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    Please use the details below to contact Concern Worldwide (UK)'s communications team.

    Deborah Underdown

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    Direct line: 0207801 1857

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    Direct line: 02890 261523

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    Latest press releases

    Flooding in Sitteb Village, Sudan Photo by Ibrahim Adam Osman / Concern Worldwide
    Press release13 September 2020

    Concern responds to worst floods in Sudan in 100 years

    Concern Worldwide is helping people who have had their homes and livelihoods destroyed in flash floods and heavy rains in West Kordofan state in Sudan. 

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    Press release
    2 September 2020

    Concern's statement on £119m package on preventing famine

    We must scale up efforts to tackle hunger and malnutrition, starting with the UK government renewing its commitment.

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    Press release
    13 August 2020

    Concern distributes emergency shelter kits to those left homeless by Beirut blast

    Concern Worldwide’s team in Beirut has commenced their emergency response programme to help thousands of people whose homes were destroyed or badly damaged by last week’s chemical explosion in the city.

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    Press release
    7 August 2020

    Concern launches emergency appeal to help victims of Beirut explosion

    Concern Worldwide today launched an emergency funding appeal as its team in Beirut come to the assistance of vulnerable communities in the wake of Tuesday’s explosion.

    A lead farmer stands by his water catchment system in North Somaliland. As part of the climate change adaptation work, Concern provided him with a tarpaulin to which he has sank into a hole to store as much water as he can for his crops during the dry season.
    Press release
    28 July 2020

    Climate finance fails to reach most vulnerable nations facing climate chaos

    Wealthy countries have failed to allocate sufficient climate finance to nations most vulnerable to climate change.

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    6 March 2019

    Codes and policies

    Our codes and policies shape our work and ensure we stay true to our values.

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    4 March 2019

    How money is spent

    Accountability and transparency are central to our values as an organisation. In fact, they are part of our core values. 

    A group of mothers and their children in Mutembo carrying a load of recently harvested beans. Burundi. Photo: Chris de Bode/Panos Pictures/Concern Worldwide
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    16 April 2019

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