Concern Worldwide | International humanitarian & development organisation

In an emergency, we are first to arrive and among the last to leave

We work with the world's poorest people to transform their lives.

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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.

Where your money goes

Relief & Development

Relief & Development

Fundraising

Fundraising

Education & Advocacy

Education & Advocacy

Governance

Governance

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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

Latest news from our world

Violette Bukeyeneza sitting with her family in Cibitoke, Burundi. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Concern Worldwide.

Story13 November 2019

How a bunch of bananas could save a family this Christmas

You might not think a few bananas could making a lasting difference but Violette is proof otherwise.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the flooding. Photo: SHACDO

Press release

11 November 2019

Concern responds to extensive flooding in Somalia and Kenya

Concern Worldwide teams on the ground in Somalia and Kenya are responding to widespread flooding which has affected 2.5 million people across east Africa in recent weeks.

Press release

8 November 2019

Concern Worldwide wins national branding, communications and marketing award

Concern received the Branding, Communications and Marketing award at the annual Chartered Accountants Ireland Leinster Society Published Accounts Awards.

Hasina Rahman of Concern Worldwide outside an Outpatient Therapeutic Centre in Bangladesh. Photo: Concern Worldwide.

News

8 November 2019

Concern's Hasina Rahman receives top award at United Nations in New York

Concern Worldwide’s assistant country director in Bangladesh, Hasina Rahman, is to receive a top award at UN Headquarters in New York this Friday for her humanitarian work.

Flooding at the Shabelle river in Somalia. Photo: SHACDO

News

1 November 2019

Flood crisis worsens in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia

Heavy and prolonged rains in parts of the Horn of Africa and East Africa have affected hundreds of thousands of people in Kenya, Ethiopia and Somalia.

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