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    Two children hold flowers at the Runda transition camp in Rwanda. Photo: Concern Worldwide (1997)
    News
    7 April 2019

    Rwandan genocide: A story of joy at a child reunification centre

    Twenty-five years after the Rwandan genocide, Anne O'Mahony recalls a day in the African nation that started out like any other but ended in pure joy.
    Anne OMahony and Stawa James in Malawi. Photo: Concern Worldwide
    News
    27 March 2019

    Cyclone Idai: 'Soul-destroying to see rich harvest snatched away'

    Find out how Concern is helping communities in Malawi after Cyclone Idai, providing water and sanitation facilities now and seeds and tools for the next harvest
    Anne O'Mahony visiting Concern programmes in Turkey. Photo: Concern Worldwide.
    News
    27 October 2016

    Syrians in Turkey: “We just want to go home”

    Anne O’Mahony, Concern’s Head of International Programmes, reports on what life is like for Syrian refugees living in a state of limbo in Turkey.