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Meeting to end child hunger

Concern Worldwide and Bread for the World co-hosted a meeting in Washington DC on Monday. Its aim was to put pressure on G20 leaders to fund nutrition programmes in the world’s poorest countries.

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Estella, Bastien and Rubina in Haiti. Photo: Róisín Gallagher.

What happened at the G8 summit?

Posted by Bernadette Murphy | in Concern Blog | 3 June 2011 | 0 comments
Farmer Irene Kakuhu in Ndumba, Zambia. Photo: Paul Wagstaff

In March 2011, world leaders met in France to discuss issues ranging from the Middle East to climate change. But hunger wasn’t high up on the agenda and the outcome was underwhelming.

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Unheard Voices: time running out

Posted by Bernadette Murphy | in Get Active! | 19 May 2011 | 0 comments
Astara, woman farmer

The 2011 G8 summit is taking place on 26 - 27 May this year. That means we’ve got one week to ensure that the UK’s promise to spend £1.1 billion on hunger is kept on the agenda. We need your help to do this.

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>> Ending hunger

7 February 2011
Ending hunger

This document outlines the facts about the global hunger. A record one billion people worldwide are hungry. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) this number will only increase if governments do not spend more on agriculture. 

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>> Tackling the Global Food Crisis: A Mission Unaccomplished

8 July 2010
Tackling the Global Food Crisis: A Mission Unaccomplished

A new report released on 8 July 2010, The High Food Price Challenge: A Review of Responses to Combat Hunger, by the UK Hunger Alliance and the Oakland Institute, reveals that a major initiative launched by the Group of 8 (G8) in July 2009 has failed to address the global hunger crisis, which currently affects more than a billion people.

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>> Irish Aid, Concern and the United Nations co-host international conference on global hunger in Dublin

12 May 2010
Irish Aid, Concern and the United Nations co-host international conference on global hunger in Dublin

Minister of State for Overseas Development, Peter Power, Concern and the United Nations are hosting a major conference in Dublin over the next two days (May 17 and 18) to identify practical ways of tackling the global hunger crisis.

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>> Short-term food and cash distributors

19 February 2010
Short-term food and cash distributors

This report looks at three short term projects implemented during 2006-2008. These projects provided cash or a mixture of cash and food as a response to local food shortages. Written by Darren Evans of Concern Worldwide.

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>> Global Hunger Index 2009

14 October 2009
Global Hunger Index 2009

The link between gender inequality and hunger is identified in the Global Hunger Index Report 2009. 

The Global Hunger Index report ranks countries on three leading indicators: prevalence of child malnutrition; rates of child mortality; and the proportion of people who are calorie de

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Concern raffle

Ayinkamiye Julienne reached Gisagara Health Centre in Rwanda.

A huge thank you to everyone who supported Concern Worldwide’s charity raffle this year. We raised a fantastic €330,000 for our health programme.

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Alick learns to walk again

6 April 2009
Alick

Ivy’s son, Alick, had been ill for two years. During this time, Ivy tried traditional medicine but to no avail. She thought that her son was bewitched, but clinical examinations showed that he was suffering from severe malnutrition.

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