Trocaire

Description: Set up in 1973 by the Irish Catholic Bishops, Trócaire aims to support the world's poorest people in their efforts to ... more

Trocaire ... improve their lives. Assistance is also provided during times of emergency. Over the past 27 years, Trócaire has supported more than 6,000 programmes in 60 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin and Central America.

Newest Review: ... appalled that they had this luxury when their people lived the way they did. I was taken to the Trocaire compound, which was surrounded by high, barbed wire topped walls and had armed guards at the gates. Sporadic violence still broke out, so I was told that we couldn’t be too careful. Kevin Kelly, Trocaire’s rep in Rwanda, met me. He was a quiet spoken man, and as my stay went ... more

... on, I saw that he cared passionately about Rwanda and its people. He shoed me the itinerary that we were to follow, and explained a bit about each project that we would visit. I went to bed that night, worn out, but unable to sleep. I was full of excite...more

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Trocaire: I saw first hand how much good our money was doing. (3987 words)
by - written on 05/07/01 (Very useful, 744 readings)
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Trocaire is an Irish oversees aid agency set up just over 27 years ago by Irish Catholic Bishops to help ease suffering in under-privileged and under-developed countries abroad. Many people living in mainland UK will not have heard of Trocaire, but most dooyooers living in Ireland both North and South will know who they are. They are highly respected and well acknowledged for the work that they do. For as long as I can remember, I have had a Trocaire Lenten box on my kitchen windowsill every lent. It is a little cardboard moneybox that is given out at mass at the start of Lent each year. People are encouraged to put money into it that they have saved from giving ... Read the complete review

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