Dublin Quaker Peace Committee

Greetings from Georgia, We continue the relief work for refugees. But only medical relief programme for now. It was expected that the refugees from South Ossetia will be accommodated in the new build homes or will get financial compensation by the end of September, but approximately 3500 families still live in shelters. Only 400 families [...]

A message recieved by the Dublin Quaker Peace Commitee from Wi’am – the Palestinian Conflict Resolution Centre: Greetings from Wi’am Centre. “Until one feels the spirit of Christmas, there is no Christmas. All else is outward display – so much tinsel and decorations. For it isn’t the holly, it isn’t the snow. It isn’t the [...]

The launch of the paper publication of Neutrality: Irish Experience, European Experience, will be held at the Irish School of Ecumenics, Bea House, Milltown Park, Dublin 6, at 6.00pm, on Monday 7th September 2009. This publication consists of papers presented at the conference “Neutrality: Irish Experience, European Experience” organised by the Irish School of Ecumenics [...]

The Dublin Monthly Meeting Peace Committee has published Neutrality Irish Experience European Experience, a selection of papers presented at the Open Information Meeting on Irish neutrality in a European context which was held in Dublin on 8th May 2009, and organised jointly with the Irish School of Ecumenics, Trinity College Dublin. This publication is available [...]

The Quakers in Georgia have been working with psychologists to help alleviate the suffering of some of the refugees there. You can see some pictures here of the psychiatrists working in Georgia. We recently recieved this report from the Georgian Friends on their progress: The psychological rehabilitation work was provided for the refugees from South [...]

A one-day seminar to discuss Irish neutrality in a European context will take place in the Irish School of Ecumenics, Bea House, Milltown Park, Dublin 6 on Saturday 9th May 2009 For more details see below: Seminar Details Seminar Program Speaker Details

A thought provoking article by Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law and Practice at Princeton University, on the TFF website (The Transnational Foundation is an independent think tank, a global network and a website for peace by peaceful means). …it is especially painful for me, as an American Jew, to feel compelled to portray [...]

Refugees’ living conditions: The exterior of the building in Rustavi, where refugees live and where Friends have their psychiatric counselling sessions:

Some pictures of the work of psychiatrists in Georgia: Working with a Childrens Group: Working with adults:

Dear Friends from Ireland, This is a short report, that we would like to send you about the using of the funding that was sent through Peace Committee to Georgian Friends to provide relief work for refugees. With your donation, we where able to buy hygiene supplies and equipment and deliver this to refugees living [...]