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Horn of Africa on the verge of crisis

The Horn of Africa is currently experiencing its most severe drought in 40 years. A staggering 15 million people across Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia - most of whom are already living in extreme poverty - are acutely food insecure.

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Press release

27 June 2022

Concern calls for urgent international funding to avert major humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa

Concern Worldwide today called for urgent international funding to assist communities in the Horn of Africa experiencing the worst drought in 40 years, in order to avert a major humanitarian crisis in the coming months.

Helen Kermun’s job is normally just to co-ordinate clinics but since she is a qualified health practioner, she can also able to help vaccinate people too. Gavin Douglas, Concern Worldwide.

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27 June 2022

How Concern and ECHO are boosting vaccination in Sierra Leone and Liberia

This Friday’s once off public holiday marks the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. As we recognise the efforts of those who assisted the successful roll outs of vaccinations and boosters, other countries are still facing huge challenges.

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Press release27 June 2022

Concern calls for urgent international funding to avert major humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa

Concern Worldwide today called for urgent international funding to assist communities in the Horn of Africa experiencing the worst drought in 40 years, in order to avert a major humanitarian crisis in the coming months.

Story

27 June 2022

How Concern and ECHO are boosting vaccination in Sierra Leone and Liberia

This Friday’s once off public holiday marks the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. As we recognise the efforts of those who assisted the successful roll outs of vaccinations and boosters, other countries are still facing huge challenges.

Kenyan man inspecting plants eaten by locusts

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A climate change dictionary

You don't need an MS in Environmental Science to understand the current climate crisis, but it helps to know a few terms. Here they are, in plain English.

Ng’ikario Ekiru with the last of her goat herd outside their home in Turkana, northern Kenya. She is feeding her family with wild desert fruit and roasted animal hides as the area experiences the second drought in three years.

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How climate change increases hunger — and why we’re all at risk

The climate crisis is fueling the hunger crisis, and with our food systems more global than ever, we all stand to lose.

Delivery of medical healthcare equipment in Burkina Faso

Press release

21 June 2022

Student exam support, hospital supplies and food packages – a year of Concern Worldwide in Burkina Faso

Ireland’s largest humanitarian organisation, Concern Worldwide, has supported 87,000 people in its first year of operation in Burkina Faso, which is currently experiencing one the fastest evolving humanitarian crises globally, alongside Ukraine.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Climate change is a driver of humanitarian crises. We work to meet the immediate needs of those affected, as well as helping communities to build resilience for the future.