ERD is looking for someone who can support the effective running of our office, as well as supporting our team and project partners to secure vital funding for our work. This role will be part-time for an initial six month contract.
Founded in 1991, Callan Services is the largest provider of services to children and adults with disabilities in Papua New Guinea. It is a leading disability rights, advocacy and representative network of and for all people with disability.
Partners from across the Edmund Rice network gathered at the ERD Offices in May for the AGM and a strategic look at the future of ERD.
In February, Chief Executive Fiona Dowling and ERD Board Member Aoife Denton traveled to Kenya for a whirlwind week of partner visits and meetings.
ERD Capacity Development and Communications Manager Abigail Carney had the opportunity to travel to the Philippines to visit the team and projects of Edmund Rice Ministries Foundation Philippines Inc (ERMFPI).
In collaboration with the Edmund Rice Schools Office in England, ERD developed an Advent Campaign for Irish and English schools. The campaign highlighted two Edmund Rice development projects: the Girls Empowerment project in Sierra Leone and Centro Hermano Manolo in Bolivia.
The ERD team had the pleasure of meeting Lontia Chinkubala, former Africa Province Programme Manager, when she was in Dublin in January.
2025 will mark 50 years of missionary work for Dublin-native Br. Eddie McArdle. Over the years, Eddie has worked in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Peru and Bolivia.
ERD Programme Manager Naidi McDonnell had the opportunity to travel to West Africa for the first time to visit ERD-funded projects in Sierra Leone and Liberia.