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Success for Women of Concern
Our Women of Concern photography exhibition opened on 3 March 2010 to a packed house at the Gallery of Photography in Dublin’s Temple Bar.
A song for Haiti
What do you get when you put Johnny Depp, Shane MacGowan, Nick Cave, Paloma Faith and other musicians together? You get a song for Haiti, of course.
One month on
It is now one month since a massive earthquake struck Haiti. Concern’s team has been working with long-established local organisations to get aid to those that need it most.
Cancel Haiti’s debt
We have called on the Irish government to support the cancellation of Haiti’s unsustainable financial debt.
Witnessing the earthquake firsthand
Concern CEO Tom Arnold visited Haiti to oversee emergency operations and offer his support to local and Irish staff in Port-au-Prince.
Haiti: now and over coming months
It is now estimated that approximately 1,000,000 people have been severely affected by the earthquake. This is what we are planning to do to help.
Questions about Haiti emergency
The earthquake in Haiti, and the response to it, are raising several important questions. Below, Concern’s Information Officer Cormac Staunton answers some of the most pressing.
Bulletin from Haiti
We estimate that there are 100,000 people affected in Satin Martin, one of the poorest areas of Port-au-Prince and a further 250,000 in Martissant, another extremely poor area.
Haiti: latest Twitter updates
We are using Twitter to provide quick updates on the emergency in Haiti. You can see these updates below; we’ve embedded our Twitter account into this blog post.
Haiti: death toll rising
According to reports, the death toll following the earthquake is rising rapidly.
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