press releases

CASH payments have helped save the lives of over 617,000 people in areas of Somalia devastated by hunger and conflict - thanks to ground breaking work by an Irish humanitarian organisation. 

Concern Worldwide is providing 1.5 million litres of drinking water to 90,000 people each day to prevent life-threatening illnesses spreading in conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 

Concern Worldwide has commenced working in Yemen in response to spiralling food insecurity and emergency levels of malnutrition among children.

Concern Worldwide has warned that cuts in funding to support Syrian people, marking 13 years of conflict today (15th March), are having a devastating impact on people’s lives and health.

The approach used by Concern to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to remote rural communities in Sierra Leone has been highlighted as a replicable, cost-effective and efficient way to increase vaccine uptake among similar communities in lower income countries.

Irish humanitarian organisation Concern Worldwide has scaled up its response in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where each day thousands of people are fleeing from the moving frontlines of a conflict involving multiple armed groups.

Concern Worldwide is continuing to provide vital humanitarian support to communities in Haiti, despite the declaration by the government of a state of emergency following widespread violence by armed gangs in the capital, Port-au-Prince, at the weekend.

Concern Worldwide has reached over 200,000 people in Ukraine to provide emergency support and vital services, during the last two years of conflict in the country.