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Love empowers: stories from around the world

Clare Ahern | 18 February 2019 | 0 comments

We hear about ‘the power of love’ all the time – in romantic movies and in the lyrics of aching love-songs. In our work with the world’s poorest people, we are lucky enough to see the empowering nature of love in some of the most challenging circumstances. We see how love, in all its forms, can inspire us to do better, and how it can lift us up in times of crisis.

Rebecca Dolley with her husband Jeremiah in Nakai Town. The couple have four children together. Photo: Gavin Douglas / Concern Worldwide

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.

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

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.

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.

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.