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    Transparency and accountability

    Transparency and accountability

    Concern Worldwide is committed to being transparent and accountable to our supporters because we believe you should be able to understand how we work and how the money we raise is spent.

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    Clotilde Ndayisenga (25) with her daughter Ines Nihorimbere (5) at their home in Rugombo, Cibitoke. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Concern Worldwide

    Annual reports

    Annual reports

    Our award-winning annual reports detail our objectives, activities and achievements.

    Crops are watered. Photo: Kieran McConville

    How money is spent

    How money is spent

    Over 88% of your donation goes directly towards our relief and development work.

    A GHI evening in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: Eun Young Kim/ Concern Worldwide

    How we are governed

    How we are governed

    Concern is controlled and regulated by its members who elect our Board of Directors.

    Concern staff treats the most severe cases of malnutrition among children under five in the Rohingya refugee camps. Photo: Darren Vaughan / Concern Worldwide.

    Codes and policies

    Codes and policies

    Our codes and policies shape our work and ensure we stay true to our values.

    Abdi Mohamedd Mahmud unloading a truck. Photo: Jennifer Nolan / Concern Worldwide.

    Supply chains

    Supply chains

    We maintain supply chains that are efficient and economical.

    Our impact in 2020

    17.9 M icon
    17.9 M

    people reached through our emergency response

    9.2 M icon
    9.2 M

    people reached through our health interventions

    4.3 M icon
    4.3 M

    people reached through our livelihoods programmes

    Aline Joyce Berabose and her mother Marie Ange Berabose at the Resurge Conference, 2018. Photo: Photocall Ireland.

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    • Our accounts are prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP.

    • Our annual report has won Published Accounts Awards 22 times since 1988.

    • We have been awarded 'Triple Lock' membership by Charities Institute Ireland.

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