What we do
We tackle the root causes of extreme poverty. We do this through education, as well as health, HIV and AIDS, livelihoods and emergencies.
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Teaching in Ethiopia
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Chad-Et education programme
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Concern Twestival 2010
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About Concern
We are a humanitarian organisation dedicated to reducing suffering and ending extreme poverty. Since the beginning, over 42 years ago, we have focused on improving the lives of the poorest people.
We are delighted to be partnering with Twestival. On 25 March, Twestival will rally support in hundreds of cities for our education work.
What we do
We tackle the root causes of extreme poverty. We do this through education, as well as health, HIV and AIDS, livelihoods and emergencies.
Facts about Concern
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over 10 million people. |
Our education work reaches 500,000 people in 14 countries. |
Concern helps 4.2 million people overcome extreme poverty through our livelihoods work. |
reach 1.8 million people in 22 countries. |
Concern is working to reduce the prevalence of HIV and reduce the impact of AIDS, helping 400,000 people in 9 countries. |
Last year, we responded to 45 emergencies in 18 countries, reaching around 4 million people. |
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In Angola, @Concern provided training to unqualified teachers. In 3 years, they received official government-endorsed qualifications.
Number of students in parts of Niger increased from 14,567 in 2006 to 22,302 in 2009, doubling female students, thanks to work by @concern
In the past year in Illela, Niger, @Concern provided training to over 1,700 teachers and 212 headmasters to improve their skills.
In Niger, @Concern will install solar panels in 17 schools and work to make safe “child friendly, girl friendly” environments in 75 schools.
In Ethiopia, @Concern reached 5,704 vulnerable out-of-school children: 4,350 are now getting basic education, and 137 are now in pre-school.
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At least 72 million children around the world are not enrolled in school.
Children, especially girls, in many parts of the world are forced to spend hours fetching water, and often do not attend school as a result.
More than one in ten children living in the developing world never get the chance to go to school.
Children of educated women are healthier and much more likely to be enrolled in school.
An extra year of primary school raises a girl’s lifetime wages by 10-20%.
Email us at twestival@concern.net
