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

Rohingya refugees search among the ruins of burnt shelters at the camp at Cox's Bazaar.

Press release

10 January 2022

Concern to support 400 young children following blaze at refugee camp

Concern Worldwide is supporting over 400 children, aged under-five, who are among the 4,000 people directly affected by yesterday’s blaze in the refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar..

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Press release10 January 2022

Concern to support 400 young children following blaze at refugee camp

Concern Worldwide is supporting over 400 children, aged under-five, who are among the 4,000 people directly affected by yesterday’s blaze in the refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar..

Concern's team in South Sudan loading medical supplies on canoes to reach areas cut off by the worst flooding in Unity State in almost 60 years.

Press release

14 December 2021

Concern responds to needs of 32,000 left homeless by flooding in South Sudan

Concern Worldwide has launched an enhanced emergency response in South Sudan after hundreds of thousands of people were forced from their homes by the worst floods in almost 60 years.

Francoise Kakuji selling her vegetables at the central market of the town of Manono, Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Press release

9 December 2021

Ireland shows leadership in the fight against hunger at the Nutrition for Growth Summit

Ireland’s global leadership in the fight against hunger was evident and evidenced throughout the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit, which concluded yesterday in Tokyo.

Caustasie (61) kisses her grandson Emmanuel (1) who survived a acute malnutrition thanks to a health centre supported by Concern Worldwide Kiambi village in the DRC

Press release

29 November 2021

Irish public urged to help respond to world’s largest hunger crisis

A grandmother has told how an Irish aid organisation helped save her baby grandson from starving to death in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – where 27 million people are caught in a devastating hunger crisis.

A malnourished cow in Qaranri, Somalia where there has been little or nor rain and where livestock are dying because of the drought.

Press release

26 November 2021

Concern responding to Somalia drought emergency

Concern Worldwide is responding to an urgent drought emergency in Somalia where it is feared families could starve to death.

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