May 2009 posts from all blogs
Pavement dwellers in Bangladesh: video
Concern, along with local partners, is working to address the needs of 10,000 pavement dwellers in Dhaka city, Bangladesh. Watch the video to find out more.
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Debates semi-finals: photo gallery
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Get Active! | 7 May 2009 |
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The Debates Final is less than a week away.
Know Your World 2009: the winners
Posted by Grainne O Brien in Get Active! | 8 May 2009 |
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And the winners are: St Macartan’s College Monaghan!
To hospital with a goat
Posted by Louise Finan in Concern Blog | 11 May 2009 |
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Travelling through Zimbabwe, it’s easy to see the devastating effects the last few years have had on people.
Debates finalists: we salute you!
After eight months and over 250 debates, the National Final is upon us. It takes place tomorrow at 7pm in the Astra Hall, UCD.
The Final madness
Things are starting to get a little bit nerve-wracking here in Debates HQ.
Help us without spending a cent!
If you have donated to Concern in one or more of the past four years, your donation may be dramatically increased simply by signing your name.
The champions!
What a night! The Concern Debates National final took place on Wednesday night 13 May in the Astra Hall in UCD in front of a packed audience.
The brink of famine in Kenya
Ntaine Ole Taiko has walked hundreds of kilometres over the past four weeks.
Passion and conviction at debates final
Posted by Evanna Craig in Get Active! | 18 May 2009 |
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What a night! The Concern Debates National Final that took place on 13 May Wednesday night in UCD attracted a full house.
Why writing competition judges are like Santa
Well done to each of the over 800 people who entered the 2009 Concern Creative Writing Competition.
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Listen First
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 19 May 2009 |
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The idea behind the Listen First project is to ensure our work truly reflects the needs of the poorest and most m
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"Appalling suffering for people on the brink"
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 20 May 2009 |
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Fintan O’Toole, writing in the Irish Times, has said that “we are currently taking a scythe to the aid budget for the poorest counties.”
Preparing for disaster: video
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 21 May 2009 |
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On average, people in Bangladesh face six large-scale disasters every year.
Getting the banks to lend a hand: video
Posted by Alan O Reilly in Concern Blog | 21 May 2009 |
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Microfinance has helped transform the lives of some of the poorest people in Bangladesh.
Looking back at the final
Posted by Michael Doorly in Get Active! | 22 May 2009 |
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First of all, let me once again congratulate both Gort and Sandford Park for a brilliant Concern Debates National Final.
Action reaps rewards
Action Mutenheri is a Zimbabwean farmer who was helped by Concern. Now he’s harvesting more crops than ever before.
It’s official: schools rock!
Posted by Fionnagh Nally in Get Active! | 26 May 2009 |
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A huge big thank you to all of you students and teachers who took part in the Concern Fast. Together you raised almost €400,000!
And the winners are...
We’re happy to announce the winners of the Concern Cecil Woodham Smith Creative Writing Competition 2009.
Disasters, financing and the UN
Posted by Tom Arnold in Tom Arnold’s Blog | 28 May 2009 |
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I am in trouble again with my editor for not producing my blog posts more regularly.
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Women of Concern: photo gallery
Last night, at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, we launched the Women of Concern group.
