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Harnessing the data revolution in the fight against hunger

Lucy Bloxham | 31 January 2019 | 0 comments

By using available data to focus attention on where the need is greatest, we can ensure that the world’s best expertise is brought to bear on the world’s worst problems.

A field of winter maize on the floodplains of the Shire river in Nsanje district, Malawi.
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Reducing the impacts of food crises: how can we act earlier and better?

Sally Tyldesley | 31 January 2019 | 0 comments

As the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Sir Mark Lowcock, recently said (and not for the first time), in general, “the humanitarian financing system is still designed to wait for disasters to strike before mobilizing resources”.

20-year-old Fatuma Mohamed and husband Abdulahi Osman (25) with their two boys - Yusuf, who is only three-and-a-half weeks old, and Mohamed (2½). Photographer: Peter Caton
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Syrian refugees hit by floods in Lebanon

Clare Ahern | 17 January 2019 | 0 comments

In the space of just two weeks, storms ‘Norma’ and ‘Miriam’ have brought torrential rain, freezing winds and snow to Lebanon, leaving Syrian refugee settlements under flood water. Concern has been providing vital support to vulnerable families.

Temporary shelters for Syrian refugees in Lebanon have sustained extensive damage following two storms. Photo: Concern Worldwide.
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New Year Resolutions like you’ve never seen them before…

Francesca Fryer | 1 January 2019 | 0 comments

At Concern UK, we can count on one hand the amount of times that we've made it to February with our New Year Resolutions still intact. And we bet you’re the same. Which is why we wanted to provide you with New Year Resolutions like you've never seen them before...

Sunrise at Lake Malawi, Chintheche Inn, Nkhotakota, Malawi.
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An alternative Christmas – what to watch, listen and read this festive season

Lucy Bloxham | 20 December 2018 | 0 comments

We’re not saying you have to give up ‘The Grinch’ or hang ‘Home Alone’ out to dry but now that you’ve got time to put your feet up, here’s a list of humanitarian documentaries, podcasts and books that are worth getting stuck into this festive season.

Photo credit: Indie Wire http://www.indiewire.com/2017/08/human-flow-trailer-ai-weiwei-documentary-refugee-crisis-1201867658/
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Christmas cabbage & potatoes recipe

Cian Purcell-Milton | 20 December 2018 | 0 comments

This traditional Ethiopian recipe is filled with African spices and is guaranteed to brighten any Christmas dinner. For tables bigger than two, simply double the recipe and serve 'family style' for everyone to dig in!

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Press releases

UK NGOs to collectively raise the bar on safeguarding
Concern Worldwide marks 50th anniversary with event at Irish Embassy in London
New global hunger report a wake-up call on links between conflict, forced migration and hunger

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Harnessing the data revolution in the fight against hunger
Reducing the impacts of food crises: how can we act earlier and better?
Syrian refugees hit by floods in Lebanon
New Year Resolutions like you’ve never seen them before…
An alternative Christmas – what to watch, listen and read this festive season
Christmas cabbage & potatoes recipe

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