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

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            This is money spent to raise funds for Concern's work and highlight the needs of the communities we work with.

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          Tiyassi Joanette sits outside her home in Central African Republic on a sunny day
          Press release20 November 2024

          Concern supporting people to lift themselves out of poverty in Central African Republic

          A wide-ranging approach to supporting people’s most basic and urgent needs in Central African Republic, one of the world’s hungriest countries, aims to improve the lives of 15,000 people and support them as they work to lift themselves out of poverty.
          Hot meals prepared for emergency shelters in Beirut by Concern Worldwide and Nusaned thanks to donations from the Irish and British public.
          Press release
          18 November 2024

          Lebanese getting hot meals funded by the Irish public

          A MAJOR meals-on-wheels distribution of hot dinners to people who fled bombings in Lebanon is underway in Beirut – thanks to donations from the Irish public.
          Some of the devastation created by Cyclone Freddy in Nsanje, Malawi, in 2023.
          Press release
          7 November 2024

          COP29 funding agreement must be fit-for-purpose to tackle devastating impact of climate change

          Global leaders must agree funding commitments at COP29 in Azerbaijan next week that are fit for purpose to tackle the increasingly devastating impact of climate change, Concern Worldwide warned today.
          Concern distributing essential relief items, including mattresses, blankets, sleeping mats in Tripoli Lebanon
          Press release
          31 October 2024

          Lebanese who fled bombs face harsh winter as crisis worsens

          DISTRAUGHT families forced from their homes in Lebanon are bracing themselves for a harsh and bitterly cold winter, according to an Irish aid agency responding to the humanitarian crisis in the region.
          A child being treated at a Concern supported outreach centre in Lomodang, Kenya.
          Press release
          25 October 2024

          Concern Worldwide Announces Leadership Transition

          Concern Worldwide today announced the resignation of David Regan as Chief Executive Officer. 
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          Our impact in 2023

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          15.5 M

          people reached through our emergency response

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          9 M

          people reached through our health interventions

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          2.3 M

          people reached through our livelihoods programmes

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