ABOUT US

Paul Kernan
Intercultural Platform Manager

Hanorah Hardy
DIP - ICIP project Coordinator

Nolunga Shologu
Community Links Worker DIP

Serhii Havrylenko
Intercultural Project Worker (ICIP)

Balume Dube
creative minorities coordinator

Abeer Saadeh
Admin & Development Worker (ICIP & CM)

Sheril Davis
Project Support Worker

Viola Vynokorova
Project support worker

Majida Al Askri
Pathways Outreach Worker (LK)

Kateryna Dmytriieva
PATHWAYS OUTREACH WORKER (DL)
Contacts
+(353) 086 084 1433 (Paul) / +(353) 086 455 7475 (Nolunga) / +(353) 083 399 8265 (Balume) / +(353) 83 184 5467 (Hanorah) / +(353) 083 182 3538 (Serhii)/ +(353) 083 8022297
We are widely recognised by minoritised communities, along with local and state agencies, as the representative forum for intercultural inclusion and over the years we have nominated representatives to serve on boards and committees such as: The Connecting for Life initiative; The Community Health Network; Donegal Women’s Centre; The PEACEPlus partnership, Twin Towns Together; Buncrana4All; the former Donegal Joint Policing Committee; Community, Social and Cultural Special Policy Committee of Donegal County Council; Social Inclusion Linkage Group (SILG – PPN); Secretariat and Implementation Team for the new Black & Minority Ethnic Inclusion Strategy 2021-2026; we are members of the Justice For the Undocumented campaign (MRCI) and collaborate with North West Migrants Forum in their Common Travel Area campaign; the platform is an active member of the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR) and we are members of the Friends of the Centre group (IPAS Asylum accommodation centre; Letterkenny); the New Communities Committees of the TUSLA regions; County Community Response Forum and the weekly Refugee/Asylum Coordination meetings; we participate in the National Ukraine Support Forum and many other platforms and bodies.
The Intercultural Platform is committed to creating the conditions for a more inclusive, equal and anti-racist society. We are a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) that promotes human rights and challenges discrimination and racism. We support people and communities interested in working towards inclusion and equality in Donegal. We were founded in 2009 as a voluntary association and became a company in March of 2021 – (company limited by guarantee is a not-for-profit company in Irish law). Were were successful in winning core funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development in the summer of 2021 and we opened our new intercultural offices in Letterkenny in January 2022. We are now expanding our work in supporting and advocating on behalf of members of Black and Minority Ethnic communities experiencing poverty, exclusion and racism and creating the conditions for progressive social change. In September 2022 we opened our Intercultural Hub next door to the project office as a venue for drop-in support & advocacy, workshops, meetings and community development work engaging the Black and Minority Ethnic communities in Letterkenny.