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    • Christela and her children in Grand Ravine, one of Haiti’s most notorious slums. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Concern Worldwide.Christela and her children in Grand Ravine, one of Haiti’s most notorious slums. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Concern Worldwide.Christela and her children in Grand Ravine, one of Haiti’s most notorious slums. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Concern Worldwide.
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    Haiti

    Why Haiti? We started working in Haiti in 1994 in response to Hurricane Gordon. We have been involved in emergency response and development programming ever since. We helped to rebuild homes in Haiti after the major earthquake in 2010 and still work with communities living in slum conditions in Port-au-Prince.

    Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere

    Levels of poverty, food insecurity and political instability in Haiti are high. It suffers from regular natural disasters such as cyclones, hurricanes and flooding. These have affected the poorest members of the population the most. Around 60% of the six million-strong population live below the poverty line.

    The needs are vast and include support in health, livelihoods, skills building, conflict resolution and protection areas. We work with the most vulnerable members of the community in Port-au-Prince to improve economic status and living conditions.

    Dominic MacSorley, CEO of Irish humanitarian charity Concern Worldwide
    "Haiti may be defined by natural disaster, but our work goes beyond emergency response. It is the site of some of our most innovative programmes, particularly our urban programming. In the notoriously violent slum of Grand Ravine, teams are deeply embedded to ensure we reach the most vulnerable sections of the population and to help improve the living environment of neighbourhoods in the area."
    Dominic MacSorley - Concern CEO

    Latest achievements

    One

    Youth training

    We carried out training sessions with 240 youth leaders to encourage young people to use peaceful dialogue to debate and show their disagreements using words and not violence.

    Two

    Flood response

    Three

    Life skills

    Non-food items (NFIs) are unloaded off shore at Grand Vide for a joint distribution between Concern and World Vision. Photo: Peter Doyle / Concern Worlwide.
    Non-food items (NFIs) unloading for a distribution. Photo: Peter Doyle / Concern Worlwide.
    Alianna Antoine, one of the beneficiaries of the homes being built by Concern Worldwide. She works as a vendor, selling beverages at a stand in Grande Ravine. Photo: Kristin Myers / Concern Worldwide.
    Alianna's new home is being built by Concern Worldwide. Photo: Kristin Myers / Concern Worldwide.
    Christela Louis inside the bakery (supported by Concern) where she has worked since May. Christela is confident that through working here, she will be able to grow her business and start saving money. Photo: Kristin Myers /Concern Worldwide.
    Christela works inside the Concern-supported bakery that she works in. Photo: Kristin Myers / Concern Worldwide.
    Community members of Grand Vide before a distribution of NFIs in the area. Photo: Peter Doyle / Concern Worldwide.
    Community members of Grand Vide before a distribution of NFIs in the area. Photo: Peter Doyle / Concern Worldwide.

    How we’re helping Haiti

    Our response in Haiti has changed over the years, but our focus remains on improving living standards and economic status for the island nations's most vulnerable communities.

    Hope and opportunities
    Urban child protection
    Young change actors

    Latest from Haiti

    A hotel owner and friend, stand in front of the now crumbled hotel building, several people inside died or suffered severe injury. Haiti Photo: Makayla Palazzo
    Story30 September 2021

    In pictures: Our response to the Haiti earthquake

    Victoria Jean-Louis, Concern’s Programme Director in Haiti
    Story
    17 January 2022

    “Among all of the challenges, there is this beautiful place called Haiti”

    Victoria Jean-Louis, Concern’s Programme Director in Haiti, talked to us about the earthquake that hit her country last August, and what her team is doing to help communities recover.

    Victoria Jean-Louis, Concern’s Programme Director in Haiti
    Story
    17 January 2022

    “Among all of the challenges, there is this beautiful place called Haiti”

    Victoria Jean-Louis, Concern’s Programme Director in Haiti, talked to us about the earthquake that hit her country last August, and what her team is doing to help communities recover.

    A hotel owner and friend, stand in front of the now crumbled hotel building, several people inside died or suffered severe injury. Haiti Photo: Makayla Palazzo
    Story30 September 2021

    In pictures: Our response to the Haiti earthquake

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    Euphemia Inina (42) mother of Alphonsine Niyonzima (21) waters their market garden at her home in Mabayi, Cibitoke. As part of the Graduation programme all participants are given seeds and training on how to grow food in their gardens. Photo: Abbie Trayler-Smith / Concern Worldwide.
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    2 July 2021

    Knowledge Matters – Graduation Approach 2021

    This issue of Knowledge Matters is focused on Concern's experience of, and learning from the Graduation Approach and is an update to the 2014 issue on Graduation.

    Nasibo Asuran and her children in Marsabit, Kenya. Photo: Peter Caton / Concern Worldwide.
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    23 December 2019

    Knowledge Matters – Twenty Years of Child Survival Programs

    This issue of Knowledge Matters gives an overview of Concern's work and learning during twenty years of USAID-funded Child Survival programs from 1998 - 2018.

    Game on child protection using the 'Playdagogy' method, Belekou, Haiti. June 2019. Photo: Katia Antoine / Concern Worldwide.
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    28 November 2019

    Knowledge Matters – Protection

    This issue of Knowledge Matters examines Concern's experiences and learning from our protection work.

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    Concern staff treats the most severe cases of malnutrition among children under five in the Rohingya refugee camps. Photo: Darren Vaughan / Concern Worldwide.
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    6 March 2019

    Codes and policies

    Our codes and policies shape our organisation as a whole and ensure that we are always staying 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

    How we are governed

    Concern Worldwide (UK) is governed and regulated by our trustees. All our trustees are non-executive and are drawn from diverse backgrounds in business and professional life.

    NFI materials being distributed by Concern in masisi, DRC. Photo: Kieran McConville/Concern Worldwide

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