Ratna Nelapati of ITS, BSC, and a former Committee member of ElectricAid, used the occasion of a family visit home to India to visit Prajwala on our behalf. Prajwala is an Indian NGO specialising in the protection, rescue and rehabilitation of women & child victims of sex trafficking. We have funded Prajwala, and Ratna’s excellentContinue reading “ElectricAid visits Prajwala in India”
Tag Archives: featured
ElectricAid’s Humanitarian Response in 2014
ElectricAid’s main focus is on Development, but we do not turn our back on Humanitarian Disasters. So far in 2014, we have committed €87,300 of your generously-donated funds to address humanitarian emergencies all over the world – please see the attached table for full details. Our Special Appeal has now reached €75,000 –Continue reading “ElectricAid’s Humanitarian Response in 2014”
ElectricAid team rises to ice bucket challenge
The ElectricAid team (John Kelly, Tina Pittock, Philip Rowntree and James Foley) met their icy doom yesterday, Tuesday 02.09.14. We’re still recovering …! The whole point is to raise funds for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association – a fantastic charity that ElectricAid supported last year. You can do this by texting “MND” to 50300Continue reading “ElectricAid team rises to ice bucket challenge”
ElectricAid’s Humanitarian Response Appeal, 2014
ElectricAid has exhausted its capacity to respond to the various humanitarian crises in our troubled world. Recent fundings in South Sudan, Iraq, Gaza, and Liberia (Ebola) have emptied the cupboard. We have refused two urgent appeals, and have three fundings for reputable agencies (2 in West Africa, one in South Sudan) on hold until weContinue reading “ElectricAid’s Humanitarian Response Appeal, 2014”
Urgent Appeal for Gaza and West Africa (Ebola)
Our emergency funds are exhausted … The world is very troubled, and innocent people are suffering greatly. Over the last month, ElectricAid has committed all of our emergency funds to four separate areas of strife, where the needs are extreme: South Sudan Oxfam Ireland Concern Care for internally-displaced people (IDPs) Nutrition for S.Continue reading “Urgent Appeal for Gaza and West Africa (Ebola)”
ElectricAid funds Irish Red Cross response in Gaza
ElectricAid recently committed €5000, on your behalf, to the Irish Red Cross’ response effort in Gaza. Declan Curran of the IRC provided us with this update: ‘In Gaza, more than 1,900 people have been killed and some 10,000 wounded since hostilities began. At least 400,000 people have been displaced and more than 9,000 homes rendered uninhabitable.Continue reading “ElectricAid funds Irish Red Cross response in Gaza”
Ebola – ElectricAid answers the call.
ElectricAid has today (Tuesday, 11.08) answered the call of ASHDI, one of our longest-established and trusted partners. They are at the forefront of the battle to contain and roll back of the Ebola virus in Liberia, West Africa. Ignorance and panic are contributing to the spread of the virus; our funding of €7,500 will helpContinue reading “Ebola – ElectricAid answers the call.”
Syria and Philippines – our members and friends have again answered the call!
ElectricAid’s Special Appeal for Syria and the Philippines has been an outstanding success. This is not our success but yours – the entire ESB and EirGrid communities. From the widow’s mite and the pensioner’s fiver, to the hundreds of very generous contributions (some of 4 figures), right up to ESB’s generous matching contribution, the AppealContinue reading “Syria and Philippines – our members and friends have again answered the call!”
electricaid.ie 