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Irene Togbah from Ceayah Town talks with concern workers Nelly Smith and Marie Madden about her struggles without a clean source of water. Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide.

Irene Togbah from Ceayah Town talks with concern workers Nelly Smith and Marie Madden about her struggles without a clean source of water. Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide.

Irene Togbah from Ceayah Town talks with concern workers Nelly Smith and Marie Madden about her struggles without a clean source of water. Photo: Gavin Douglas/Concern Worldwide.

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Eamon Timmins

Media Relations Manager
Direct line: + 353 (0) 1 417 7712
Mobile: +353 (0) 87 988 0524
eamon.timmins@concern.net

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Where your money goes

How your donation is used

90.3%
of your donation goes to Relief and Development

This is spent directly towards our goal of ending extreme poverty.

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6.9%
Fundraising
This is money spent to raise funds for Concern's work and highlight the needs of the communities we work with.
2.3%
Education and Advocacy
We invest money in influencing policies and deepening awareness on issues around global poverty with the public.
0.5%
Governance
Funds spent to ensure Concern Worldwide is managed efficiently and adheres to the highest standards.

Latest press releases

Aida (2) is screened for malnutrition during at a referral centre for children under five in River Nile State, Sudan

Press release

Urgent international action needed to avert impending famine in Sudan

The international community must urgently fund a massive mobilisation of supplies and resources in order to prevent an impending famine in Sudan, Concern Worldwide warned today.

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Aida (2) is screened for malnutrition during at a referral centre for children under five in River Nile State, Sudan

Press release15 April 2024

Urgent international action needed to avert impending famine in Sudan

The international community must urgently fund a massive mobilisation of supplies and resources in order to prevent an impending famine in Sudan, Concern Worldwide warned today.

Aqila and her children in a camp for internally displaced people in Baidoa District, Somalia where Concern distributed cash to 617,309 people

Press release

Cash transfer drive by Ireland and EU helped save 617,000 lives in Somalia

CASH payments have helped save the lives of over 617,000 people in areas of Somalia devastated by hunger and conflict - thanks to ground breaking work by an Irish humanitarian organisation.

The water treatment facility at Lake Kivu in the DRC where Concern Worldwide pumps and cleans 1.5m litres of water each day day for 90,000 people

Press release

Concern providing 1.5M litres of water a day in DR Congo where civilians are fleeing conflict

Concern Worldwide is providing 1.5 million litres of drinking water to 90,000 people each day to prevent life-threatening illnesses spreading in conflict-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Cholera/hygiene kits being distributed by Concern Worldwide at the Al-Salam City camp for displaced people, in Yemen. The kits include soap, washing powder and water purification tablets. Photo: Ammar Khalaf/Concern Worldwide

Press release

Concern Worldwide responds to spiralling food insecurity and childhood malnutrition in Yemen

Concern Worldwide has commenced working in Yemen in response to spiralling food insecurity and emergency levels of malnutrition among children.

Sun rising over tents in north west Syria

Press release

As conflict in Syria enters its 14th year, Concern urges Irish public not to forget the Syrian people.

Concern Worldwide has warned that cuts in funding to support Syrian people, marking 13 years of conflict today (15th March), are having a devastating impact on people’s lives and health.

Hani (name changed) writing on blackboard in school

Syria Education Appeal

Millions of children being denied a proper education
Roughly double the number of Irish children can't go to school
40% of Syria's school infrastructure destroyed due to conflict

Our impact in 2022

16.4 M

people reached through our emergency response

8.3 M

people reached through our health interventions

5.4 M

people reached through our livelihoods programmes