Youth Council of Ireland Local Champion
Congratulations to Londiwe Ndlovu in her appointment as local champion for the Youth Council of Ireland. Londiwe is an long term friend of New Horizon.…
Category: People
Launch of Tales My Granny Told Me
The launch of ‘Tales my Granny Told Me’ in Athlone library on World Refugee Day 20th June was a remarkable and wonderful event. This is…
More About the Teen Adventure
From July 26 to July 29th 18 young people from the Athlone Accommodation unit went on a fantastic adventure. They spent four days at the…
Hearing the footsteps of Irish Famine refugees
An international commemoration of the journey of thousands of Irish people who emigrated during the Famine took place on Wednesday 2 December. It recalled the…
Cork leads way with refugee work agency
The wealth of experience and talent in the refugee and asylum-seeker community has been recognised by an innovative venture in Cork. Led by Roos Demol,…
The Forest Experience
We are planning a project with a difference! New Horizon plans to set up a forest experience for about twenty children living on the Lissywollen…
Limerick integration project gets funding
A project to integrate refugees and asylum-seekers into local communities has won €9,000 in European Union funding. Called ReStart, it is run by the Enactus…
Success story for Syrian refugee
Her mother says Suaad Aalshleh has “worked her heart out”, but it’s paid off — the 18-year-old refugee won a scholarship to study medicine, and…