Last week’s rainstorm and flash flooding in Donegal reminds us that it’s not just in Texas and South Asia that climate change is impacting. Here at home these “once in a century” weather events are becoming more common. Over the weekend, ElectricAid approved a donation of €5,000 to the Red Cross Appeal for Donegal. These…
Climate change is at its most pressing at the margins, impacting most on the people who did least to cause it. In the Zinder region of Niger, ASALs (Arid & Semi-Arid Lands) are losing ground steadily to desertification. This process is accelerated by the stripping of the remaining tree cover for fuelling inefficient and unhealthy…
Yes, it’s back again! The ever-popular ElectricAid Book/CD/DVD/Art/Bric-a-Brac Sale is set for 20th and 21st September, in the new and bigger setting of the Gateway Three Conference Room (just across from the Restaurant). We will have loads of extra space to sell loads of great stuff at knock-down prices – provided of course that YOU…
UNHCR ‘s Kakuma Camp Refugee Camp is one of the largest in the world, covering 150 km2 and accommodating an estimated 180,000 people. The camp is in Turkana, NW Kenya, and has received successive waves of Sudanese, Somali and South Sudanese refugees. The Jesuit Relief Service (JRS) provides some health (including mental health) services in…
