"We didn’t used to have these extremes. Now we are seeing floods and droughts in the same year.” Malita, Malawi The Trócaire Lenten Appeal this year aims to highlight the challenges faced by families...
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Irish Aid: Trócaire welcomes additional €60m for overseas aid in Budget 2024, but warns ‘much higher increases needed’
Climate finance announced in today’s Budget “doesn’t go far enough” to meet Ireland’s UNFCCC obligations Trócaire has welcomed the additional €60 million allocated in Official Development Assistance...
Trócaire Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements (For the financial year ended 28 February 2023)
In 2022/2023, Trócaire improved the lives of 1.58 million people in 23 of the most fragile countries in the world, thanks to the generous support of the Irish public. This included supporting over...
Trócaire welcomes landmark COP27 agreement for Loss and Damage fund
The fund is aimed at providing vital financial support to the millions affected by climate change Trócaire has welcomed the agreement at COP27 for the establishment of a Loss and Damage fund aimed at...
Trócaire Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements (For the financial year ended 28 February 2022)
Trócaire supported 1.8 million people in 24 countries around the world last year* Trόcaire, the overseas development agency, supported 1.8 million people in 24 countries around the world in 2021/22,...
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President Michael D Higgins: We cannot let famine in the Horn of Africa slip from our agenda
Region has endured devastating hunger three times in 30 years. On the previous two occasions, the world said ‘never again’ Thirty years ago this year, I travelled to Kenya and Somalia with Sally...
Living with climate change, drought and desertification in Ethiopia
Trócaire 28 Jun 2022 In Southern Ethiopia, pastoralists like Kulu Halake depend on their cattle to survive. But climate change has brought more frequent and intense drought Kula says “I am fifty...
Trócaire says final COP26 agreement is “deeply disappointing”
The failure of global leaders to include Loss and Damage financing from the final COP26 agreement is “deeply disappointing” and a “missed opportunity” by the powerful nations who have contributed...
Climate Crisis – A Solution in the Hands of Global Leaders and Politicians
Philip Nyasulu There is an urgent need for the heads of global and regional groupings, states and governments to formulate, implement and adequately resource pro-poor climate change policies and...
Extreme drought, worsened by global climate change rages through Ethiopia
Nóirín Byrne Ethiopia is experiencing its worst hunger crisis in 20 years and severe drought and the impacts of global climate change are intensifying the situation every day. On World...
Local Power Global Justice - Trócaire Strategic Plan 2021-2025
New Trócaire strategic plan highlights likely growth in conflicts globally Trócaire has launched its new five-year strategic plan (2021-2025), signalling a rise in conflict globally as one of its...
Sustainable farming helping families to cope with climate change in Malawi
Patricia and Overton started working on constructing their garden outside their home in July 2019. Already, they have seen major progress and are reaping the rewards. They are one of many families in...
Uganda + 2 more
International community failing its commitment to the refugee crisis in Uganda, NGOs warn
Joint statement by 40 NGOs The international community is failing in its commitment to share responsibility for responding to one of the world's biggest refugee crises, 40 international NGOs in...
Kenyan Village Coping With Climate Change
Being a farmer in a part of the world that is severely affected by climate change is very difficult. Pauline Karimi, 54, lives in an area that is recovering from a year-long drought. But despite...
Promoting climate change governance in Kenya
Trócaire is implementing a new project in Turkana for improving food security through climate change governance. Turkana is one of the most challenging places in the world to live. This remote arid...
“It has been 5 years without rain”
Greta Sarracino Communities in Guatemala are affected by Climate Change, drought and hunger. In a country where violence, corruption and discrimination towards indigenous people is common, people are...
Stronger together: communal garden in Rwanda benefits twenty five families
In a village in Nyamagabe, Rwanda, the community have built a water pond that serves a communal garden now benefitting twenty five families. While Rwanda benefits from two rainy seasons, because of...
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Trócaire Latin American Regional Office - Newsletter - Spring 2015
Contents 1 - 3. Sally O'Neill and Her Contribution to Trócaire and Central America Updates from the Honduras and Guatemala DIPECHO projects News from the Region El Salvador & Guatemala Honduras &...
Climate change hitting Zimbabwe's farmers hard
By Nelly Maonde, Zimbabwe Livelihoods & Humanitarian Programme Officer. Every year, life gets more difficult for Matthew Sibanda. This 66-year-old farmer has lived all his life in the Matobo region...
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Climate change causing real water shortages
Posted by Eoghan Rice A short sunny spell in Ireland has already led to calls for people to be careful how much water they use in case of shortages. Just as the freeze of two winter’s ago led to...