Read our 2023 annual report
Concern's objectives, activities and achievements in 2023 can be found in our new annual report.
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Emergencies
Why emergencies? Many of the countries we work in are susceptible to frequent natural disasters and outbreaks of conflict, resulting in already vulnerable people losing their homes and livelihoods.
In the immediate aftermath of an emergency, we provide life-saving support to families and communities. We then stay to help them get back on their feet, rebuilding livelihoods and infrastructure and working to reduce the risk and impact of future crises.
Our key focuses are:
- Respond rapidly in order to save lives and reduce suffering
- Improve access to food, healthcare and water
- Prevent and reduce the impact of emergencies
Concern continues to provide assistance, distributing latrines and NFI, to vulnerable people affected by the devastating earthquake in Malatya region. Photo: Concern Worldwide
Emergency relief supplies, donated by Irish Aid, being unloaded and sorted at Adana Airport in Türkiye. for distribution to earthquake-affected communities. Photo: Yasin Almaz/Concern Worldwide
Lamyaa Abod of Concern Türkiye with Ileaf, a Syrian woman whose family was left homeless by the February 6th earthquake. Photo: Kieran McConville/Concern Worldwide
Yana* (11) standing on the platform at Lviv train station, waiting to board a train to the Polish border. Photo: Stefanie Glinski/Concern Worldwide
Dalio standing among the devastation left behind by the floods in Mirpur Khas district of Sindh. Photo: Ingenious Captures/Concern Worldwide
A closer look at our emergency programmes
We aim to contribute to lasting improvements in the lives of the extreme poor through the implementation of rapid responding, risk reduction and community resilient programmes. Here we spotlight three of our approaches.
Rapid emergency response
One of the main objectives of our emergency programme is to respond rapidly to emergencies in order to save lives and reduce suffering. For example, when a series of devastating earthquakes struck Türkiye and Northern Syria in February 2023, taking the lives of over 50,000 people, injuring over 100,000, displacing three million and directly affecting an estimated 9.1 million people, our response was swift. We provided assistance to just under 250,000 people, working directly and through partner organisations in both countries.
Disaster risk reduction
Community resilience
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Knowledge Hub resources on the theme of Emergencies
Research and insights from our emergency programmes in action.
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