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April 2010 posts from Concern Blog

Haiti: 12 weeks on

Posted by Cormac Staunton | in Concern Blog | 8 April 2010 | 0 comments
Concern distribution in St Martin, Port au Prince. Photo: Ed Kenny

Concern’s work in Haiti is now reaching 75,000 people, and this number is still growing. We are carrying out a number of activities relating to the things people need most: water, shelter, food and security.

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Concern joins landmark humanitarian venture

Posted by Naoise Kavanagh | in Concern Blog | 8 April 2010 | 0 comments
Concern joins landmark humanitarian venture

Concern Worldwide UK is now a member of the newly established Consortium of British Humanitarian Agencies (CBHA) alongside 14 other leading UK based NGOs.

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Human rights in Tanzania

Posted by Isla Gilmore | in Concern Blog | 14 April 2010 | 2 comments
Stanfford Mwakyusa

For the last five years, Concern Tanzania has been implementing a programme focusing on food and land rights. And I recently discovered that not only the poor communities are benefitting.

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Preparing for Haiti’s rains

Posted by Alan O'Reilly | in Concern Blog | 21 April 2010 | 0 comments
People standing at the new site of Tabarre Issa

Mark Jafar, the Vice President of Corporate Communications at MTV Networks, is currently visiting Concern’s emergency operation in Haiti. He wrote this blog post.

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Tent distributions in Haiti

Posted by Naoise Kavanagh | in Concern Blog | 22 April 2010 | 0 comments
Tent distributions in Haiti

On 10 March, Concern launched a three-day operation in which 600 family-size tents were distributed at six points across the island of La Gonave, Haiti. 

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Cash transfers in Nairobi’s slums: video

Posted by Alan O'Reilly | in Concern Blog | 28 April 2010 | 7 comments
The Sinai Slum, which is located near the industrial area in Nairobi, Kenya..

In some of Kenya’s poorest slums, Concern is providing emergency assistance by distributing cash using mobile phones. So far, this has proven to be extremely successful.

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Concern receives grant from Accenture

Posted by Níall Ó Murchú | in Concern Blog | 29 April 2010 | 0 comments
Mr Banda harvests cowpeas from communal garden Mwaza village, Malawi

It was announced today that consultancy company Accenture will fund the development of Concern’s conversation farming programmes in Zambia and Malawi. 

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Child-friendly spaces in Haiti

Posted by Naoise Kavanagh | in Concern Blog | 29 April 2010 | 1 comment
Child-friendly spaces in Haiti

The earthquake that hit Haiti in January destroyed half of its schools, leaving one million children out of education.

 

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