Sparking Change with Dil

#3 | Human Trafficking in Ireland, SPARK, Irish Aidlink and Girl Child Network

By Dil Wickremasinghe

We have a packed third episode of Sparking Change with Dil as our host welcomes representatives from some of Ireland’s hardest working organisations to shine a light on various important topics; Human Trafficking in Ireland, Lone Parents in Crisis and the Humanitarian Crisis in Turkana, Northern Kenya.

Human Trafficking in Ireland

Edward Keegan (Anti-Trafficking Project Officer) & Katie Mannion (Solicitor) of the Immigrant Council of Ireland and Shauna Gillen a Barrister with the International Protection Appeals Tribunal look at the recent report released by the Immigrant Council on Human Trafficking in Ireland.

Lone Parents

Louise Bayliss – Founder of SPARK (Single Parents Acting for the Rights of Kids) and organiser of the Lone Parents in Crisis Conference chats to Dil about the upcoming event.

Irish Aidlink and Girl Child Network

Anne Cleary, CEO of Irish Aidlink, and Mercy Musomi, Executive Director of Girl Child Network, fill us in on the benefit concert in the National Concert Hall in Dublin to raise much-needed funds for the humanitarian crisis in Turkana, northern Kenya.

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This episode was produced by Kuxi & Alan.

The music is ‘L’obelico del mondo’ by Lorenzo Jovanotti Cherubini

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Dil is an award-winning broadcaster and journalist, but she is also a social entrepreneur, stand-up comedian and actor. In 2011 with her wife, Anne Marie, she Co-Founded Insight Matters, a mental health service. With a team of 45 therapists they support over 300 clients per week. In 2014, Dil was honoured with the Frederick Douglas Award as part of the Lord Mayor’s Awards for her outstanding contribution to Dublin civic life.

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