Archive (4 life histories found)

When the time came for me to leave Rwanda I began to realise how much it meant to me. I was satisfied that I had done the job I was sent out to do. During my time calm and confidence had returned to the Kigali office, Trocaire's profile had been…

As a follow up to the Kosovo crisis of 1999 Trocaire established a Balkans Programme, which was implemented by local NGOs in Albania, Kosovo and Serbia. In 2002, having failed to find a local person who would be welcome in both Kosovo and Serbia,…

In August 1999 I got an unexpected phone call from Mary Healy in Trocaire. She was looking for someone to help clear - up a backlog of work, and Majda had suggested that she contact me. At the end of a two - hour meeting with Mary, in Trocaire's…

We returned to Ireland in July 1976 by ferry from Holyhead. It amazes me now when I think of how small that ferry was. I remember standing on deck, very sea - sick, looking down at the cargo of 10 or 12 cars. From front to rear seemed to be a very…