Concern Worldwide news
Three year grant for agriculture programme
18 February 2010On the 10 February the EU Delegation in Tanzania signed a multi-country grant contract with Concern Worldwide. The contract is designed to increase the options for rural communities for making a living with the engagement of government and the private sector.
Rome is only the beginning…
04 January 2010Between 16 and 18 November 2009, world leaders and government ministers met in Rome for the World Summit on Food Security. Concern Worldwide attended the conference as an observer.
Marginal farmers in Zambia
17 December 2009Concern in Zambia recently published new research on the difficulties women farmers are facing.
Marking World Aids Day in a big way
09 December 2009Concern Worldwide India teamed up with BIG 92.7 FM radio station to create an outdoor studio, marking a month-long campaign for World Aids Day. The studio was built onto a giant billboard, the first of its kind in eastern India.
Hunger and HIV: a deadly combination
30 November 2009As we mark World AIDS Day, the global food crisis is impacting heavily on HIV and AIDS levels in developing countries.
Sixteen days against gender violence
24 November 2009For 16 days every year, organisations and individuals highlight the injustice of gender-based violence and campaign together to eliminate it.
Need for real leadership over hunger
17 November 2009Heads of states and governments gathered in Rome on Monday, for the third World Food Summit. They unanimously adopted a declaration pledging a renewed commitment to eradicate hunger.
Cross-party call to halt aid cuts
17 November 2009A group of 30 TDs and senators have called on the government not to cut the overseas aid budget any further.
Women farmers hold key to tackling hunger
30 October 2009As producers of 60 - 80% of food in most poor countries, women farmers hold the key to addressing hunger and malnutrition.
Concern responds to mounting Ethiopian crisis
23 October 2009The Ethiopian government yesterday appealed for more than $121 million to feed 6.2 million people at risk of hunger.
