-themed reception which will include music, dance and food.

The Centre will also screen the film during the day for local secondary school students which will be fol-lowed by workshops facili-tated by people from vari-ous African countries. If you are a second-level teacher and would like your students to partici-pate, please contact the Centre on 051 873064.

Events are sponsored by Irish Aid. For a full listing of Africa Day events throughout Ireland, visit the event website at www.africaday.ie.

The Waterford One World Centre is once again pleased to participate in Irish Aid’s celebration of Africa Day on the 25th of May, 2010. Africa Day commemorates the estab-lishment of the African Union and is an opportu-nity to share with Africans around the world the cul-tural and social achieve-ments of this vast conti-nent.

The Centre invites the peo-ple of Waterford to cele-brate Africa Day with a film and cultural event at the Garter Lane Arts Cen-tre, O’Connell St., Water-ford City on Tuesday, the

25th of May, 2010.

This year we will feature the film Kicking It which is narrated by Colin Farrell and chronicles the 2006 Homeless World Cup and includes teams from Dub-lin, Afghanistan, Kenya, the United States and 44 other countries. The film will be shown at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday the 25th of May, and will be free and open to the public but pre-booking is essential. To reserve your seats for the film, please contact the Garter Lane Arts Centre directly on 051 855038.

Following the film, the Centre will host an African

Africa Day Around Ireland Irish Aid is holding their flagship event at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin on 16 May. The African Bazaar features food, music and culture from over 20 Afri-can countries and includes cooking demonstrations and two music stages.

The Galway One World Centre, along with Galway Film Society and the

Huston School of Film, is sponsoring their second annual African Film Festi-val on Sunday the 31st of May. Tendeka Matatu, producer of Jerusalema, will introduce his film on the night of the 31st.

Kerry Action for Develop-ment Education (KADE) with Clubheadbangbang is sponsoring a photography

exhibit, Visions of Africa, which features positive images of Africa from pro-fessional photographers.

The Integration and Sup-port Unit in Waterford City will host a cultural day from 11:00—2:00 on the 25th of May. Activities include a fashion show, dance, drumming, food and a kiddies corner.

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Fairtrade Fortnight 2010

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Development Education Around Ireland

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10 Years 3

Year of Combat-ing Poverty and Social Exclusion

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About Us 4

Africa Day

The Waterford One World Centre held a very successful and very fun Mad Hatter’s Fairtrade Tea Party to celebrate the close of Fairtrade Fort-night. On hand were the Mayor of Waterford, Cllr. John Halligan, Sen. Mau-rice Cummins, Cllr. Sea-mus Ryan, local students and members of the Wa-terford Community.

Tea and cakes were do-nated by David Joy and Lattetude Café. Music and entertainment were provided by Konor Halpin

as the Mad Hatter.

Also during Fairtrade Fortnight the Centre hosted Tanzanian coffee producer Josephat Syl-vand who visited local schools. Centre staff pro-vided workshops for stu-dents to accompany this visit.

Waterford will celebrate-five years as a Fairtrade City on 13 October 2010. Events will be held at the Waterford Institute of Technology, the first third level institution in Ireland

to switch to Fair-trade.WOWC will also be distributing a map of Wa-terford City that includes all retail and catering out-lets that carry Fairtrade products. If you would like your business in-cluded pleast contact the Centre on 051 873064.

This event was sponsored by Irish Aid and Fairtrade Mark Ireland.

tion is the 21st of May. Contact IDEA on 01 661 8831 or conference @ideaonline.ie.

The Development and Intercultural Education Project (DICE) is holding a conference, Development Education Matters. This Conference takes place on the 17th and 18th of June at Mary Immaculate Col-lege in Limerick.

The Irish Development Education Association is holding its Annual Con-ference on the 4th of June, 10:00— 4:00 at Space 54, Haymarket Building, Dublin 7.

The Conference, Radical Common Sense: Education for Change, addresses the role of development edu-cation in affecting change. The deadline for registra-

Through a series of work-shops and speakers, par-ticipants will reflect on development and intercul-tural education. Deadline for registration is the 31st of May, please contact jfingleton@cice.ie or fill out the registration form at www.diceproject.org.

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Development Education Around Ireland

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Below: Centre staff Agnes Ogunleye, Attracta Kinsella and Susan Gallwey along with volunteer Harvey Kinsella, enjoy a moment break from serving Fair-trade tea and buns

Above: Mayor of Waterford, Cllr. John Halligan has the first cup of Fairtrade tea while Lucy Whittle, Coordinator, Waterford One World Centre, looks on. Right: The Mad Hatter and his trusty sidekick the White Rabbit entertain tea party guests.

Local students enjoying tea party activities

The Reception and Inte-gration Agency was estab-lished ten years ago to assist with the increase in the number of asylum applications to Ireland. Direct provision centres were set up throughout Ireland which were meant to house people temporar-ily, a maximum of six months according to a recent RTÉ report, but instead people have lan-guished in this system for years.

Adult males are housed in single rooms with 4 to 6 men per room and fami-lies of up to 6 people are housed in a single room without a private bath-room. People in the asy-lum process are not al-lowed to work or access third level education and are provided with €19.10 per week to meet their needs. The direct provi-sion centres provide asy-lum seekers with their room and meals.

There are approximately 6500 people currently liv-ing in direct provision in Ireland and 50% of those are families with children.

Every person, regardless of their country of origin, has the right to asylum under the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as under the Geneva Con-vention. People seeking asylum flee their countries of origin because of perse-cution carried out by their own governments or if their governments are not able to protect them. Asy-lum seekers and their chil-dren are no longer safe in their own countries.

The Dubl in based AkiDwa (the Swahili word for sisterhood), which is an ethnic minor-ity led network of African and migrant women living in Ireland, has recently published Am Only Saying It Now, which chronicles the experiences of 121 women living in direct provision in Ireland. The study found that the women felt harassed and discriminated against and an overwhelming fear that if they complained it would negatively impact their case for asylum.

The Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) 2009 re-port, One Size Doesn’t Fit All, details the failure of the state to meet the “most basic human rights of those in its care includ-ing rights to health, food, housing, and family life.”

FLAC has called for the end to the direct provision system advocating instead that people in the asylum system should be allowed to work, prepare their own meals, have access to proper health services, and be assured of their basic human rights as guaranteed by the United Nations and the Irish Constitution.

For more information or to access these publica-tions, go to www.flac.ie and www.akidwa.ie.

The Waterford City Com-munity Forum is sponsor-ing events to raise aware-ness of these issues.

During social inclusion week in October, there will be a colouring compe-tition for primary students that explores these

2010 marks the European Year of Combating Pov-erty and Social Exclusion which is designed to coor-dinate action among all European countries on these critical issues which impact all of us.

Despite its relative wealth, 16% of Irish people are at risk of poverty and there are 3000 people currently homeless, 500 of whom are children.

themes; a story telling series that profiles people at risk for poverty and social exclusion, and a public forum that focuses on what we can do to make Waterford a wel-coming place for all every-one.

10 Years

Year of Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion

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“Living in a reception centre is really depressing. You don’t have your own life. You can’t eat what you like to eat. It’s really frustrating living in this condition because you don’t have freedom. It’s like being in jail. -from Am Only Saying It Now

“You fear to speak or say anything since you are threat-ened with transfer every time you question or challenge. Gardai have been called many times when residents stand up for their rights...You are al-ways in fear of the conse-quences, with a feeling of lack of control, hope or drive in your life. - from Am Only Saying It Now

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education projects for both the formal and non-formal sectors, to provide opportunities for individuals and groups to act on their commitment to devel-opment issues, and to improve our organisa-tion through education and strategic partner-ships.

The Centre provides w o r k s h op s , p r o -grammes and resources to educators, trainers, and students of all lev-els. Please feel free to come browse our re-source library or access

The Waterford One World Centre is a De-velopment Education Centre dedicated to the provision of quality pro-grammes that increase awareness of global and development issues. Our work is based on our mission statement: to work in partnership with the local commu-nity to educate and em-power people to take action on global issues of social justice and hu-man dignity.

Our Programme Objec-tives are to provide a range of development

our collection on-line at www.wa te r fo rdone worldcentre.com.

If you would like to contact the Centre or subscribe to the Cen-tre’s newsletter, please contact us on 051 873 064 or at info@water f o r d o n ewo r l d c e n -tre.com.

The views expressed herein are those of the Waterford One World Centre and can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of Irish Aid or any of our other funders.

About Us

Committee Siobhan Moore,

Chair Pamela Bartley Parisch Browne Helen Byrne

Susan Gallwey Dorothy Maduewesi Kevin Mascarenhas

Pat O’Driscoll Lucy Whittle

Waterford One World Centre 18 Parnell Street Waterford Ireland