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Members of Concern Worldwide's "Burial Team 7" attend the home of a 44 year old woman, who it's suspected died of ebola in the New England area of Freetown, on Wednesday night. 73 people were buried in on Wednesday October 29th in Western Area, which includes Freetown and its suburbs. All home deaths in the city are now attended by medical burial teams.

Press release2 April 2020

Global response needed to assist world’s poorest countries battle COVID-19

Concern today called on the international community to urgently assist the world’s poorest countries as they prepare to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Concern continuing to help Rohingya refugees amid COVID-19 restrictions. Photo: Abir Abdullah

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31 March 2020

Tackling COVID-19 in the world's biggest refugee camp

As COVID-19 continues to spread, concern is growing around the potential impact of an outbreak among the 900,000 Rohingya refugees living in Bangladesh.

Secretary-General António Guterres speaks at his global town hall meeting with United Nations staff members. Photo: UN Media

Press release

24 March 2020

Concern welcomes UN Secretary General's Appeal for Global Ceasefire

Concern welcomes the urgent appeal by the UN Secretary General for an immediate global ceasefire by all warring parties to enable the world tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.

Washing hands is crucial during the COVID-19 outbreak. Photo: Concern Worldwide.

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20 March 2020

What's the big deal with handwashing?

You’ve heard so much about the importance of washing your hands at this stage that it’s probably becoming a little repetitive. For us, that point came a long time ago — we’ve been pushing this message around the world for over 50 years.

A farmer walks out to his field in Carracad, Somaliland. Photo: Gavin Douglas / Concern Worldwide

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20 March 2020

COVID-19 could pose 'even larger threat' to vulnerable countries

As the COVID-19 outbreak brings more and more countries to a standstill, there is mounting concern about the impact that the virus could have on vulnerable communities in Africa and Asia.

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Our impact in 2018

11.5 M

people reached through our emergency response

17.6 M

people reached through our health interventions

12.4 M

people reached through our long term development programmes

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.

COVID-19 Response

The coronavirus poses an existential threat to the world's most vulnerable communities
Our teams are mobilising to respond to the threat and help save lives
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