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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'

    It's hard to put into words just how soul-destroying it is to see footage of vast swathes of flooded fields in Malawi following Cyclone Idai, writes Anne O'Mahony. 
    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.