Press Releases
Press releases
| Date | Press Release |
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| 13 May 19 |
Concern increases its work to assist communities as Ebola death toll continues to rise International aid agency Concern Worldwide is scaling up its efforts to contain a major outbreak of Ebola, which has already killed 1,117 people and infected 1,680 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)*. This is now the second largest Ebola outbreak in history and the biggest in the DRC. |
| 2 May 19 |
Monaghan students are new All-Ireland Concern Debates champions A MONAGHAN school has won the Concern Debates All-Ireland final after successfully defeating the motion that “China in Africa is more monster than messiah.” |
| 24 Apr 19 |
Irish potato success in drought prone Ethiopia Irish potatoes have prevented another major humanitarian food crisis in one of the poorest and most remote parts of Ethiopia, Concern Worldwide can reveal. |
| 23 Apr 19 |
Irish potato success in drought prone Ethiopia The Irish potato, introduced by the Irish aid agency into the country’s drought-prone northern highland regions of South Wollo in Amhara in 2007, is credited with a major drop in food shortages and improvements in the local economy. |
| 18 Apr 19 |
TV chef Donal Skehan shares heartbreak over cyclone devastation in Malawi Award-winning food writer and television presenter Donal Skehan has shared his heartbreak at witnessing the devastation caused in Malawi by Cyclone Idai.
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| 9 Apr 19 |
Cyclone Idai crisis in Mozambique set to escalate unless urgent action taken The crisis in Mozambique caused by Cyclone Idai is set to escalate dramatically in the coming weeks unless urgent action is taken, Concern Worldwide’s Head of Emergency Operations, Ros O’Sullivan, warned today. |
| 8 Apr 19 |
Dublin and Monaghan schools reach All-Ireland Concern Debates final Sandford Park School, Ranelagh will be proposing the motion ‘China in Africa is more monster than messiah’ while Largy College, Clones will be arguing against it at the Concern Debates final at The Helix venue in north Dublin on May 1. |
| 2 Apr 19 |
Concern distributes emergency aid to flood victims in Malawi Concern Worldwide’s first consignment of emergency aid to assist people forced to flee their homes in Malawi due to severe flooding was delivered this week. |
| 31 Mar 19 |
Concern Worldwide expands Cyclone Idai emergency response to Mozambique Concern Worldwide is expanding its emergency response to Cyclone Idai into Mozambique, after its assessment team on the ground visited rural communities without food or shelter, who are now surviving in dire circumstances. |
| 28 Mar 19 |
Scenes of “complete desolation” revealed in flooded villages in Malawi A Concern worker today described scenes of “complete desolation” following a visit by boat to villages and towns cut off by flood waters in one of the worst hit areas along the Malawi/Mozambique border. |
