Category: Blog
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is part of the UN’s commitment to ending FGM in all its forms, all over the world. What is FGM? Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice that involves removing all or part of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons. FGM has no […]
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Merry Christmas – and a better, brighter 2018!
We’re aiming to make 2018 a year when we raise enough money to ensure our work reaches more people than ever – starting now! Our aim for this year’s Christmas appeal is to raise €40,000. It’s a big target – but we’ve got big plans. We’d like to do even more in 2018. More to […]
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It’s getting better for girls — but a Day of the Girl is still needed
Every year we like to remind our readers and supporters about the UN International Day of the Girl on 11 October – in fact we’ve been doing so since this initiative began in 2012. Girls and their rights are a strong focus of our work and we wholeheartedly agree that, as the UN site says: “Adolescent girls […]
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Join us for the 2017 Kenya Ball in Cork
This year we are celebrating 15 years of partnerships, community development, changing lives and creating better futures – and what better way to celebrate than at our Kenya Ball 2017! Tickets are now on sale for this popular event, which takes place on Saturday 14 October at the Maryborough Hotel in Cork. Last year’s ball was […]
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Carol Gavin’s presentation at the Water, Engineering and Development Centre International Conference
As part of my role with Brighter Communities Worldwide, I attended a conference hosted by the Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) in Loughborough University in England from the 24th to the 28th of July. I was there to present a case study of our work in Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM). This case study explored and detailed […]
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Mountain Challenge 2017
It’s that time of year again and we’re looking for participants to take on our mountain challenge. Join other adventures and walk across some of Ireland’s most famous hills on Saturday 19 August 2017 to raise money for Brighter Communities Worldwide. This year we’re offering you two different options: climb Carrauntoohill – the highest mountain in Ireland at 1,038m (3,406 […]
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Roisin, a third-year student on placement with Brighter Communities Worldwide
Jambo! My name is Roisin Dunne and I am a third-year student in International Development with Food Policy in UCC. As part of third year, we have the opportunity to go on placement with an NGO to get some real experience in the field we all hope to be working in in the future. I […]
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Vaccines save lives
Immunization saves millions of lives and is widely recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost-effective health interventions. Today, there are still 19.4 million unvaccinated and under-vaccinated children in the world. 2017 marks the halfway point in the Global Vaccine Action Plan (GVAP) – endorsed by 194 Member States of the World Health Assembly […]
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Teacher exchange reciprocal visit to Kenya
Following Kenyan teachers visiting Irish schools last year, five Irish teachers travelled to Londiani, Kenya to spend time with the students and teachers of their partner schools. The visit was funded by Irish Aid’s WorldWise Global Schools programme. The teachers from Mountrath Community School, Colaiste Pobail Acla and Cobh Community College are partnered with Siret Secondary […]
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Sophia
It is with much sadness that Brighter Communities Worldwide reflects on the passing of Sophia Muthoni Njehia, a wonderful friend and generous supporter of the Brighter Communities Worldwide community. Sophia was a woman who lived in Londiani and gave so much of herself, her time, her energy to her family, her neighbours, her church and […]
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Why waste water?
World Water Day is held on 22 March every year and is a way of talking about and taking action on important issues around water. This year the focus is on the water we waste. Globally, the vast majority of all the wastewater from our homes, cities, industry and agriculture flows back to nature without being treated or […]
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Partnership seminar in Londiani
Partnership and communication are key to every good relationship. That is why each year we invite representatives of all our partners (government representatives, communities and schools) to come together and evaluate the year gone by and look at the future together.On the 26th and 27th of January this year 83 people gathered in Londiani, Kenya to […]
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