Media Centre
For all media enquiries, please contact:
Gorta's Marketing and Communications Manager, Adrienne Dunne at adrienne.dunne@gorta.org
Gorta, 12 Herbert Street, Dublin 2. Tel 01 661 5522.
21/10/2009
More than 173 million people STAND UP against Poverty
A Guinness World Record was shattered this weekend when 173,045,325 citizens gathered at over 3,000 events in more than 120 countries, demanding that their governments eradicate extreme poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Read more »
13/10/2009
Gorta World Food Day Conference to be broadcast online
This year, for the first time, Gorta's World Food Day conference will be accessible throughout Ireland - and beyond - via a webcast commencing at 9.15am on Friday next, October 16th. Read more »
13/10/2009
Irish Independent highlights Gorta's work in schools nationwide today
In.Tuition is a weekly four page supplement produced for Secondary School CSPE students by the Irish Independent. It aims to 'bring the world into the classroom'. To coincide with World Food Day this Friday, October 16th, this week's issue focuses on the world food crisis and features the work of Gorta in our countries of operation. Read more »
14/09/2009
Climate change in Kenya - the importance of trees
When I arrived to Kenya, I learned one of the most important lessons of my life. Climate change is real and it's worse than I thought. Yes, it is caused by humans. No, it is not the natural warming of the earth. So what caused this revelation? Read more »
09/09/2009
222 people gather outside Department of Finance
Today, Ireland’s aid agencies called on the government to 'get back on track' with its overseas aid promise to reach the 0.7% GDP target by 2012. Gathering outside the Department of Finance, 222 people representing the €222 million cut from the Irish aid budget this year, declared that, even in difficult economic times, we do care about the poorest people of our world. Read more »
