New Initiative for Promoting Justice in School
Steve Rocha cfc promotes and co-ordinates the work of ERI in India. Recently he was invited to spend a month as a ‘Justice Facilitator in Residence’ at an Australian school.…
moving hearts | changing minds
Steve Rocha cfc promotes and co-ordinates the work of ERI in India. Recently he was invited to spend a month as a ‘Justice Facilitator in Residence’ at an Australian school.…
Photo shows an Afghan family in a UN refugee camp. UN Photo/Luke Powell On June 4th & 5th the 60th session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child…
On Monday, May 21, Edmund Rice International appeared before the Committee on NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations) to request Consultative Status at the United Nations. Kevin Cawley represented ERI at the meeting.…
The launch of the Edmund Rice Beyond 250 Appeal took place at the Marino Institute of Education in Dublin on May 2nd. This year marks the 250th anniversary of the…
Preparations to mark the Earth Hour in Zimbabwe started with a workshop at St Patrick’s, CBC Bulawayo. Thirty representatives from different stakeholder groups including local government, churches, schools, environment agencies,…
Anne-Tamara Lorre from the Canadian Permanent Mission with members of the children’s delegation from India. Also pictured are (at back l-r) Br Steve Rocha, Aditya Garg and Vijay Kumar. In…
To listen to a series of sad-eyed social scientists list the cruel and degrading treatment of children held in detention centres is a harrowing way to spend two hours in…
The Edmund Rice International (ERI) submission for the Universal Periodic Review of the United States at the UN Human Rights Council in November 2010 focused on the issue of Guest…
ERI has leant its support to a written submission by Franciscans International (FI) to the Human Rights Council on the plight of albino children in Tanzania. Albinism is a genetic…
In his annual message for the World day of Peace, Pope Benedict XVI has expressed his conviction that the young, with their enthusiasm and idealism, can offer new hope to…