PRIMARY school pupils from Crecora National School and the Mid West School for the Deaf were presented with National Finalist Awards at this year’s Our World Irish Aid Awards.
They, along with pupils and teachers from 10 other primary schools across Ireland, travelled to Dublin Castle on Wednesday, June 20, to showcase their projects as they competed for the overall ‘Our World Irish Aid Awards’ trophy.
The 2018 theme of the World Irish Aid Awards was ‘Transforming our World’. Primary schools across Ireland were invited to learn about the Global Goals and the work of Irish Aid in partner developing countries.
In May, schools attended an event at Mary Immaculate College, which saw 15 primary schools from the region compete for three of 12 places at the national final, Best Regional Newcomer, and Special Distinction Awards. As well as exhibiting their work and taking part in a number of activities, pupils and teachers heard from special speaker Arran Towers from Gorta Self-Help Africa who shared his own first-hand experience of the developing world.
Now in their 13th year, the Our World Irish Aid Awards help primary school pupils learn about the lives of children and their families in developing countries, and how Ireland and 192 other countries are working together to create a safer and fairer world and a better future for all the world’s children through the U.N. Global Goals for Sustainable Development.
Each entry was assessed on its creativity, understanding of the theme and its impact. The schools competing in the national final contended not just for the overall Our World Irish Aid Awards trophy, but also the titles of Teacher of the Year and Best Newcomer School.
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