But Project Children, a summer programme started by Mr Mulcahy, helped thousands of children escape the Troubles and build friendships across sectarian divides. Even though there’s not a need for the project to continue on such a large-scale, the story of Project Children continues. Project Children, a summer programme started by Mulcahy, helped thousands of children escape the Troubles and build friendships across sectarian divides. We started engaging and as a result of that, they were put in touch with Project Children and the Mulcahy family. “Project Children was 50 years old last year so they were looking for a home for all the archives.