Here we go again. With just a few days to go we are all feeling a mixture of anxiety and exhilaration. There are so some many things that can go wrong. This is a worry keeping […]
Volunteers
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Jeeps for Peace sent a convoy of 41 vehicles filled with food and medical supplies to help as Ukraine continues to fight against Russian invasion. A Scottish charity has sent their eighth convoy of vehicles filled […]
By Stephen Byrne, Wednesday, 18 October 2023 Day 1 – Thursday – Departure The excitement and anxieties have been building for weeks. Amongst the eight of us was a common desire to make a positive contribution […]
Blog by Stephen Byrne, Tuesday, 8 August 2023 There is no sight in end to the Ukraine war, started with an invasion by Russian troops, started by Vladimir Putin for his own personal agenda. This man […]
In January 2020, I was lucky enough to start the year off volunteering for the month in the Seychelles. I spent this time on Cousin Island which is a Special Nature Reserve. Here I took part […]
Needless to say, our visit back to the region of Batoufam was very much appreciated by many to include his majesty King Innocent. In particular, Tom our engineer mentioned the need to stand back and work […]
‘Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” – Buddha ‘We convince by our presence’ –Walt Whitman This […]
Day 1 was an early start, out of bed at 3 am for a 6 am flight to Paris and then a seven-hour flight on to Yaoundé, Cameroon. The last couple of weeks have been hectic; […]
The primary school was our biggest project in Batoufam. We were a little apprehensive returning to the school. Last year we renovated and painted 3 classrooms. We also provided a full set of schoolbooks to the […]
A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of visiting St Gerard’s School in Bray to talk to students from 3-6th year about Ripplezoo and the work we do. I couldn’t have asked for a more polite, […]
On the plane leaving Cameroon last December I made a promise to myself that I would never go back. The trip was way tougher than any of us imagined and we were all tired, physically and […]
Plastics are the most common man-made objects sighted at sea, with 18,000 pieces of plastic litter floating on every square kilometre of the world’s oceans! Six million tonnes of debris enters the world’s oceans every year, […]
At least 8 million tons of plastic enter the oceans each year. That’s similar to emptying a garbage truck of plastic into an ocean every minute. We went on our weekly Beach Cleanup to help reduce […]
Shoppers worldwide are using approximately 500 billion single-use plastic bags per year. This translates to about a million bags every minute across the globe, or 150 bags a year for every person on earth. And the […]
With more than 150 million tonnes of plastic estimated to be in the world’s oceans right now, we here at RippleZoo have recently started our weekly Beach Clean Up campaign. This week our friend Finola, joined […]
Two RippleZoo members, Kamila and James, visited Sandymount beach in Dublin, in order to begin our new initiative: a beach clean up! Did you know that about 8 million tonnes of plastic enters the sea every […]
Every morning it’s an early start. We quickly realize that its long days if we want to meet our ambitious targets. The hotel is a 2 star with all the luxury you would expect; occasionally very […]
Thursday 22nd November 2018, Dublin Airport. So here we are, 12 in the travelling party and a multiple of emotions sprinkled across the team, with excitement and fear mostly top of the list. We’ve had two […]
Big congratulations to 6 RippleZoo volunteers who climbed Carrauntoohil, the highest mountain in Ireland. The mountain is 1039 metres high and they went up a very steep path called the devils ladder. It was a very […]
Kamila Kobiera | 23 Oct 2018, 12:00 pm While few in numbers but brave of heart, we set off at 8 pm. from the Arklow Bay Hotel heading along the beautiful and scenic Coast Road for […]
Kamila Kobiera | 19 Oct 2018, 12:00 pm On Thursday 18h of October, 3 of RippleZoo’s volunteers: Kamila Kobiera, Thays Brito and Aizhana Danabekova organised a bake sale at UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School. All […]
For the past few months RippleZoo has been collecting goods to be send in the container to Cameroon. Due to many generous donations, our container left Dublin and is on its way to Batoufam. The 40ft […]