féile na Beatha Festival Takes Place at SETU
SETU hosted the annual Féile na Beatha (Festival of Life) in collaboration with Afri (Action from Ireland) on Thursday, 27 March. The event brought together social care students, Afri, and members of the University and local community to commemorate the lives lost during the Great Famine and reflect on how history can guide us in fostering…Continue reading Annual Féile na Beatha Festival Takes Place at SETU
Food for Thought 2025
Join us for our annual Food for Thought event this Monday, April 7th from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm at St Mary’s Hall, ATU Mayo! This year, we’re exploring the vital theme of Peace, Justice, and the Environment. We’ve teamed up with the enthusiastic Third-Year Outdoor Education and History and Geography students from Atlantic Technological…Continue reading Food for Thought 2025
Féile na Beatha 2025
Join Afri and South East Technological University on Thursday, March 27, from 11 am to 2 pm for this remarkable annual festival! This year’s theme, Creating Cultures of Care, prompts us to consider the vital role of care, exploring the profound significance of the past and ways we can forge futures rooted in empathy, solidarity, and…Continue reading Féile na Beatha 2025
Save the Date – Famine Walk 2025
We hope you will join us again this year for our annual Doolough Famine Walk, which will be held on Saturday, May 17th, 2025, in Louisburgh, Co. Mayo. More details to follow soon.
‘The Seeds of Time’ fundraiser
Dear friends and supporters. We would like to share this important fundraiser organised by Afri’s friend, Irish Author and Seedkeeper, Claire O’Grady Walshe. Please read Claire’s appeal below. Dear friends. Clare here wishing you all well and wanted to share news of an inspiring community response to the critical challenge facing Kenyan farmers. An unjust…Continue reading ‘The Seeds of Time’ fundraiser
Féile Bríde 2025
Brigid’s Light: Illuminating Paths of Justice and Solidarity We are delighted to welcome you to Féile Bríde 2025. Organised in partnership with the Brigidines and Cairde Bríde in the beautiful Solas Bhríde Centre, this gathering is dedicated to exploring and encouraging action on the pressing issues of our time. The event brings together diverse speakers,…Continue reading Féile Bríde 2025
(Dis)Placed – The Weight of History
Date: 25th January 2025 Time: 7.30pm Location: Glebe House Register on Evenbrite Join us in the Boyne Valley to explore themes of poverty, conflict and migration. Drawing upon the ghosts and threads of history, we will examine the Battle of the Boyne and the famine that came sometime later. Current conflicts and injustice will also be explored through…Continue reading (Dis)Placed – The Weight of History
The End Of Year Album 2024
As we approach the end of 2024, we’re presented with the unique opportunity to look back on the journey of 2024. In this video, we take you through Afri’s efforts over 2024 to build a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world through events, publications, films, and activities. This moment also presents a chance to cast…Continue reading The End Of Year Album 2024
Reflections from our Teacher Training Day
Last Wednesday, November 20th, we hosted a fun and challenging workshop, diving into how teachers can cultivate emotional intelligence, empathy and empowerment when exploring global issues through drama-based activities and other creative methodologies 🌏 Led by Pete Mullineaux, participants explored how to: foster dialogue about global issues model methods of conflict transformation in the classroom…Continue reading Reflections from our Teacher Training Day