About Misean Cara
Misean Cara is an international and Irish faith-based missionary movement working with some of the most marginalised and vulnerable communities in developing countries.
Budget 2021 submission sets out Misean Cara’s key asks of Government
With Ireland approaching an extremely important Budget 2021 announcement by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe on 13 October, Misean Cara made its budget submission to Government in late August – following up on, and coherent with, the Irish development...
Learning and Development Manager
The Learning and Development Manager will promote and support evidence-based innovation and learning within Misean Cara and among its members. Supported by the Learning and Development Team, and working in collaboration with other sections of Misean Cara, the position...
A Crisis within a Crisis – COVID-19 and resilient food systems.
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting lives and livelihoods across the globe, as well as affecting all aspects of development and humanitarian activities. Misean Cara’s Livelihoods Officer Don Lucey reflects on how the pandemic has underlined the importance of a...
Could hunger become the second global pandemic of 2020?
Misean Cara’s Health Officer Niamh Caffrey warns that hunger could become the second global pandemic of 2020. As COVID-19 continues to dominate around the world, a further emergency is lurking in its shadows, ready to strike, and impact millions...
COVID-19: through the Darkest of Days, there was still Innovation!
Misean Cara’s Health Project Officer Niamh Caffrey reflects on the innovation and creativity of our members, and their dedication to local solutions for local communities. “Against a backdrop of the destruction of life, livelihoods and economies resulting from COVID-19,...
Looking back over the High Level Political Forum 2020
Thomas Pallithanam, Salesian Representative to the UN, looks back over the Forum which was held online for the first time this year. The High Level Political Forum 2020, the 8th to be held since the Forum’s inception in 2013...
Has the ‘Continuum of Care’ been abandoned during COVID-19?
Misean Cara’s Niamh Caffrey reflects on the pressures on healthcare systems to balance their response to COVID-19 while maintaining treatment of other medical issues. “Although it is too early in this global pandemic to be confident of its wider...
Misean Cara welcomes focus on educational inclusion in Global Education Monitoring Report 2020
The report notes challenges around varying understandings of inclusion, difficulties with teacher training and support, inappropriate infrastructure and the persistence of parallel systems and special schools. Every year the Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report assesses progress towards Sustainable Development...
COVID-19 – the view on the global pandemic from Misean Cara HQ in Dublin
Misean Cara presents a series of reflections about COVID-19 from the team in Ireland. Misean Cara’s Health Project Officer Niamh Caffrey reflects on the pandemic in Ireland and overseas, bringing her global health expertise to focus on the pandemic’s...
Franciscans defend migrants’ rights at Human Rights Council
In Central America, migrants and their defenders – those who provide food, shelter, medical or legal services – are facing an increasingly hostile environment. This was the message from Misean Cara’s project partner Franciscans International who addressed the Human...