Press Releases
Press releases
| Date | Press Release |
|---|---|
| 16 Aug 17 |
Concern Worldwide is boosting its emergency response team in Sierra Leone after mudslides and flooding killed hundreds Irish aid agency Concern Worldwide is boosting its emergency response team in Sierra Leone where flash floods and mudslides have killed hundreds of people and left thousands homeless. |
| 3 Aug 17 |
Concern Worldwide welcomes Ireland’s commitment to provide an additional €9 million to the UN Central Emergency Response Fund Concern Worldwide Chief Executive, Dominic MacSorley, has welcomed the Irish government’s announcement of an additional €9 million to underfunded humanitarian crises through the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF). |
| 31 Jul 17 |
Six more children every minute face severe hunger in crisis-hit East Africa Six more children a minute face severe hunger in East Africa as millions of people continue to flee drought and conflict, says Concern Worldwide. |
| 5 Jul 17 |
Unprecedented crisis in South Sudan: Starvation risk level rising by over 9,200 people a day in world’s youngest country The risk of mass deaths from starvation is growing by over 9,200 people a day in war-torn South Sudan despite a famine declaration being recently lifted - Concern Worldwide said today. |
| 14 Jun 17 |
Concern Worldwide is helping thousands of people affected by landslides and flooding in storm-hit Bangladesh Concern Worldwide is responding to devastating landslides and flooding in poverty-stricken Bangladesh that have so far killed over 135 people and left thousands homeless. |
| 14 Jun 17 |
Concern Worldwide is helping thousands of people affected by landslides and flooding in storm-hit Bangladesh Concern Worldwide is responding to devastating landslides and flooding in poverty-stricken Bangladesh that have so far killed over 135 people and left thousands homeless. |
| 12 Jun 17 |
Joint statement: Leading UK aid organisations welcome the reappointment of Priti Patel as Secretary of State for International Development
A joint statement from the UK's leading aid organisations* said: "We welcome the reappointment of Priti Patel as Secretary of State for International Development to deliver the Government's manifesto commitment to meet its promises to the world's poorest people.” |
| 8 Jun 17 |
Ireland loses ground-breaking humanitarian leader Father Jack Finucane, one of Ireland’s leading humanitarians, passed away yesterday peacefully in Kimmage Manor in Dublin at the age of 80.
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| 8 Jun 17 |
Ireland loses ground-breaking humanitarian leader Father Jack Finucane, one of Ireland’s leading humanitarians, passed away yesterday peacefully in Kimmage Manor in Dublin at the age of 80. |
| 30 May 17 |
Concern reached a record number of people in 2016 as global humanitarian crises deepen Ireland’s largest aid agency, Concern Worldwide reached a record number of people across its development and humanitarian response programmes last year, a reflection of the growing level of global humanitarian need and the organisation’s increasing focus on supporting people living in extreme poverty. |
