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World Humanitarian Day
18 August 2009On 19 August 2003, 22 humanitarian aid workers were killed by a bomb which targeted the UN headquarters in Baghdad. In recognition of this tragedy, the United Nations General Assembly has designated 19 August as World Humanitarian Day.
“The story is there is no story”
“The crisis in Pakistan is an unprecedented human drama, yet few in the wider world are paying attention.”
Returning home after years of conflict
Posted by Fergus Thomas in Concern Blog | 12 June 2009 |
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I’m standing on a rocky outcrop on the edge of a dust road in Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. I’m talking to a group of Congolese farmers who are returning to rebuild their homes after fleeing the ethnic violence of the early 1990s.
In place for the long haul back to recovery
25 January 2008Concern is planning ahead for the long term and for Kenyas' future needs, writes Hugh Oram in the Irish Times, published 4 February 2008.
Concern calls for calm and political solution to Kenya crisis
03 January 2008
Concern says a peaceful resolution to the crisis in Kenya must be found as a matter of urgency. This is what ordinary Kenyans, civil society organisations, the media and the business sector there are calling for.
