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A typical day for Gloria
Update: Gloria is now doing well thanks to your donations. Read a full update on concernfast.org.
Award for nutiriton in Bangladesh
20 August 2009Concern Bangladesh is one of several organisations from across South Asia that have won a grant from the World Bank’s Development Marketplace. This is a highly competitive grant programme that identifies and funds innovative, early-stage projects with potential for impact in development.
Hospital art in Northern Ireland
Concern has unveiled an exciting new public artwork in partnership with Craigavon Area Hospital, Portadown, Northern Ireland.
Grant to help maternal and child health
28 July 2009Concern Worldwide has received a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve maternal, newborn and child health.
Food crisis in Nairobi’s slums
24 April 2009No one should die from cholera
Yesterday, I met a woman called Erina. She lives in the village of Nzuenga in Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe's food and cholera crisis
24 December 2008Concern's team on the ground is reporting severe deterioration in the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe. This is being exacerbated by several outbreaks of cholera in the country, caused by a severe lack of clean water and sanitation. Reports of over 3,700 deaths with another 79,000 suspected cases are causing serious concern.
Show your concern and fast
Dublin city was covered in red scarves this morning telling Ilo’s story a Kenyan farmer who wraps a red scarf around her skinny body.
Congo crisis: Concern back in Masisi
12 November 2008Concern’s team in North Kivu are now back in Masisi, in the North Kivu province of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The agency’s key programmes are located in this area.
Congo crisis: reaching families
10 November 2008Concern's team in Goma, in the North Kivu province of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, have managed to supply 1,500 blankets to newly displaced families.
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