nicole bayes fleming

Here’s how women around the world are fighting for their rights, justice, and gender equality.  

We revisited the families we spoke to at the beginning of the Green Graduation programme in 2023, to learn how they’ve been able to use the skills and resources they’ve gained to make positive changes in their lives.   

In communities where conflict and poverty have left many people without a home, warm clothes or the ability to afford heating, winter becomes a season of harsh challenges. 

In Rwanda, Concern has been working with families to reduce both hunger and poverty by providing them with the skills and resources to increase their harvests.

South Sudan may be a young country, but it faces multiple complex challenges that have forced millions of families to flee for their safety. Here, two mothers in South Sudan share their stories. 

Within the DRC, over seven million people have been displaced by ongoing conflict. This instability has had a damaging effect on people’s ability to make a living for themselves, with nearly three out of four people living on less than $2.15 a day.  

Celestin’s life has turned around in the past two years since taking part in Concern’s Green Graduation project. Here he tells us about his children, community and his dreams to become a photographer.      

We revisited the families we spoke to at the beginning of the Green Graduation programme in 2023, to learn how they’ve been able to use the skills and resources they’ve gained to make positive changes in their lives.   

The decision to cut the UK aid budget is brutal, and will have devastating and deadly consequences for people who already live in extreme poverty. We break down some of the common questions people have about aid, and the difference it makes.