Momo, the founder of Anita's Children's Home, with Grek, Ah Cheng, Chay and Ek, who is deaf. Their rent and school fees are paid for through fundraising in St Luke's. Photo: Rory Coomey This Thursday, the Anita's Children's Home committee in St Luke's, Cork, will hold an event in Henchy's - Grab a Guna - [...]
Garment workers eating lunch outside under a tree. Photo: Rory Coomey We'd arranged to meet union leader Sun Lyhov at 11am, the workers' breaktime. A working day in a garment factory is from 7-11 and 12.30 - 5, and as we arrived a steady stream of young men and women poured out of the [...]
Inside the Man Ou garment factory. Photo: Rory Coomey. A hectic two days deserves more than a brief blogpost, but time is tight and we have a 5.30am start tomorrow to meet some kids from Anita's Orphanage at their schools. Can't get your kids up for school at 9.30? Try sending them to school [...]
We all like to own nice things, and for many of us clothes come top of the list. They say a lot about who we are, how we see ourselves, and, of course, they dictate how others see us. But what does our choice of clothing mean to the people who make it? Does paying €20 [...]
