Achieving Greater Impact by Working Together

Launch of the Dóchas Safeguarding Charter

Read the Safeguarding Charter here 

In December 2024, the Dóchas Safeguarding Working Group launched the Dóchas Safeguarding Charter. The Dóchas Safeguarding Code, first developed in 2019 by leaders in the sector, has been updated over the course of this year under the guidance of the Dóchas Safeguarding Working Group. The reinvigorated Charter 2024 reinforces the principles and commitments set out in 2019, with the aim of building and strengthening a robust safeguarding culture for the development and humanitarian sector in Ireland.

Find out more about the Safeguarding Charter here 

Dóchas launches Election Manifesto and Electoral Snapshots project 

During Ireland’s General Election 2024, it is important that the issues of conflict, climate and hunger do not slip off the agenda. There is a high level of public support, interest, and trust in ODA (Overseas Development Assistance) and in development organisations across every county in Ireland.

The Dóchas Electoral Snapshots demonstrates the tangible support for development and humanitarian organisations by the Irish public, and community support for aid and development more broadly.

The scope of the Dóchas Electoral Snapshots includes aggregated data on the amount of donations received by 27 Dóchas member organisations and illustrates the level of public support, interest and trust in aid and development organisations across every county in Ireland.

To find our interactive election page and our General Election Manifesto click the link below.

Election 2024

Emergency Briefing on Sudan

Sudan is facing a catastrophe on a scale not seen since the Darfur crisis in the early 2000s. A famine in North Darfur is the first official declaration of famine for many years, and the crisis is thought to be spreading throughout the country.

We must raise our voice to call for peace, protection and access for humanitarian assistance at the highest levels, including at the UN General Assembly.

There is no time to lose. Over 500 days of relentless conflict have devastated the country and created the largest humanitarian catastrophe in the world.

Read the full Dóchas Statement here.

Pre-Budget Submission 2025

Budget 2025 will be the last opportunity for this Government, and this Oireachtas, to set a course to realise Ireland’s international commitments for a better, more peaceful and sustainable world.

We need to accelerate progress to reach our commitment of spending 0.7% of our GNI on Official Development Assistance (ODA) by 2030.

We are calling on the Government to commit to taking ambitious, accelerated and transformative action to address food insecurity, tackle the climate emergency and end structural inequality.

Download our Pre-Budget Submission here.

Israel Gaza Conflict

Dóchas Calls on all Heads of State, the UN Security Council, and actors on the ground, to prioritize the preservation of human life above all else. 

Dóchas members are acting on the ground and through their partners to get aid to where it is needed most. 

Find out more and how you can help

Global change

Dóchas has 58 full and associate members working in 104 countries around the world. The interactive map below shows where our members work. Search by country or by organisation to find out more about what our members and doing and where. Some of our members have provided us with a case study to give an example of what they do. We aim to build this library of case studies over time.