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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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How your donation is used

89.9%
of your donation goes to Relief and Development

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

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7.4%
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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.
2.3%
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We invest money in influencing policies and deepening awareness on issues around global poverty with the public.
0.4%
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Latest press releases

Mona Salh with her son, Faiza Abdullah (3) at Um Shalaya health centre in Central Darfur, Sudan.

Press release

16 December 2024

Lack of funding leaves humanitarians struggling to respond to deepening crisis in Sudan

The deepening humanitarian crisis in Sudan and neighbouring countries is “dire” and the lack of international funding to support the emergency response has left humanitarian organisations struggling to cope, according to aid worker Reka Sztopa who has just returned from the region.

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Mona Salh with her son, Faiza Abdullah (3) at Um Shalaya health centre in Central Darfur, Sudan.

Press release16 December 2024

Lack of funding leaves humanitarians struggling to respond to deepening crisis in Sudan

The deepening humanitarian crisis in Sudan and neighbouring countries is “dire” and the lack of international funding to support the emergency response has left humanitarian organisations struggling to cope, according to aid worker Reka Sztopa who has just returned from the region.

Landscape view of Port-au -Prince. Photo: Jon Hozier-Byrne/Concern Worldwide

Press release

2 December 2024

Surge in violence in Haiti forces more than 40,000 from homes

Irish humanitarian organisation, Concern Worldwide is responding to the needs of a growing number of people fleeing their homes in Haiti, amid a surge in violence in recent weeks.

Greater investment in trust building among stakeholders in the humanitarian system is essential to address the flagging momentum on localisation, according to new research by Concern Worldwide and its research partners.

Press release

28 November 2024

New research identifies key barriers preventing progress on localising humanitarian responses

Greater investment in trust building among stakeholders in the humanitarian system is essential to address the flagging momentum on localisation, according to new research by Concern Worldwide and its research partners.

Aqib Aliin (14) transports people on his curry frying pan in Jhuddo, Sindh, Pakistan, during extensive flooding in 2022. Photo: Emmanuel Guddo/Concern Worldwide

Press release

25 November 2024

COP29 climate finance deal is disgraceful and unacceptable

The failure of world leaders to agree an adequate climate finance deal at COP29 to help some of the poorest countries address the impact of climate change is disgraceful and unacceptable, Concern Worldwide has warned.

Tiyassi Joanette sits outside her home in Central African Republic on a sunny day

Press release

20 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.

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Families fleeing devastating conflict in Sudan
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Our impact in 2023

15.5 M

people reached through our emergency response

9 M

people reached through our health interventions

2.3 M

people reached through our livelihoods programmes