TWO Northside schools are taking part in the national final of the Our World Irish Aid Awards 2016 that takes place in The Printworks, Dublin Castle, on June 14.
Pupils from St Catherine’s Senior Girls’ School, Cabra, and Balbriggan Educate Together NS will be up against ten other schools on the day.
The awards are designed to help children in Ireland understand global development issues.
Our World Irish Aid organisers invited pupils across Ireland to create projects, in any medium, about the lives of children in developing countries.
The projects highlighted the challenges facing these children and their families and the progress that is being achieved by Ireland and other countries through the global effort to fight poverty.
All 12 schools competing in the final were chosen to take part because of the outstanding creativity, understanding of the theme and the impact of their projects.
All schools competing in the national final will be presented with a trophy recognising their outstanding efforts, with one school being announced as overall winners, taking home the coveted Our World Irish Aid Awards trophy.
The ‘One World, One Future’ theme of the 2016 awards asked pupils to imagine how they would like their world to look in 2030, and to learn about the new United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development that seek to address the root causes of poverty and environmental damage worldwide.
At the national final, 5th Class pupils from Balbriggan Educate Together NS, along with their teacher, Cecelia Gavigan, will exhibit their project ‘The Global Goals Game’.
Sixth class pupils from St Catherine’s Senior Girls’ School, along with teacher Elaine Haverty, will exhibit their ‘Change the World – Be Global Goals Heroes’ project.
Over 1,000 primary schools throughout Ireland have been participating in the awards this year.