Development Education
There are many organisations that work closely with groups on development education projects and also provide accessible resources for educators.
80:20 www.8020.ie 
is an educational NGO dedicated to developing and supporting educational understandings of and responses to key development, justice and human rights issues.
AFRI
134 Phibsboro Rd, Dublin 7
Tel: 01-8827563
Website: www.afri.net
Email: afri@iol.ie
The Africa Centre www.africacentre.ie aims to encourage African immigrants in Ireland to engage in and articulate a perspective on development education, and to enable inclusion of the viewpoint and experiences of African people in Ireland in the analysis, policy and actions taken in Ireland on justice and development issues.
AidLink www.aidlink.ie supports small grassroots organisations in building their capacity to be self-sustainable and in implementing their own development projects. There are fact sheets and development case studies available from the website.
Amnesty International www.amnesty.ie undertakes research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience and expression, and freedom from discrimination, within the context of its work to promote all human rights. Its website offers a number of downloadable teacher resources.
Banulacht
20 Lower Camden St, Dublin 1
Tel: 01-8723039
Website: www.banulacht.ie
Email: info@banulacht.ie
Children in Crossfire
2 St Josephs Avenue , Derry, BT48 6TH
Tel: 028-90241879
Website: www.childrenincrossfire.org
Email: admin@childrenincrossfire.org
Comhlámh www.comhlamh.org/development-education.html is a member and supporter organisation open to anyone interested in social justice, human rights and global development issues.
Concern www.concern.net works directly with students and teachers in over 300 secondary schools each year to raise awareness, stimulate debate and create action for change on behalf of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.
Connect World
Unit A, Windmill Office
Roe Lane, Digital Hub, Dublin 8
Tel: 01-4806222
Website: www.connect-world.net
Email: katherinemeenan@connec-world.net
developmenteducation.ie www.developmenteducation.ie is maintained by the partnership of Aidlink, Concern Worldwide, 80:20 and Irish Aid and focuses on issues relating to international development and underdevelopment, human rights, justice and equality, race, poverty, exclusion, disadvantage, discrimination and development education.
Development Education & Research Network (DERN)
Department of Political Science & Sociology, NUI Galway
Tel: 091- 493643
Website:www.nuig.ie/dern
Email:s.khoo@nuigalway.ie
DICE - Development & Intercultural
Education Project
Church of Ireland College of Education
96 Upper Rathmines Road, Dublin 6.
Tel: 01-4970033
Website: www.diceproject.org
Email: matthias@diceproject.org
Dóchas www.dochas.ie/resources01b.htm, the association of Irish non-governmental development organizations, aims to provide services and promote effective action to bring about sustainable development. There are a number of resources relevant to national and international policy available for download.
ECO UNESCO
26 Clare Street, Dublin 2
Tel: 01- 662 5491
Website:www.ecounesco.ie
Email:info@ecounesco.ie
Fairtrade www.fairtrade.ie focuses on the fact that 'simple everyday activities like.shopping can have a profound effect on the lives of people thousands of miles away'. There is a complete CSPE module available for download.
GOAL www.goal.ie works to ensure that the poor, the most vulnerable and those affected by humanitarian crises have access to the fundamental needs and rights of life: food, water, shelter, medical attention and literacy. There is a school resource section with downloadable fact sheets.
Irish Development Education Association (IDEA) www.ideaonline.ie aims to promote critical awareness of development education and encourage capacity building among its membership by identifying, developing and promoting best practice in development education, as well as promoting and encouraging an ethos of accountability and transparency.
Irish Woodworkers for Africa(Just Forests)
Rathcobican, Rhode, Co Offaly
Tel: 0469-737547
Website: www.justforests.org
LASC- Latin America Solidarity Centre
5 Merrion Row, Dublin 2
Tel: 01- 6760435
Website: www.lasc.ie
Email: lasc@iol.ie
Lourdes Youth and Community Service
Lower Sean Mac Dermott St, Dublin 1
Tel: 01-8230860
Website: www.lycs.ie
Email: developmenteducation@lycs.ie
Mayfield Community Arts Centre
Old Youghal Rd.
Mayfield,
Co. Cork
Tel: 021 453 04 34
Website: www.mayfieldarts.org
Email: mayfieldarts@gmail.com
The Millennium Campaign www.milleniumcampaign.org is an initiative of the United Nations which supports citizens' efforts to hold their government to account for the Millennium promise. The website shows how you and your school can get involved in the campaign as well as providing information on the millennium development goals.
The National Youth Development Education Programme (NYDEP) www.youthdeved.ie website provides downloadable education resources and activities. It presents a range of development issues that have been identified by youth organisations and young people.
New Internationalist www.newint.org is a communications cooperative publishing a monthly magazine on key development issues.
One World.net www.oneworld.net aims to provide international coverage of human rights and sustainable development. Topics can be searched by category to find the latest international news on development issues.
Oxfam www.oxfam.org/education offers a huge range of ideas, resources and support for developing the global dimension in the classroom and the whole school.
People and Planet http://peopleandplanet.org/ is a large student campaign in Britain to alleviate world poverty, defend human rights and protect the environment.
Self Help Africa http://www.selfhelpafrica.com/ classroom visits are at the core of its development education work. Trained teaching staff are available to talk to students about the impact that the organisation's sustainable rural development activities are having on the lives of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa.
Trócaire www.trocaire.ie/education, which works through education to inform young people about the root causes of poverty and injustice and mobilise them to bring about global change, has developed a number of resources for schools, teachers and educators.
The Ubuntu Network
www.ubuntu.ie seeks to enable and support post-primary teacher educators effectively to integrate Development Education (DE) and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into their professional practice.
War on Want www.waronwant.org fights poverty in developing countries in partnership and solidarity with people affected by globalisation. The website has publications, videos and downloadable galleries.
