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Ireland
Developing World Immersion Programme
Providing students from our Network schools with opportunities to engage with local communities in a Developing Country. By ‘being with' and reflecting on that experience in the light of the Gospel message.
Contact person: Br Tony Twomey
Telephone: 01 819 6781 Email:
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Website: www.network.edmundrice.eu
The Information and Support Unit
Based at the International Heritage Centres, Mount Sion
Responding to the needs of refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants in Waterford.
Contact: Br Kevin Mascarenhas Telephone: 051 852 564 Email:
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Burren Chernobyl Project
The Burren Chernobyl Project, based at the Brothers' Monastery in Ennistymon, helps child victims of the fallout from the Chernobyl reactor explosion. Many projects have been carried out to assist the children and their families who are enduring the effects of exposure to radiation and the other social and economic problems facing them in Belarus.
Contact person: Br Liam O'Meara
Website: www.burrenchernobyl.ie Telephone: 065 707 1130 Email:
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Edmund Rice International
Our Advocacy and Justice Office in Geneva is a non-governmental organisation commited to advocating on behalf of young people who are at risk because of poverty, discrimination, lack of access to education, and war.
Contact person: Br Brian Bond
Email:
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Website: www.edmundriceinternational.org
England
Adult Immersion Programme
Recruiting adults to join international immersion programmes. This year's programmes are in Zambia and Kenya. The programmes are organised and presented by Christian Brothers and Presentation Sisters (Zambia) and offer deeply personal and challenging experiences to the participants.
Contact: Ms Shelagh Lochery
Location: The Edmund Rice Office, Woodeaves, Hale Barns, Altrincham, WA15 0HF. England
Email:
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Telephone: 0161 904 0786
Developing World Immersion Programme
Aimed at exposing 6th Form students to the realities of diverse cultures through Immersion placements in Sierra Leone. The project involves the recruitment and preparation of small groups, accompanied by staff, to allow them to experience schools, projects and communities in the Developing World.
Contact: Mr Tom Murray
Location: The Edmund Rice Office, Woodeaves, Hale Barns, Altrincham, WA15 0HF. England
Telephone: 07757282562 (mobile) 0161904 0786 (office)
Email:
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