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Press release7 April 2020

Concern Worldwide welcomes ‘brave and significant’ ruling allowing pregnant girls attend school in Sierra Leone

Concern Worldwide has welcomed Sierra Leone’s decision to overrule the banning of pregnant girls attending school.

News

7 April 2020

Fuel to the fire: Will COVID-19 drive global conflict?

Amid calls for a global ceasefire during the COVID-19 outbreak, Concern's Humanitarian Policy Advisor Dom Hunt discusses the impact of the epidemic on conflict and whether it could fuel increased violence

Story

6 April 2020

Why I decided to stay in Liberia to fight COVID-19

Megan Beare (25) from Shankill in Co. Dublin was volunteering with Concern in Liberia when the COVID-19 outbreak hit. Here, she explains what she turned down a seat on a flight home this week in favour of staying on to fight the spread of the disease

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 release

2 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.

Press release

2 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.

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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
We need your help to reach more people

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