Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
@romainmurphy.bsky.social
"Do not pay attention to me. I'm from another planet. I see horizons where you draw boundaries."- Frida Kahlo
Interests: #globaldev, #communityLed #Development #Philanthropy #humanitarian #geopolitics #GlobalSouth
https://romainmurphy.com/
Interests: #globaldev, #communityLed #Development #Philanthropy #humanitarian #geopolitics #GlobalSouth
https://romainmurphy.com/
December 9, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Reposted by Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
“Aid systems are shifting, and the impact on community organisations is real. We need to imagine a new future together. It’s time to believe in our collective power to create sustainable change.”
— Sam Rye, @monashuniversity.bsky.social
#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
— Sam Rye, @monashuniversity.bsky.social
#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
“Aid systems are shifting, and the impact on community organisations is real. We need to imagine a new future together. It’s time to believe in our collective power to create sustainable change.”
— Sam Rye, @monashuniversity.bsky.social
#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
— Sam Rye, @monashuniversity.bsky.social
#StoriesForChange #ShiftThePower #CommunityPhilanthropy
Lol!
December 9, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Lol!
Reposted by Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
The price of aid cuts.
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The number of global deaths of children under-5 is projected to increase this year (from 4.6m to 4.8m) for the first time this century. (FT)
The price of aid cuts.
The price of aid cuts.
Reposted by Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
A war criminal without a war
It's just murder.
www.publicnotice.co
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."
Photo by Fee Thomas…
Let’s hang on to the beauty and magic of life…
Let’s hang on to the beauty and magic of life…
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Photo by Fee Thomas…
Let’s hang on to the beauty and magic of life…
Let’s hang on to the beauty and magic of life…
€150bn ($174bn), the size of the EU’s loan programme for funding defence investments.- from The Economist magazine
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
€150bn ($174bn), the size of the EU’s loan programme for funding defence investments.- from The Economist magazine
Reflecting just now how 2025 has been a terrible year for so many countries and communities around the world. But the work of our foundation ( The Haiti Community Foundation), community-led work that’s making a *real difference*, makes me feel good! #heartfull #heartwarming
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Reflecting just now how 2025 has been a terrible year for so many countries and communities around the world. But the work of our foundation ( The Haiti Community Foundation), community-led work that’s making a *real difference*, makes me feel good! #heartfull #heartwarming
Every time I think that I have seen the worst, it gets deeper into the sewer and keeps getting worse! Every frigging time.
December 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Every time I think that I have seen the worst, it gets deeper into the sewer and keeps getting worse! Every frigging time.
Raccoon on drunken rampage! If it isn’t an indication that something is very wrong in our world, I don’t know what is.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor | CNN
The masked burglar broke into the closed Virginia liquor store early on Saturday and hit the bottom shelf, where the scotch and whisky were stored. The bandit was something of a nocturnal menace: Bott...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Raccoon on drunken rampage! If it isn’t an indication that something is very wrong in our world, I don’t know what is.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/03/u...
Ball time!!!
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Ball time!!!
“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
—James Baldwin
—James Baldwin
December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
—James Baldwin
—James Baldwin
Ready set go! Long day today with 5 meetings + dog princess 3 walks duty since husband is away.
a woman in a gucci jacket is waving her hand in the air
ALT: a woman in a gucci jacket is waving her hand in the air
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Ready set go! Long day today with 5 meetings + dog princess 3 walks duty since husband is away.
Reposted by Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Sometimes, I just want to escape the world’s chaos, stop for a moment, breathe and be.
There’s something about benches in parks and forests that make me feel lighter…
There’s something about benches in parks and forests that make me feel lighter…
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Sometimes, I just want to escape the world’s chaos, stop for a moment, breathe and be.
There’s something about benches in parks and forests that make me feel lighter…
There’s something about benches in parks and forests that make me feel lighter…
Reposted by Marie-Rose Romain Murphy
I give Catholic bishops a hard time often for all the obvious reasons, but this is beautiful and loving, and I'm deeply grateful to hear it. This can change hearts and save lives.
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I give Catholic bishops a hard time often for all the obvious reasons, but this is beautiful and loving, and I'm deeply grateful to hear it. This can change hearts and save lives.
Sad!
Once a global leader on climate action, the EU has given in to the right’s green-bashing | Nathalie Tocci
Once a global leader on climate action, the EU has given in to the right’s green-bashing | Nathalie Tocci
From deforestation to emissions trading, vital policies are being watered down in the name of ‘competitiveness’, says Guardian Europe columnist Nathalie Tocci
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Sad!
November 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Europeans: ““He [Mamdani] promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Europeans: ““He [Mamdani] promised things that Europeans take for granted, but Americans are told are impossible,”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
From the Guardian…
Light in the dark.
Light in the dark.
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
From the Guardian…
Light in the dark.
Light in the dark.
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
The hardest thing about planting seeds of any kind is waiting to see if they will grow and bear fruit, or just die.
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The hardest thing about planting seeds of any kind is waiting to see if they will grow and bear fruit, or just die.
Potentially diseased monkey on the loose after a train accident? What kind of a disease/virus are we talking about?
Sometimes, I have to pinch myself to make sure that the reality we are living in is real.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Sometimes, I have to pinch myself to make sure that the reality we are living in is real.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Potentially diseased lab monkey on the loose after truck crash in Mississippi
Several rhesus monkeys escaped after the interstate crash, but all but one were reportedly ‘destroyed’ by late Tuesday
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Potentially diseased monkey on the loose after a train accident? What kind of a disease/virus are we talking about?
Sometimes, I have to pinch myself to make sure that the reality we are living in is real.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Sometimes, I have to pinch myself to make sure that the reality we are living in is real.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Communities in the Soutgern part of #Haiti have been battered by #HurricaneMelissa which has destroyed homes, crops and killed farm animals…One more too many disasters.
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Communities in the Soutgern part of #Haiti have been battered by #HurricaneMelissa which has destroyed homes, crops and killed farm animals…One more too many disasters.