The Global Schools' Awards
Welcome to the Irish Aid Our World Global Schools' Awards
Set up in 1974, Irish Aid is a organisation working within the Department of Foreign Affairs which provides aid and support to developing countries throughout the world. Through Irish Aid, the people of Ireland, including you, are providing money and supporting a range of projects to improve the everyday lives of some of the poorest people around the globe.
Because we know that school children around Ireland have lots of opinions and ideas about making the world a better place, a few years ago Irish Aid set up Our World Global Schools' Awards programme. The programme looks at the theme of poverty all around the world and ways that we in Ireland are working with these countries to fight the causes of poverty. It then asks you to make a project in groups with your friends at school to let us know how you feel about the subject and also asks you to bring your message out of the classroom and to the rest of your school, friends, family and community!
In past years, hundreds of schools and thousands of children - from 3rd to 6th class (RoI) / Years 5 to 7 (NI) - have taken part in this project. You could be in with a chance to receive on behalf of your school an Our World Global Schools' Awards plaque to display or if your projects are really outstanding you might be invited to attend an exciting awards day in Dublin to receive an award.
