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    If you would like to speak to a member of our team about any aspect of our work, please get in touch with us using the details below. 

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    • Direct line: + 353 (0) 1 417 7712
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    How money is spent

    88.4%
    Relief and Development
    Relief and Development
    8.7%
    Fundraising
    Fundraising
    2.4%
    Development education and advocacy
    Development education and advocacy
    0.5%
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    Latest press releases

    Mark Johnson, Concern Area Co-ordinator for North Kivu, DRC
    Press release14 June 2019

    Concern escalates response at epicentre of DRC Ebola crisis

    Irish development agency Concern Worldwide is expanding its operations in the area of Southern Lubero territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as part of ongoing efforts to contain the spread of Ebola in the country.

    Concern Regional Director for Francophone Africa, Reka Sztopa pictured in Bougoin, Central African Republic. Photo: Kieran McConville / Concern Worldwide.
    Press release
    13 May 2019

    Concern increases work to assist communities as Ebola death toll continues to rise

    We are scaling up our efforts to contain a major outbreak of Ebola.

    Concern Debates winners Largy College from left Abigail McGuirk, Ruth Madden (captain), Aaron McMahon, Carla Rafferty. Photo: Concern Worldwide.
    Press release
    2 May 2019

    Monaghan students are new All-Ireland Concern Debates champions

    A Monaghan school has won the Concern Debates All-Ireland final.

    Mehamed Ahimed Ali (15) shows some of the potatoes from his family's successful harvest thanks to Concern. Photo: Jennifer Nolan, Ethiopia, 2017.
    Press release
    26 April 2019

    Irish potato success in drought prone Ethiopia

    Irish potatoes have prevented another major humanitarian food crisis.

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    Press release
    18 April 2019

    TV chef Donal Skehan shares heartbreak over cyclone devastation in Malawi

    Donal Skehan has shared his heartbreak at witnessing the devastation caused in Malawi.

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    Our impact in 2018

    11.5 M

    people reached through our emergency response

    17.6 M

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