lucy bloxham

For a number of years, Concern and other development organisations have increasingly provided humanitarian assistance in the form of cash to achieve their objectives: in our case, ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes.

On August 4, a devastating explosion occurred in Beirut. Concern is on the ground providing emergency support to people who have had their lives devastated. However, we are not the only ones.

One aspect of our work that is rarely in the limelight but is vital to the wellbeing and recovery of vulnerable communities is Psychosocial support. In this piece we explore what Psychosocial support is, and why it is so important.

The terms ‘malnutrition’ and ‘undernutrition’ are often used interchangeably, but they are not synonymous.

In Afghanistan, the pandemic comes at a time when the country is grappling with deadly conflict, mass displacement, and a dire economy that has plunged over 80 percent of the population below the poverty line.

As lockdown measures gradually lift here in the UK, elsewhere millions of refugees and people living in the world’s most fragile places are just beginning their struggle against Covid-19.

With lockdown easing up in the UK and other parts of the world, we feel like this a good time for reflection of the past few months.Our overseas staff and their families have created images of their view from their window in lockdown.

For years, global warming and climate change have been causing extreme and erratic weather patterns, such as heat waves and droughts, resulting in what we now know as the climate crisis.

On June 16, the UK government announced its plan to merge the Department for International Development (DFID) into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in September to create a new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.