Concern Worldwide | International humanitarian & development organisation

Ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes

We are determined to end hunger and malnutrition in the world’s poorest places

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Our worldwide focus in six areas

Joyce Positani, age 42, received training from Concern Worldwide to become a Community Animal Health Worker. She is known in the community and vaccinates up to 300 chickens a month. Thanks to the income she receives from this, her life has been greatly improved. She says “I am very happy and thank Concern for choosing me and training me”. Location: Nakumba District, Lilongwe, Malawi. Photo: Donal Skehan.

Livelihoods

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

Health and nutrition

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

Education

Education is at the heart of development and is key to breaking the poverty cycle for all children.

Emergencies

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

Gender equality

We tackle gender equality to empower people living in extreme poverty.

Innovations

Finding effective solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems requires innovative thinking.

How money is spent

Overseas programmes

Overseas programmes

Fundraising

Fundraising

Policy, advocacy & campaigning

Policy, advocacy & campaigning

Governance

Governance

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Our impact last year

24 M

people reached, in some of the world's poorest countries

11.6 M

extremely vulnerable people supported in 66 emergencies

£22.7 M

spent to provide life-saving aid and long term development assistance

Latest updates on our work from around the world

Cox's Bazar Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

Press release21 August 2019

Two years on: Rohingya deserve justice and a place at the table

Concern Worldwide joins 60 NGOs to warn of worsening crisis in Myanmar and call for refugees’ engagement on safe, voluntary returns.

A Concern tarpaulin distribution to displaced families at Katale in North Kivu. Photo: Kieran McConville/ Concern Worldwide

News

19 August 2019

What it means to be a humanitarian in 2019

On World Humanitarian Day, Concern Worldwide Chief Executive Dominic MacSorley reflects on the increasingly dangerous circumstances facing aid workers around the world.

Ng’ikario Ekiru with her mother-in-law Nakode and three of her children, Aukot, Ekuam and Apua. Photo: Gavin Douglas / Concern Worldwide.

News

19 August 2019

Consequences of the climate crisis in northern Kenya

The Horn of Africa is in the grip of drought. Food prices have increased and the number of people across the region who don’t have enough food to eat has reached 12 million.

Overview of camp in Cox's Bazar. Photo: Abir Abdullah/Concern Worldwide

News

16 August 2019

Arshia’s story: "A plastic container kept me afloat"

Mum-of-two Arshia is one of more than one million who have crossed the border from neighbouring Myanmar since August 2017. This is her story.

A dried up river bed near Carracad, in western Somaliland. Usually the river flows during the wet 'Gu' season. However, reduced and failed rains in 2019 have left cattle and goats and local villagers to depend on a local well. Photo: Eamon Timmins/Concern Worldwide

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7 August 2019

Communities face a battle with nature in drought-hit Somaliland

Communities across Somaliland and Somalia are preparing for a severe drought in the coming months and while drought is a recurring feature of life in the Horn of Africa, this one is different.

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