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Fellows meet Minister of State Ciaran Cannon, T.D.

Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development, Ciaran Cannon, T.D., with 2017/18 Irish Aid Fellowship Recipients at the Fellowship Seminar Day event at Iveagh House in Dublin

On Monday April 16, Minister of State for the Diaspora and Overseas Development, Ciaran Cannon T.D., Irish Aid Africa Director, Fionnuala Gilsenan, and Deputy Director and Head of Fellowships, Ciara de Mora, welcomed this year’s fellows to the 2018 Fellowship Seminar Day at Iveagh House, the headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Dublin. Addressing fellows, Minister Cannon spoke of the 44-year history of the fellowships programmes and the importance of education in any country’s development experience. The full text of his speech is available on the Fellowships website. Following his speech, Minister Cannon engaged with fellows through a question and answer session.

Four of this year’s fellows also made presentations speaking about their research and their experiences while studying in Ireland. Our four speakers were Nyasha Sanie (Zimbabwe), Siyabonga Reginald Mathebula (South Africa), Khaing Min Thant (Myanmar) and Nguyen Thi Quynh Trang (Vietnam).

This was the last event at which all of the 2017/18 fellows will be together with the fellowships team at Irish Aid and ICOS. We wish all 2017/18 fellows the best of luck in their exams and dissertations in the weeks ahead, and look forward to maintaining connections into the future after they return to their home countries in the coming months.

 

Minister Cannon and Irish Aid Africa Director, Fionnuala Gilsenan, listening to fellows’ contributions

Nyasha Sanie from Zimbabwe addressing the 2018 Fellowship Seminar Day at Iveagh House

Some Kader Asmal fellows from South Africa with representatives of Irish Aid and ICOS

Some of the fellows from Vietnam enjoying the 2018 Fellowship Seminar Day at Iveagh House

Lenin Chisaira (Zimbabwe) and Catherine Kahubire (Uganda) enjoying the 2018 Fellowship Seminar Day