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![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 Sean Copeland, Tearfund Ireland:

![I Want to Be in Parliament](https://blog.tearfund.ie/hubfs/MoS_Haimanot_Feb2026.jpg)

> I had no expectation or hope for my life. …Now I want to change my country. I want to be in parliament!

I was stunned when I heard this. I have visited the Tearfund...

![Rebuke the Wind, Speak to the Waves](https://blog.tearfund.ie/hubfs/AI-Generated%20Media/Images/strong%20waves%20in%20the%20ocean-1.png)

Polycrises. This is a term used by the international development sector to describe the multiple crises facing our world.

![Speak Out or Ask Forgiveness](https://blog.tearfund.ie/hubfs/Desmund%20Tutu.jpg)

 

 

 

 

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## Sean Copeland, Tearfund Ireland

### RECENT POSTS BY Sean Copeland, Tearfund Ireland

<https://blog.tearfund.ie/i-want-to-be-in-parliament>

[I Want to Be in Parliament](https://blog.tearfund.ie/i-want-to-be-in-parliament)

<https://blog.tearfund.ie/rebuke-the-wind-speak-to-the-waves>

[Rebuke the Wind, Speak to the Waves](https://blog.tearfund.ie/rebuke-the-wind-speak-to-the-waves)

<https://blog.tearfund.ie/speak-out-or-ask-forgiveness>

[Speak Out or Ask Forgiveness](https://blog.tearfund.ie/speak-out-or-ask-forgiveness)