Tag Archives: education

The Many Faces of Hope: The Girl Effect

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Clare

Today I’ve hopped on board a global blogging campaign for The Girl Effect, an organisation which promotes investment in girls, joining bloggers around the world to help to spread the word about the importance of getting girls into school, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Development, Education, photography | Tagged development, education, girl effect, girleffect | 6 Comments

Fighting Words: Plays, performances & powerful potential.

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Clare

(This post has been bubbling for a few days, but what with all the Street Feast shenanigans, I did not have the space to write it. Now I do!…) My belly ached from laughter for three days last week, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Education, NGO, Social Entrepreneurship, photography | Tagged Dave Eddgers, dublin, education, fighting words, ireland, NGO, Roddy Doyle | Leave a comment

Poetry to catch the heart off guard

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Clare

In his poem, Postscript, Seamus Heaney writes about driving along the West Coast of Ireland where, when the wind and light are working off each other, the view has the ability to ‘catch the heart off guard and blow it … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Education, poetry | Tagged education, learning, poetry, sarah kay, Spoken Word Poetry, TED, UNICEF, writing | 1 Comment

‘One Wild Life’ goes to school.

Posted on March 9, 2011 by Clare

Dreams are powerful things. They help to direct us and give shape to our actions. They allow us to delve into the possible and help us to tap into our own potential. Dreams are drivers. Over the last week I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, books, photography | Tagged book, books, education, one wild life, photobook, photography, school | 1 Comment

Sticky images: Shifting views on female education.

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Clare

Sometimes an images sticks to me. It is there, ingrained, whispering reminders of the past and echoing distant thoughts. I’ve taken thousands and thousands of images over the last few years but I’ve forgotten many of them. However there are … Continue reading →