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Tag Archives: Cormac Lynch
Cormac’s African Diary 6th-8th July, 2010
Tuesday July 6th 2010
Stone Town – Mombasa
Rob Stringer RIP
Nearly a year ago on August 7th, 2009 at 12noon, I arrived back at
Camara’s workshop in Dublin to be met at the door by Hester Jackman,
our Volunteer Coordinator. She asked me to come up to her office where
two other members of staff were waiting, and [...]
Cormac’s African Diary July 3rd-July 5th 2010
Saturday July 3rd 2010
Arusha – Moshi
The Road to Kilimanjaro
Alex my taxi driver picked me up at 9am to take me on the 1600km round
trip from Arusha to Moshi. He had borrowed a more powerful and
comfortable car for the occasion but soon into the trip I realised
that this may not be such a good thing. [...]
Cormac’s African Diary June 30th-July 2nd 2010
Wednesday June 30th 2010
Lusaka – Dar es Salaam
Benedictine Dinner
I flew early in the morning to Tanzania and was picked up at the
airport by Brother Kizito, a Benedictine monk who drove me to the
Irish Embassy where I met with Nigel Clarke, the Second Secretary. I
wanted to make a courtesy call on Nigel and Anne [...]
Cormac’s African Diary June 26th-June 29th 2010
CORMAC’S AFRICAN DIARY
JUNE/JULY 2010
One of my main objectives in writing this diary is to give people,
unfamiliar with the developing world, some sense of the realities
faced by Camara in trying to deliver our educational program to
schools in Africa. Occasionally the problems we face, and that I
describe in all their gory detail, might paint Africa (and [...]
Letter to Minister Peter Power
August 17th 2010
Re: Ireland and the MDGs
Dear Minister
In response to your question ‘What has been Ireland’s response to the MDGs?’, please be aware that our country has made a significant contribution to Goal 8:
A global partnership for development – [Target 8f] In cooperation with the private sector, make available the benefits of new technologies, especially [...]
Camara welcomes the government’s commitment to making Overseas aid more effective
PRESS RELEASE – Camara welcomes the government’s commitment to making Overseas aid more effective
Camara welcomes Irish Aid’s commitment to aid effectiveness as reiterated in its response to today’s budget. According to Cormac Lynch the CEO of Camara “While the €25 million cut in overseas aid is unfortunate, it represents a cut of only 4% which [...]
Science Week at Camara
EVENT DATE: Tuesday 10th November 2009. Time: 9:30
VENUE: Camara, The Digital Hub, 10-13 Thomas St, Dublin 8.
SUBJECT: Science Week at Camara.
Today, Camara held a Science Week workshop for third year students. The young ladies of Presentation Warrenmount College came to our workshop, and overall the event ran really smoothly.
The aim of [...]
Posted in Blog, News Also tagged Dublin Workshop, Open Office, Science Week, Students, Wikipedia 3 Comments
GAA legend Eugene McGee presents Cup for Irish Charities Corporate fundraiser
PRESS RELEASE – GAA legend Eugene McGee presents Cup for Irish Charities Corporate fundraiser
Photos: Peter O’Doherty
On Thursday 22nd October at 15:00, GAA All Ireland winner Eugene McGee presented the inaugural Camara Charity Cup to Mitchell O’Gorman and Clodagh O’Brien of Newmarket Consulting.
Newmarket and other companies participated in the Camara Charity Cup, a corporate fundraiser to [...]
Posted in Fundraising, Press Release Also tagged Camara Charity Cup, Eugene McGee, Fundraising, Mitchell O'Gorman, Newmarket Consulting, State Street Ireland 3 Comments
Westmeath Examiner: May 19th, 2009
Minister Eamon Ryan calls on businesses to consider reusing computers for education in Africa, when replacing computer equipment.
Discarded Irish Computers could educate 5 million African Children in 2009 says Cormac Lynch, CEO, Camara.
On Tuesday, April 21st at 14:15 pm, Cormac Lynch, Camara CEO, was joined by Communications Minister Eamon Ryan TD to pack the 10,000th [...]
Camara Group CEO speaks to The Global Village on Newstalk