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How your donation is used

78.9%
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78.9% of your donation goes towards our emergency response and long-term development work, working together with people living in the most difficult situations, rebuilding and transforming lives, livelihoods and communities.

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16.7%
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This is money spent to raise funds for Concern’s work.
4%
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We invest money to campaign, lobby governments, run petitions and put pressure on decision-makers to tackle the underlying causes of extreme poverty and push for change.
0.4%
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Latest updates on our work from around the world

Kobita Sardar and her daughter-in-law collect eggs that hatched on her chicken farm. Keeping some for the family, they will sell the rest in the local market in Botbunia, Tildanga, Dacope. Photo: Mumit M/Concern Worldwide

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10 May 2024

The Poverty Trap: Why People Stay Poor

We know that for many, escaping poverty can be a near insurmountable task, with the outcome that most do not leave poverty, and entire families are hindered from advancing economically and socially. We wanted to explore the term ‘poverty trap’ and provide insight into why some people stay poor despite their best efforts.

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Story10 May 2024

The Poverty Trap: Why People Stay Poor

We know that for many, escaping poverty can be a near insurmountable task, with the outcome that most do not leave poverty, and entire families are hindered from advancing economically and socially. We wanted to explore the term ‘poverty trap’ and provide insight into why some people stay poor despite their best efforts.

The southern governorate of Khan Younis and Rafah (pictured) and Deir al-Balah are classified in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency). These governorates face a risk of famine before July 2024.

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8 May 2024

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza, explained

More than six months on, here’s what you need to know about the humanitarian situation in Gaza — and what Concern is doing to help.

Press release

30 April 2024

Limited-edition John Lennon and Yoko Ono ‘Give Peace a Chance’ vinyl acetate available in prize draw to fight extreme poverty

Funds raised from the prize draw will go directly towards Concern’s work across 26 countries to end hunger and extreme poverty.

People living in displacement camps in North Kivu, DRC say it is difficult to maintain good hygiene and manage waste disposal.

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30 April 2024

Preventing illnesses in the midst of a crisis: "We now have plenty of water"

Many people in conflict-affected eastern DRC often fall ill with diarrhoea and cholera because of unsafe water. But now, thanks to a major project by Concern funded by the UK government, 90,000 people, many of them living in displacement camps, have access to clean drinking water.

Press release

15 April 2024

Urgent international action needed to avert impending famine in Sudan

The international community must urgently fund a massive mobilisation of supplies and resources in order to prevent an impending famine in Sudan, Concern Worldwide warned today.

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Our worldwide focus in six areas

Workers unload kitchen kits from a truck at a distribution in Ndeja, Mozambique, which was hard hit by cyclone Idai in March 2019. Photo: Tommy Trenchard / Concern Worldwide

Emergency Response

In an emergency situation, we act quickly to save lives. We then remain on the ground helping to rebuild livelihoods.

Health and nutrition

We work towards the survival and wellbeing of the world's most vulnerable communities.

Livelihoods

We are enabling those in extreme poverty to forge a way out through secure livelihoods.

Climate and environment

Climate change is a driver of humanitarian crises. We work to meet the immediate needs of those affected, as well as helping communities to build resilience for the future.