Irene Togbah from Ceayah Town talks with concern workers Nelly Smith and Marie Madden about her struggles without a clean source of water. Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide.

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Latest press releases

Press release7 August 2020

Concern launches emergency appeal to help victims of Beirut explosion

Concern Worldwide today launched an emergency funding appeal as its team in Beirut come to the assistance of vulnerable communities in the wake of Tuesday’s explosion.

A resident of Bassaia Village looks at a COVID-19 poster.

Press release

29 July 2020

Concern, Trócaire and GOAL team up to tackle COVID-19 spread in Sierra Leone

Ireland’s three largest humanitarian agencies have teamed up with the Irish government to fight the spread of COVID-19 in Sierra Leone.

A lead farmer stands by his water catchment system in North Somaliland. As part of the climate change adaptation work, Concern provided him with a tarpaulin to which he has sank into a hole to store as much water as he can for his crops during the dry season.

Press release

28 July 2020

Climate finance fails to reach most vulnerable nations facing climate chaos

Wealthy countries have failed to allocate sufficient climate finance to nations most vulnerable to climate change.

Continuing COVID -19 awareness raising campaign in a camp in northern Syria

Press release

12 July 2020

Relief after UN Security Council votes to keep vital humanitarian route into Syria open

Concern Worldwide welcomes the news that the UN Security Council voted yesterday to continue allowing humanitarian aid into Syria for the next 12 months through a border crossing point from Turkey.

A Concern nutrition centre being disinfected in Cox's Bazar

Press release

8 July 2020

High unemployment and COVID hampering monsoon readiness in Bangladesh

Increased levels of unemployment and income loss as a result of the COVID pandemic are making it harder for vulnerable communities in Bangladesh to prepare for floods and landslides