Esime Jenaia, a Lead Farmer for conservation Agriculture, at her plot in Chituke village, Mangochi, Malawi, with neighbour Esnart Kasimu. Photo: Kieran McConville / Concern Worldwide.

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23 July 2021

“I live in constant fear of contracting the virus”: The reality of Covid-19 in Kenya

In part 3 of this miniseries, Florida, a Livelihood programme participant in Kenya, shares how her life has changed due to Covid-19.

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Story23 July 2021

“I live in constant fear of contracting the virus”: The reality of Covid-19 in Kenya

In part 3 of this miniseries, Florida, a Livelihood programme participant in Kenya, shares how her life has changed due to Covid-19.

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15 July 2021

Women in leadership: Imagine the potential

At this year’s G7 summit, the heads of the world’s most powerful economies united, briefly, to discuss the most important global issues. The US, France, Japan, Italy, Canada, UK, and Germany had brought their premier politicians. Only the latter had a woman in that role.

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15 July 2021

3 ways ‘smart’ farming can tackle climate challenges

Hundreds of millions of people are food insecure. Find out why and how you can help them restore food security.

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12 July 2021

“I miss fetching water together as a community, like we did before”: The reality of Covid-19 in Kenya

In part 2 of this miniseries, Concern colleagues and programme participants in Kenya share what they miss miss about life before Covid-19.

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12 July 2021

UN food security report highlights scale of challenge facing the world

The ‘State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World’ report illustrates the scale of impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on the world’s food security.

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Our impact last year

17.9 M

extremely vulnerable people supported in 78 emergencies

9.2 M

people reached through our health interventions

36.9 M

people reached, in 23 of the world's poorest countries

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.

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

Help a mum become a mumpreneur

After Violette's husband left her, she was left with nothing and her children often went to bed hungry.
But since Violette started on our livelihood programme, she now runs a successful small business growing produce to sell. She's a Mumpreneur!
Please can you help more mums like Violette become mumpreneurs and lift themselves out of poverty?

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