The Power of Story

When I attended the launch of the Rwandan Dream NI recently I was once again struck by the power of stories in building peace and reconciliation in countries that have suffered terrible conflict. To be human is to tell stories. Since the beginnings of human civilization people sat down in a circle around a fire…

Launch of CRAIC NI Community Interest Company

Launch of CRAIC NI Community Interest Company CRAIC NI C.I.C. (Community Interest Company), a start-up social enterprise, had its official launch Friday 11th December at the Ulster Bank Headquarters, Belfast. Opening the event Cecilia Whitehorn, the Manager of the South Belfast Social Enterprise Hub said, “As we have supported CRAIC NI to become a social…

‘We are one, we have a dream, a Rwandan Dream for Northern Ireland.’

Rwanda, a small country in Africa faced one of the biggest human tragedies in the 20th century. A mass scale genocide took place in 1994 with over a million men, women and children perished. The victims were predominantly Tutsi; the perpetrators, predominantly Hutu. However, remarkably Rwanda has emerged from its dark past moving forward, together…

CRAICNI WITH THE BIG GUNS

CRAICNI (Cultivate Respect, Appreciate Inclusion in Communities in Northern Ireland) based in South Belfast joined community organisations and educationalists at Hillsborough Castle this weekend for a lively lesson in the role of the Cadet movement in Northern Ireland. The setting was the splendid and historic Hillsborough Castle where guests were invited to witness the traditional…