sierra leone

The Yoti Yoti Programme is responding to increasing food and nutrition insecurity in Sierra Leone, the overall goal of the project is to increase vulnerable households’ resilience to food and nutrition insecurity by strengthening food systems in Tonkolili and Port Loko Districts in North West Sierra Leone. 

A VITAL supply of blood bags to Sierra Leone funded by the Irish public may have saved the lives of over 17,000 children last month, according to Concern Worldwide. 

€50,000 from funds received by Concern from the Irish public provided an immediate essential short-term solution to the blood shortage crisis in Sierra Leone potentially saving over 17,000 paediatric patients, or over 5,000 women’s lives. 

Find out how Concern, in partnership with UCD, is tackling School Related Gender Based Violence through its Safe Learning Model pilot research in Sierra Leone..

As of 2020, the United Nations ranks Sierra Leone 155 out of 162 countries for gender equality. Here's what we’re doing to further equality for all.

This page shows the poster presented at the Irish Global Health Network Conference 2022.

This page is about the research carried out by Concern with other Alliance2015 partners in multiple countries: 'Community Resilience and the Ongoing Impacts of COVID-19 on Vulnerable Households'.

This Friday’s once off public holiday marks the efforts of the general public, volunteers and all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland. As we recognise the efforts of those who assisted the successful roll outs of vaccinations and boosters, other countries are still facing huge challenges.