Poverty

This section contains resources about poverty and its impacts.

Primary

Trócaire's Make Poverty History has both Junior Primary and Senior Primary booklets.  The resource focuses on Ethiopia and provides stories, activities and images.  Ideal for providing a personal perspective on global issues.

Our World, Our Future is Irish Aid's resource publication designed for Senior Primary Geography but with a strong cross-curricular focus.

Second Level

Face Up To Hunger  is a citizenship and CSPE powerpoint resource, with teacher notes, that looks at rights and responsibilities, human dignity, and interdependence, for use with the Action Pack, Food For Thought, Food For Life and photopack.

Counted Out: Challenging Poverty and Social Exclusion is a resource designed primarily for use with CSPE students but can also be used in Religious Education, Home Economics, Social Education and Transition Year, and provides background information on poverty in Ireland and abroad along with a large amount of lessons and activities.