--- title: Tearfund Ireland | Emma Lynch, Tearfund Ireland (2) description: Get news, updates and info from Tearfund Ireland! (2) --- ![Ethiopian Woman Smiling at Camera](https://blog.tearfund.ie/hs-fs/hubfs/social-suggested-images/info.tearfund.iehubfs20210727_Tearfund_Ethiopia_Nafkot%20Gebeyehu-05.jpg?width=2000&height=1333&name=info.tearfund.iehubfs20210727_Tearfund_Ethiopia_Nafkot%20Gebeyehu-05.jpg "Ethiopian Woman Smiling at Camera") *Photo: Nigist from an Ethiopian Self Help Group. Credit: Tearfund Canada*       ## Posts by Emma Lynch, Tearfund Ireland: ![The Hidden Pandemic of Orphanhood](https://blog.tearfund.ie/hubfs/rene-bernal-f0rdHx5P8sQ-unsplash.jpg) I got to see my mother this week. I was delighted as I had not seen her for more than 18 months due to Covid-19 restrictions. This is just one small example of how the pandemic has impacted the way we live our lives. Where we work, how we travel, when, where and how we interact with others. These impacts have been challenging. These impacts have been obvious.       ### Recent Posts           ## Related Articles ![Teacher Training in South Sudan](https://blog.tearfund.ie/hubfs/IMG_2920%20Living%20Teaching%20aid%20Charles%202%20year%20student%20ECC%20photo%20Elke%20Koeker.jpg) [poverty](https://blog.tearfund.ie/topic/poverty) **Teacher Training in South Sudan: ** ![General Election 2020:](https://blog.tearfund.ie/hubfs/alessandro-stigliani-SZVB6B9c6BE-unsplash.jpg) [election](https://blog.tearfund.ie/topic/election) [climate](https://blog.tearfund.ie/topic/climate) [vote](https://blog.tearfund.ie/topic/vote) [ireland](https://blog.tearfund.ie/topic/ireland)         ### SIGN UP TO OUR EMAIL LIST TO GET THE LATEST UPDATES, EVENTS AND INFORMATION FROM TEARFUND IRELAND! ### Subscribe to Email Updates ## Emma Lynch, Tearfund Ireland ### RECENT POSTS BY Emma Lynch, Tearfund Ireland [The Hidden Pandemic of Orphanhood](https://blog.tearfund.ie/the-hidden-pandemic-of-orphanhood)