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Esime Jenaia in Chituke village, Malawi, with neighbour Esnart Kasimu.

Press release8 October 2020

Concern Worldwide named Charity of the Year

Concern Worldwide has been named the ‘Charity of the Year’ at the 2020 Charity Excellence Awards

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22 October 2020

'Hunger is everywhere. Poor nutrition is everywhere': Key points from Dr Mike Ryan's GHI 2020 address

Marking this year’s World Food Day, Dr Mike Ryan Executive Director of the World Health Organisation’s Emergencies Programme launched the 2020 Global Hunger Index.

Rosette Mesalien 34 washes her hands with liquid soap she made with help from Concern in front of their home in Cite Soleil slum, a district of Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Press release

18 October 2020

Concern donated soaps to almost 1M people living in extreme poverty to prevent COVID-19

Concern Worldwide has supplied almost one million people with soap and hand sanitiser in some of the world’s poorest countries to help prevent major COVID-19 outbreaks.

Flooding in Sitteb Village, Sudan Photo by Ibrahim Adam Osman / Concern Worldwide

Press release

13 October 2020

Concern Worldwide welcomes Budget 2021 funding for Overseas Development Assistance

Ireland’s largest humanitarian organisation Concern Worldwide welcomes the Government’s decision to increase expenditure on overseas development aid by €30 million in Budget 2021.

The Cover of the Global Hunger Index 2020 Photo: AFP/Tauseef Mustafa 2020

Press release

12 October 2020

Alarming levels of hunger highlight scale of challenge to achieve ‘Zero Hunger’ by 2030 – Global Hunger Index report

‘Alarming’ levels of hunger have been identified in 11 countries and hunger remains at ‘serious’ levels in another 40 countries, according to the 2020 Global Hunger Index.

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What we do

Logistics advisor Graham Woodcock in front of a loaded Concern truck with supplies for distribution in La Gonave, Haiti. Photo: Kristin Myers / Concern Worldwide.

Emergencies

Our goal is to respond rapidly to save lives and reduce suffering and this is exactly what we do. In an emergency situation, we act quickly to save lives.

Livelihoods

Secure livelihoods offer the extreme poor a pathway to forge their way out of poverty. We implement our livelihood programmes in some of the most vulnerable places in the world.

Health and nutrition

We work towards the survival and wellbeing of the world's most vulnerable communities, while ensuring they obtain the knowledge and resources to keep themselves and their families healthy and nourished.

Education

Education is key to breaking the poverty cycle. We seek to increase access to education, improve the quality of teachers and improve child well-being by providing safe learning environments.

Gender equality

Gender inequality remains a major obstacle to the eradication of poverty. Gender equality is therefore a key area of focus for all programmes in livelihoods, health and education.

Innovations

Wherever we work, we are always on the lookout for ways of doing things better. Innovation for us means creating value at scale with solutions that are more effective, efficient and sustainable.

Our impact in 2019

11.5 M

people reached through our emergency response

10.1 M

people reached through our health interventions

15.1 M

people reached through our long term development programmes

South Sudanese Refugee Appeal

Life-Saving Food Kits needed
Over 300,000 South Sudanese refugees in Ethiopia, 66% are children
Acute Malnutrition rate at 10.4% among South Sudanese refugee children under the age of 5.

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