Disaster risk reduction

>> Concern welcomes International Day for Disaster Reduction

Concern Worldwide, Ireland’s leading humanitarian agency, today welcomed the marking of International Day for Disaster Reduction on the international calendar in a year when the agency’s dedicated emergency response and disaster reduction teams have had one of the busiest twelve-month periods in the organisation’s 42 year history.

Preparing for disaster: video

On average, people in Bangladesh face six large-scale disasters every year. For the 80% of the population living in extreme poverty, it’s extremely difficult to recover from such crises.

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