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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left to right Stephanie Doyle, Katie Doyle, Stanislav Ustinov, Dylan O Neill, Coach Leon Power of Presentation De La Salle in Bagenalstown, Carlow who won the Concern Debates Cup

Press release

8 June 2021

Two schools win All-Ireland Concern Debates championship

Two schools, Presentation De La Salle in Bagenalstown, Carlow, and Friends’ School Lisburn in Antrim have won one of Ireland’s largest and most prestigious debating contests – which went ahead online this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Nikolas Antoniou and Kai Molloy Gaffey of St. Brendan's primary school in Artane, Dublin playing the new Sutainimals video game made in partnership between TU Dublin and Concern Worldwide.

Press release

27 May 2021

School children become aid working heroes in new Irish made video game

Primary school children can become life-saving aid workers in a new Irish made video game that mixes fun with serious world issues like hunger and climate change.

Sustainimals is a free online game made by five third-year game design students at TU Dublin in collaboration with the international humanitarian organisation Concern Worldwide.

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Press release8 June 2021

Two schools win All-Ireland Concern Debates championship

Two schools, Presentation De La Salle in Bagenalstown, Carlow, and Friends’ School Lisburn in Antrim have won one of Ireland’s largest and most prestigious debating contests – which went ahead online this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Concern Worldwide 2020 Annual Report cover

Press release

31 May 2021

Concern Worldwide overcame pandemic challenges to help 36.9 million people in 2020

Ireland’s largest overseas humanitarian organisation, Concern Worldwide, helped 36.9 million people last year in 23 of the world’s poorest countries, according to its annual report, published on Saturday (May 29).

Woman gardening in community garden in Niger.

Press release

28 May 2021

Kerry and Concern Worldwide partnership delivering improved nutrition, health access and farm productivity for Niger communities

Kerry, the world’s leading taste and nutrition company, and Concern Worldwide have revealed that their partnership in Niger has trained nearly 500 farmers in the last year.

Volcanic eruption in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Press release

27 May 2021

Concern evacuates staff from Goma following warnings of imminent volcanic eruption

Warnings of imminent volcanic eruption

Press release

27 May 2021

School children become aid working heroes in new Irish made video game

Primary school children can become life-saving aid workers in a new Irish made video game that mixes fun with serious world issues like hunger and climate change.

Sustainimals is a free online game made by five third-year game design students at TU Dublin in collaboration with the international humanitarian organisation Concern Worldwide.

Wazeeran with her mother Subbi, Sindh province, Pakistan

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